American Water Works : New Jersey American Water Plans For Temporary Treatment Change in Wate…
Fluoride treatment to also be suspended during improvement project at the Raritan-Millstone water treatment plant CAMDEN, N.J. (February 1, 2022) – As part of an annual maintenance program for its water distribution system, New Jersey American Water will temporarily change the water treatment process from a chloramine (combined) residual to free chlorine residual at the […]
Boil water advisory for Harmony
Per Toho Water Authority, water service has been affected to about 2,000 Harmony customers, and once the system is fully restored, a precautionary boil water advisory will be in effect. due to a loss of pressure at the water treatment facility that serves the area. Staff are working to restore service as soon as possible. […]
City of Manistee Free Water Testing Through MDHHS
The City of Manistee is working to ensure safe drinking water for residents. It comes after periodic testing of tap water in people’s homes found three out of the 20 samples exceeded the 15 parts-per-billion action level of lead established by the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act. “Right now, we are following the state guidelines […]
Norway Among Eleven Cities To Get State Drinking Water Grants
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today awarded nearly $5 million in grants under the umbrella of the MI Clean Water plan to 11 Michigan cities, villages and townships to help local water suppliers move toward reducing the risks associated with lead in drinking water and other improvements to better ensure safe, clean tap water for residents. “Investing in water infrastructure creates tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, protects […]
Calls mount for public inquiry into Iqaluit water crisis as Nunavut government changes tune
Calls are mounting in Nunavut for the territorial government to call a public inquiry into the Iqaluit water crisis. The city of nearly 8,000 went for two months without clean tap water last fall after hydrocarbons were detected in the water and ultimately traced to the city’s water treatment plant. The do not consume order was […]
Jakarta needs another 4,000 km of tap water pipelines: official
There is already 12 thousand km of water pipelines, but we need four thousand more in Jakarta for clean water services Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta provincial government needs to lay an additional four thousand km of clean water pipelines to meet the target of 100-percent service coverage for residents by 2030, an official has […]
Tap water scheme being expedited in B’khand, Vindhya regions
LUCKNOW: With assembly elections round the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh has expedited the work of starting door-to-door supply of drinking water in the villages of Bundelkhand and the Vindhya region from December. Officials said trial runs have begun and along with starting tap water supply in Bundelkhand and Vindhya […]
Extreme drought in Kenya causes mass livestock deaths and water scarcity
A devastating drought in Kenya has led to mass livestock deaths and widespread water scarcity, according to the Irish humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide. Many areas have seen little or no rainfall since 2020 and 80-90 per cent of reservoirs and dams have dried up in Kenya’s largest county, Turkana, in the northwest. A drought emergency […]
Kaw Lake project expected to ripple through Enid’s vast water utilities system | News
ENID, Okla. — After making a quick trip back to his pickup, David Hunter hoisted the cast-steel pick end of a 2-foot-long sledgehammer to pop off the metal lid of a rusted manhole outside the city’s water booster station off Imo Road. Sitting next to a ladder about 12 feet into the ground was a […]
How water quality at Whanganui’s swim spots stacks up
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Swimmers arrive at the Union Boat Club pontoon in the Bridge to Bridge Swimming Race. Photo / file Whanganui’s sea swimming has been good this year – but water quality in some of its rivers and streams can be poor. The situation concerns Horizons Region councillor Nicola Patrick, who has taken her children swimming at […]