State bill provides funding for water infrastructure
In March, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Building Michigan Together Plan, which included the largest infrastructure investment in state history. Included in that investment is nearly $2 billion for water infrastructure, which breaks down to more than $1 billion for drinking water improvements, including: At least $325 million to replace lead service lines, including 100 percent of […]
Henry County Youth Leadership Class gets hands-on lesson in water | News
McDONOUGH — The Henry County Water Authority recently hosted 40 students for the utility’s Youth Leadership Class. The group visited the Tussahaw Water Treatment Plant and Cubihatcha Outdoor Education Center. Activities included a lesson on the water industry that covered sewer collection and treatment and safe drinking water. A tour of the Tussahaw Plant was […]
Water sniffing: EPCOR uses home water sniffers for water quality
Susan Godwin has an unusual side gig. She’s been a water sniffer for EPCOR for the last seven years. “If you’ve got a nose, and you got a glass, and you’ve got a tap, then you can do it,” she said. She’s one of 300 people across the city who takes a whiff of the […]
nashik: ‘ensure Clean Water For Villages’ | Nashik News
Nashik: With water consumption increasing in Nashik district during summer, chief executive officer (CEO) of Nashik Zilla Parishad (ZP) Leena Bansod conducted a meeting of officials to ensure that rural people get clean drinking water. During the meeting, the CEO took a review of contaminated water sources and instructed the officials concerned to take necessary […]
Ramadan banquet raises $50,000 for water in East Africa
Students at Bessna Primary School in Bahir Dar, the Amhara Regional capital in Ethiopia drink from a communal water tap. The American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa (ARAHA) at its annual Ramadan Iftar in Minneapolis on Saturday, April 16, 2022 raised $50,000 for technologies that would increase access to clean drinking water in […]
$638 million in grants announced for New York State water infrastructure improvements – troyrecord
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced the state Environmental Facilities Corporation has awarded $638 million in grants to municipalities and public authorities for 199 water infrastructure projects across the state that protect public health or improve water quality. Nearly $601 million in Water Infrastructure Improvement Act grants and over $37 million […]
WearCheck offers free drinking water tests to KZN citizens
With thousands of people left without access to potable water, following the floods in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month, condition monitoring specialists WearCheck are offering free borehole and other water testing for the next three months. Until mid-July, any businesses and individuals who need to check their water quality to ascertain whether it is safe for […]
Minister Chaudhary directs authorities to prepare for Melamchi water distribution – myRepublica
KATHMANDU, April 20: Minister for Drinking Water Umakant Chaudhary has directed the authorities concerned to distribute Melamchi water to the Kathmandu Valley denizens from April 24. Minister Chaudhary directed the authorities concerned including Melamchi Project officials to do necessary works such as water processing. Minister Chaudhary reached the processing center today and directed the concerned […]
Free webinar to consider whether sustainable drainage can solve the UK’s water quality challenges
NCE has joined forces with Wavin to bring you a free webinar to consider the potential of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) to improve water quality in the UK. The new Environment Act firmly placed sewage overflows into UK rivers and coastal waters firmly in the spotlight and sets out a framework for change, including placing […]
Governor Mills Signs Passamaquoddy Drinking Water Legislation Into Law
April 21, 2022 Governor Janet Mills announced today that she has signed the amended version of LD 906, An Act to Provide Passamaquoddy Tribal Members Access to Clean Drinking Water. “Members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik, like all people in Maine, deserve access to clean, safe drinking water. This legislation will build on our […]