Category: PURE WATER

7 Reasons Why Home Water Filters Are Eco-Friendly

Every day, the fight against climate change is getting more rigorous than before. Amongst all forms of pollution, water pollution is probably one of the most hazardous. The contamination of water promotes the spread of many water-borne diseases. In some cases, toxic waste (containing poisonous metals) find their way into fishes, and eventually to people […]

Water quality can make a difference on herbicide efficacy

Reading Time: 4 minutes Water quality can change after a drought — and that can affect the efficacy of your herbicides. “It’s well known that there are certain things in water — chemicals, salts, metal cations — that can antagonize the spray,” said well-known spray expert Tom Wolf. “With much lower water levels, it’s conceivable […]

Typhoon-hit Siargao, Dinagat get water filtration system from Israel 

ISRAEL EMBASSY THE ISLAND provinces of Siargao and Dinagat — the two hardest hit areas by Typhoon Odette, internationally known as Rai in December — on Tuesday received water filtration systems donated by the Israel Embassy.   “Water is life. This donation is Israel’s initiative to support and promote access to potable water in the Philippines,” […]

Ireland is facing a water quality crisis that needs to be reversed

Plans to work with nature so as to protect and improve water quality are coming to the fore. Worsening water quality is one of our most pressing environmental (not to mention public health) issues. In line with EU and national policies, there’s a move away from more traditional, engineering methods. Anglers are often the first […]

Water Day 2022: Addressing acute water scarcity | The Guardian Nigeria News

As the Global community on Tuesday March 22, 2023, celebrated the World Water Day with the theme; ‘Groundwater: Making The Invisible Visible’, the world has a again come to agreement that one of the essential elements of earth, water is the prime necessity of life; that all living animals and plants cease to exist without […]

Wexford County drinking water PFAS contamination info to be presented

WEXFORD COUNTY — The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team is expected to update residents near Wexford-Missaukee Career Tech Center on its investigation of PFAS contamination in private drinking water wells near the area’s tech center.  The update is planned for April 6, according to a news release from District Health Department #10. PFAS Action Response […]

Over 10L water tap connection in villages under ‘Jal Jeevan’

The Chhattisgarh government is committed to supply pure drinking water in rural areas and a total of 10,02,756 household tap connections have been installed so far under the Jal Jiwan Mission, an official said. The Mission Director of the scheme, Topeshwar Verma, said: “Work is being done expeditiously to complete the works of Jal Jeevan […]

Kawartha Conservation staff prepare for busy water quality sampling season

Kawartha Conservation’s Integrated Watershed Management staff are preparing for an active water quality monitoring program this year. Several areas are being tested throughout the spring, summer and fall throughout City of Kawartha Lakes, Durham Region, and surrounding areas as part of the Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network. The program, coordinated by the Ministry of the […]

Well in Malvern ‘unsafe’ to drink from unless water is boiled

WATER from a well in Malvern must be boiled before it is drunk after failing recent bacteriological tests. A notice from the Malvern Hills Trust warned walkers not to drink from Hayslad Spout, near West of England Quarry Car Park, unless they boil the water first. The sign said: “On advice from Worcestershire Regulatory Services […]

Community Project Offers Solution to Central Valley Drinking Water Crisis

Local non-profit donates clean drinking water systems to eligible families Water quality is one of Central California’s biggest challenges, with high levels of nitrate and arsenic contaminants and worsening drought conditions. For the thousands of Central Valley residents who can’t safely drink water from their tap, a new community program offers a solution. Supported by […]