Boil water advisory in effect for East County campus
WARNER SPRINGS, Calif. — A boil water order was issued Monday for the Warner Unified School District due to recent findings of Coliform and E. Coli bacteria in the water, campus officials announced. The State Water Resources Control Board and Division of Drinking Water advises all its customers to only use boiled tap water or bottled […]
Water’s True Cost: A photo essay
Michigan cities rich and poor, big and small have spent decades delaying maintenance on water systems. Now, the bills are coming due. J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Kaleb Danndels directs an excavator during a water main replacement project in Pontiac, Michigan. Six years after a panel of experts concluded that the state’s public […]
More severe droughts are looming. Could Santa Rosa’s pioneering water recycling program help stave off disaster?
Those savings reduce the amount of water available for recycling, local officials noted. Californians could further reduce urban water use by 30% to 48% by steps such as replacing inefficient appliances and installing low-water use landscaping, according to a Pacific Institute report last month. The major constraint for more local water recycling is Santa Rosa’s […]
MI Clean Water Grants awarded to three communities in Macomb County – Macomb Daily
Clinton Township, Warren and Harrison Township will be receiving a portion of more than $7.3 million in newly announced grants issued under the MI Clean Water Plan, created to ensure clean and reliable drinking water for residents. “Every Michigander in every community deserves access to safe drinking water,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a news […]
EPA Announces $221 Million Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure for Approximately Six Million New Jersey Residents
EPA Announces $221 Million Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure for Approximately Six Million New Jersey Residents Nationally, 84 WIFIA loans are financing $32 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 96,000 jobs WASHINGTON (May 20, 2022)— Today, at an event with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette and other local […]
Fairview water warning issued for high nitrate levels | News
FAIRVIEW, Okla. — A drinking water warning has been issued for the city of Fairview due to high levels of nitrate in the city’s water supply. According to a notice issued by City Manager Chris Gdanski, the greatest danger is to infants under 6 months old. “Infants below the age of six months who drink […]
Improving access to clean water, safe sanitation in Indonesia
In Indonesia, more than 90 percent of the population currently has access to proper drinking water. However, only 11 percent of people have access to safe drinking water. Meanwhile, currently, around 80 percent of the population has proper sanitation access, but new safe sanitation is only available to 7 percent of Indonesians. This is despite […]
The tradable water
Some of my fondest memories from childhood in Charsadda are playing cricket in the street outside our house and, when thirsty, run inside the house to drink fresh water directly from the hose. Everytime our relatives and friends from Islamabad and Lahore visited us, they would fill up bottles and gallons with our sweet Charsadda […]
4Ward Dev’t West Africa To Provide Safe Drinking Water To Communities In U/W, Savannah
Ghana’s Inflation On Utilities Surges Up The 4Ward Development West Africa, a private water utility service provider, has earmarked 10 communities in the Upper West and Savannah regions to supply safe and sustainable water to them, this year. The intervention, which was estimated to cost US$700,000.00, would benefit about 25,000 people in the 10 communities. […]
Ancient moon volcanoes may provide astronauts with drinking water • Earth.com
There is water on the moon, frozen solid in the form of ice sheets scattered around its surface. The ice has probably been there for billions of years but currently, scientists don’t know much about its distribution or abundance. They also don’t know where the water came from originally. What they do know is that […]