KMB uses treats to teach about water table, aquifers
KMB used everything from soda to ice cream and even sprinkles to teach children about how certain things can contaminate aquifers. MIDLAND, Texas — Keep Midland Beautiful was out at Centennial Park Friday teaching children about keeping our West Texas environment clean and beautiful. Friday’s event focused on aquifers-underground layers of water sandwiched between layers […]
Water-quality coalition tells EPA of concerns over MMA canal sewage
BOURNE — The Pocasset Water Quality Coalition and the Bourne Sewer Commissioners and have registered opposite opinions about a new permit for Massachusetts Maritime Academy sewage disposal into the Cape Cod Canal at Academy Drive on Taylors Point. The coalition on Tuesday formally registered water quality concerns with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the draft five-year permit […]
Northumbrian Water investigated after Darlington water issue
A WATER company is being investigated by a regulator after a water supply issue caused thousands of Darlington residents to boil their water before drinking it last week. Northumbrian Water said a technical fault at Broken Scar Treatment Works “which was quickly fixed” on February 1 led it to issue a temporary boil water notice […]
UPDATE: Union calls off planned strike against Kentucky American Water, negotiations to resume next week
UPDATE 8:30 P.M., Feb. 11, 2022: LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Strike averted. Sixty-eight members of the National Conference of Fireman and Oilers Union decided Friday not to go on strike as planned at 11:59 p.m. against Kentucky American Water Company. The union called-off the work stoppage and agreed to return to the bargaining table next […]
How a Hydrogel Tablet Could Upscale Water Purification Worldwide
Scientists and engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a hydrogel tablet that enables the purification of water, without creating harmful byproducts or residues. Image Credit: Gilmanshin/Shutterstock.com The engineered hydrogels create hydrogen peroxide, which neutralizes harmful bacteria with activated carbon particles to destroy cell components of bacteria. Global Water Diseases The World Health Organisation […]
TANZANIA: Japan grants a loan of $93 million for drinking water in Zanzibar
The loan agreement was signed on February 4, 2022, at the East African Community (EAC) headquarters between Japan’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Goto Shinichi, and the Permanent Secretary of the Tanzanian Ministry of Finance and Planning, Emmanuel Tutuba. The amount of the loan is 10.864 billion yen, more than 93 million dollars. The Tanzanian government will […]
Coming in May: water program, testing | News, Sports, Jobs
If the water doesn’t look funny, taste off, or smell bad, it’s still a good idea to test it. “Everybody should test their water periodically,” Conewango Creek Watershed Association Chairperson Elizabeth Dropp said. “If people don’t notice anything about their water, they think it’s fine.” “The kinds of things people notice — color, taste, smell […]
Plainfield Township wins award for best tasting water; some worried about message it sends
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — This week Plainfield Township officials accepted an award for the best tasting water in Michigan. They will now have the chance to travel to San Antonia to compete for the best tasting water in all the country. It’s something worth celebrating after years of dealing with PFAS; but the optics of […]
Yukon University can take water treatment course on the road – Yukon News
A new course offered by Yukon University will be able to take the important skills of keeping clean, drinkable water flowing from small purification systems on the road. The centerpiece of the new program is a trailer fitted with a purification system that can be used to teach all the skills needed to operate the […]
As N.H. community grapples with contaminated water, cancer patients seek answers
Carol Williams doesn’t live in New Hampshire anymore, but she links her cancer to the 36 years she lived in Bedford, just over the Merrimack town line. Williams only recently learned that the drinking water at her house contained chemicals called per- and polyfluorinated substances, or PFAS, which can be harmful to human health. Get […]