Can you help? Our sister city in El Salvador faces clean-water crisis
Making the following plea is Anne-Marie Hilbert, Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project board member. The village in El Salvador no longer has adequate, clean drinking water. Access to safe drinking water is a basic human right but sadly, not the reality in Arlington’s sister city, Teosinte, El Salvador. The Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project (ATSCP) has launched a fund-raiser […]
Radiochemical analysis of the drain water sampled at the exhaust stack shared by Units 1 and 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
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Upper Sugar Creek project launched to improve water quality
Illustration Provided Journal Review Do you live, work, farm or play in the Upper Sugar Creek Drainage? A new project focused on assessing, protecting and improving water quality; engaging individuals interested in the Upper Sugar Creek Drainage; and developing a step-wise plan for the Upper Sugar Creek Drainage will host its first public meeting at […]
Manila Water, partners send more relief aid to typhoon-hit areas
(File photo) MANILA – Manila Water Foundation (MWF) and its partners are sending additional relief assistance to the communities ravaged by Typhoon Odette last December. In a statement on Monday, the foundation coordinated with the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard in the transportation of more than 70,000 liters of drinking water and […]
‘Errors’ at Treatment Plant Force 1 Million in Austin to Boil Their Water
AUSTIN, Texas — Roughly one million people in Austin have had to boil their water since Saturday after officials said “errors” at a treatment plant resulted in potentially unsafe water flowing into homes and businesses in one of the largest and fastest-growing American cities. It was the second time in a year that residents of […]
US military faces crisis on Oahu after leak poisons water | News, Sports, Jobs
HONOLULU (AP) — A giant U.S. government fuel storage installation hidden inside a mountain ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor has provided fuel to military ships and planes crisscrossing the Pacific Ocean since World War II. Its very existence was a secret for years. Even after it was declassified, few people paid attention — until late last […]
Coronado High School junior Rebecca Sias has turned drinking water into a sport at Aoy Elementary School.
Coronado High School – The International Baccalaureate student teamed with the Braden Aboud Memorial Foundation to launch the B Fit/B Hydrated program at Aoy to teach students the importance of drinking water and encourage them to drink more H2O. Now the Aoy kids happily finish several bottles of water, earning Dojo award points from their P.E. […]
Gwadar water supply project to be completed this year
ISLAMABAD: The water scarce port city of Gwadar will get clean drinking water supply from nearby dams, by the mid of this year, as the development work on the important project is in full swing. The project objectives are to develop water transmission pipelines from Swad Dam and Shadi Kaur Dam to Gwadar […]
US military faces crisis in Hawaii after leak poisons water |
HONOLULU — A giant U.S. government fuel storage installation hidden inside a mountain ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor has provided fuel to military ships and planes crisscrossing the Pacific Ocean since World War II. Its very existence was a secret for years. Even after it was declassified, few people paid attention — until late last year, […]
City of Austin expects to lift boil-water notice by Tuesday night
The City of Austin said the current boil-water notice was caused by human error at the city’s largest water treatment plant, and officials expect the situation to be cleared up by Tuesday evening. “It’s becoming clear that this was errors from our operating staff at our Ullrich plant,” said Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros at […]