Drinking water isn’t carrying COVID virus
Several videos are going viral on social media of people applying drops of tap water on the Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid home-test to get a positive result. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There is a limited quantity of COVID-19 rapid home tests as they are flying off the shelves. But some people aren’t buying them to test […]
City of Pierre to increase cost of drinking water 8% in January
Pierre residents and business will see an increase in the cost of water starting with the January 2022 utility bill. Utilities director Brad Palmer says it’ll be an 8% increase. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2626/files/2021/12/122821-palmer1.mp3 Palmer says most residents will see an increase of around $4 per month. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2626/files/2021/12/122821-palmer2.mp3 Palmer says there won’t be an increase for two other […]
Legionella testing in drinking water
Watch this on-demand webinar to discover different methods available for detecting Legionella in various water samples Paola Miana, VERITAS Biological Laboratory and Sampling Chief, and Stefano Della Sala, Director of VERITAS Laboratory In this free expert-led SelectScience® webinar, Stefano Della Sala and Paola Miana, from VERITAS, explore several different approaches to Legionella testing, including […]
Sell ‘pure water’ at 40 pesewas – Sachet water sellers urged
Bags sachet of water popularly called ‘pure water’ ‘Pure Water’ has been sold at Gp 20 since 2015 500ml (small size) bottled water to be sold at GH¢1.50 Recommendations to increase prices in 2016 and 2018 were not adhered to The NASPWP has recommended that a sachet of water popularly called ‘pure water’ should be […]
Drinking water supply disrupted in parts of Hyderabad
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Cebuanos told: It’s safe to drink MCWD water
MCWD Board of Directors Chairman Jose Daluz III (right) and Acting General Manager Stephen Yee drink water from a delivery truck. | Contributed Photo MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The scarcity of purified bottled water should not be a cause for alarm because water from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is clean and safe to […]
NEW Water celebrates nine decades of water treatment
By Heather GravesEditor GREEN BAY – In the midst of the Great Depression, while much was focused on the country’s financial uncertainty, a group of concerned citizens recognized the need to address the area’s uncontrolled pollution of area waterways. “Our history is not that much different from a lot of utilities around that time,” NEW […]
Excessive Lead Levels Found in Sampling of Boston Tap Water – NBC Boston
Excessive amounts of lead were again found in a recent survey of Boston’s tap water, the city’s water utility said Thursday. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission is required to collect samples of tap water from homes around Boston, and the latest round found lead levels at higher than 17.4 parts per billion, the threshold […]
Local organization gives tours showing how to conserve water
On Saturday morning, Sally Sherman sat on the porch of a house that the Watershed Management Group uses as an office. Next to a garden of fruit trees in front of her were about ten people sitting in the shade and listening. Some had notepads. “Oh, here comes rainwater. Yeah, and everybody should test this […]
Water Director: City is working on solution for ‘earthy’ taste in tap water | News
Moulton residents may be relieved to hear efforts are being taken to address a long-term solution for an “earthy” taste reoccurring in city tap water this winter. According to Moulton Water Superintendent Jay Johnson—who has received numerous complaints of bad-tasting water—algal blooms in the Sinking Creek Reservoir are responsible for the unpleasant odor and taste. […]