Thanks to the McKenzie River, Eugene drinking water exceeds quality standards- again
Eugene has some of the cleanest drinking water in the country. The Environmental Protection Agency finds the McKenzie River watershed continues to exceed quality standards. Susan Fricke is quality assurance supervisor with Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB). She said Eugene’s water is naturally clean because much of it flows through a spring fed system […]
Residents of Adiala Road face water shortage
RAWALPINDI: Water shortage has perturbed the residents of Ghakar Street Mehmoodabad on Adiala Road and its adjoining areas as no substitute arrangements were made by the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) to meet the shortage of water in the area. Some locals named Rizwan Chatta, Zahoor, Adalat, Rab Nawaz, Ghulam Abbas, Riaz, Fayyaz, Said Rasool, […]
People suffer as 3 water reservoirs await inauguration in Ganderbal
Reprsentational Pic Ganderbal : Establishment of three filtration reservoirs for provision of clean drinking water to three areas in Beehama, Repora and Arhama is still awaiting inauguration, affecting residents. The three water reservoirs were constructed by the public health engineering (PHE) department at a total cost of more than Rs 10 crores to resolve shortage […]
Japan: School kids served sanitiser in place of water in horrible mix-up
Japanese authorities have pledged to investigate a mix-up that saw high school athletes given hand sanitiser to drink during a race, with one student falling ill after taking a swig. Competition organisers for a girls’ 5,000-metre walking race held last weekend in central Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture mistakenly poured the sanitiser into cups and placed them at a drinks […]
All Water Sources Except 1 Handpump Dry Up In Madhya Pradesh Village
Public Health Engineering Department approved Rs 30,668 crore for water supply schemes Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, some days ago, had said that by 2024 tap water would be supplied in all villages in the state. But some 84 blocks out of 313 are facing serious water shortage and drinking water remains […]
Havasu Water Co. fined for leaving residents without drinkable water – Redlands Daily Facts
State regulators have fined a Havasu Lake water company that has failed to provide potable water to its customers for more than a month and been accused of allowing its equipment to fall into a state of disrepair. The California State Water Resources Control Board issued the $1,500 fine on Friday, May 6, after the […]
New Jersey Superior Court Certifies Classes In Drinking Water Class Action | King & Spalding
As background, a water supply company in New Jersey issued two notices—one in October 2021 and the other in November 2021—to certain of its drinking water consumers that PFOA levels in their drinking water exceeded the state threshold of 14 parts per trillion. In light of the notice, the company advised consumers to install water […]
Women walk 3 km in heat to fetch drinking water
Khetia (Madhya Pradesh): Even as the state government is spending millions of rupees on ‘Nal Jal Yojana’ to ensure that every household gets safe and sufficient drinking water, many parts of Barwani district continue to face water scarcity. One such place is Bhadgon village, about 100 km away from the district headquarters, where villagers have […]
WaterAid and The VF Foundation Launch Program to Improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Cambodia
NEW YORK –News Direct– WaterAid Factory workers at Sunbow factory, who are going to get their COVID-19 vaccines, wash their hands with Labobo, Kandal Stueng District in Kandal province, Cambodia, June, 2021. Credit: WaterAid/Ly Heng NEW YORK, May 9, 2022 /3BL Media/ – WaterAid and The VF Foundation announce the launch of a year-long program […]
UP Teacher Thrashes Class 7 Dalit Student for Drinking Water Out of Teacher’s Pitcher
A probe has been ordered into the incident in which a teacher thrashed a Dalit student for drinking water from a pitcher kept for teaching staff, in the primary school in Chhikhara village in Mahoba district. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Jitendra Singh has ordered the additional Basic Shiksha Adhikari to probe the incident and submit a […]