Chad unveils policy to strengthen drinking water supply
The government of Chad has unveiled policy to strengthen the country’s drinking water supply. The country’s goal is to increase drinking water coverage to 100% by 2030. Part of the policy involves to construction of 200 drinking water supply systems (DWSS). These are facilities dedicated to pumping, storing, transporting and distributing fresh water from groundwater. […]
Groups file appeal for energy plant permit | News, Sports, Jobs
RENOVO — This week, Clean Air Council, PennFuture and the Center for Biological Diversity appealed an extension of Renovo Energy Center’s air pollution permit for a large gas-fired power plant. The extension by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) allows the power plant developer an additional 18 months to build the North-Central Pennsylvania power […]
How NMC’s Newest Degree Could Help Shape Water Cleanup Projects In Michigan And Beyond
A brand-new degree program is coming to Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) next fall, and it could bring Traverse City one step closer to becoming a global hub for freshwater expertise. The program, an associate of applied science (AAS) in water quality environmental technology, will exist within NMC’s Great Lakes Water Studies Institute. Per Water Studies […]
Filtration change at treatment facility leads to complaints of smelly, musty water in Regina
Kurtis Anderson says the water at his home in Regina’s south end smells and tastes terrible. “It really just kind of smells like soil, like organic matter,” he said in an interview on Friday. The problem, which began a few weeks ago, is not just limited to drinking water. His family’s clothes have the same cloying smell after being […]
Ellington voters to decide on school HVAC project
Nov. 25—ELLINGTON — Voters will decide in January whether the town should issue $6.7 million in bonds for updating the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems at three of its public schools. The Board of Selectmen this week unanimously voted to hold a town meeting on financing the project on Jan. 10. At the meeting, […]
Rush Responds to Robbins Water Infrastructure’s Failure Over Thanksgiving Holiday | Congressman Bobby L. Rush
CHICAGO — Yesterday, a water main break in the Village of Robbins disabled water supply in the Village and surrounding communities, impacting almost 100 homes on Thanksgiving Day. U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) issued the following statement in response: “It is totally unacceptable that Southland suburban families have been repeatedly left without water, especially […]
Researchers work with First Nations to create housing self-sufficiency in remote communities
A new partnership will bring several First Nations in Saskatchewan together with a team of researchers from the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University to develop new pathways toward housing self-sufficiency. “A key issue in these communities is the availability of building materials, specifically the reliance on outside sources for materials,” says Sarah Haines, an […]
Ten-year ban for farmer who deprived cattle of water
A farmer who deprived his cattle of water has avoided jail but has received a ten-year ban from farming, after a veterinary inspector found animals in various stages of decomposition on his farm in Dunmanway, Co Cork. Defence barrister Alan O’Dwyer told Cork Circuit Criminal Court that his client Trevor Deane of Lettergorman, Dunmanway, Co […]
America’s Food-Security Crisis Is a Water-Security Crisis, Too – Mother Jones
Matt Rogers unloads cases of water in 2014 in East Porterville, California, where wells were running dry. Chieko Haro/The Porterville Recorder/AP This story was originally published by the Food & Environment Reporting Network. Deepak Palakshappa became a pediatrician to give poor kids access to good medical care. Still, back in his residency days, the now-associate […]
Public lands tell a story — let’s make sure it’s everyone’s
Last month, President Biden designated Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, the first new national monument of his administration. In addition to protecting nearly 54,000 acres of wilderness landscapes in Colorado, the new national monument memorializes the men of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division who trained in its mountains and valleys to take on the […]