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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Passaic Valley Water Commission will build enclosed water tanks
PATERSON — After more than a decade of not complying with federal environmental standards, local officials expect to start construction next year on the colossal $30 million replacement of the Levine Reservoir in Paterson. Under the plan, two enclosed concrete storage tanks would be built in the reservoir’s footprint, each with a capacity for holding […]
Officials put on notice over broken water pipeline
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the Secretary Local Governments, Director Karachi Water and Sanitation Board (KWSB), and Advocate General Sindh on a petition against contamination of drinking water due to a broken supply line in Qayyumabad. Appearing before a two-member SHC bench, headed by Justice Nadeem Akhtar, the petitioner’s counsel, […]
Some Chathams residents to get new water tanks, filtration systems
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The Government has announced a new grant designed to secure safe drinking water for much of the Chatham Islands to support its resilience to extreme weather events. Chatham Islands. (Source: Wikimedia commons) The announcement, made by Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty, comes as the islands have been experiencing long dry periods, with many unable to […]
Council Moves Water Quality Reporting To Safeswim Platform
Friday, 25 November 2022, 10:27 amPress Release: Northland Regional Council The Northland Regional Council is changing the way it delivers water quality results at popular summer beach and freshwater swim spots. Ricky Eyre, the council’s Coastal and Water Quality Field Operations Manager says for many years the council has collected weekly water quality samples at […]