Here’s how you can help bring safe drinking water to Typhoon Odette survivors – Manila Bulletin
Lifestyle / Food / Here’s how you can help bring safe drinking water to Typhoon Odette survivors Here’s how you can help bring safe drinking water to Typhoon Odette survivors Responding to the plea for safe drinking water for the typhoon-stricken areas, Maris Pure Corporation, manufacturer of Healthy and Pure purified water, started by donating […]
Port Angeles water main break affects 230 buildings
PORT ANGELES — City crews were expected to restore water service by early this morning after a 20-inch water main broke on Tuesday, shooting water some 80 feet in the air, the city Public Works director said Wednesday afternoon. Once the pipe near Golf Course Road is repaired, it will be disinfected and flushed with […]
As drinking water infrastructure funding flows, keep control in local hands | Columnists
Discussion of our nation’s crumbling infrastructure is nothing new. Wherever you live and wherever you’re going, odds are you’ve grumbled to yourself about a pothole more than a few times. The good news is that, even against a backdrop of near-constant partisanship and stalemate, real action to improve our nation’s infrastructure does seem to be […]
This device turns air into pure drinking water, providing 10 liters of fresh mineral water each day
What’s funny about the idea of progress is that it’s much more layered than we think. Sure, 30 years from now, we will have sent humans to Mars… but 30 years from now most cities will even be dealing with extreme climate change, polluted air, and scarcity of resources like running water. Sounds odd when […]
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Water Grants
Published on December 23 2021 8:07 am Last Updated on December 23 2021 8:07 am Written by Greg Sapp U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin have announced that an infusion of support from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants Program will be awarded to Illinois communities […]
Top marks for South Huron’s drinking water system
Article content SOUTH HURON – In what has become somewhat of an annual tradition, council is congratulating staff on a perfect inspection rating for the South Huron drinking water system. Article content At the Dec. 6 council meeting director of infrastructure and development Don Giberson and environmental services manager Shawn Young presented the results of […]
Opinion: Clearing the water: What Montana’s rollback of river pollution standards really means | Columnists
GUY ALSENTZER, DERF JOHNSON, ANDREW GORDER and JOANIE KRESICH Today, nutrient pollution impacts 35% of Montana’s river miles and 22% of lakes, according to the state of Montana’s own records. Unfortunately, despite increasing degradation of our waterways from pollution, and with more demands on water resources every day, Gov. Greg Gianforte and Montana’s Department of […]
EPA announces nationwide monitoring effort of drinking water
On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule to establish nationwide monitoring for 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lithium in drinking water. This action is “essential” and meant to address the public health and environmental risks of PFAS in drinking water, the EPA said, and marks a significant […]
Caseville, Pigeon under boil water advisory after Monday water main break
Robert Creenan, Staff Writer Dec. 21, 2021 The City of Caseville, along with Caseville Township, Pigeon, and Sand Point, are under a boil water advisory starting Monday. The Caseville DPW said it was due to a main line leak and water testing will be conducted. Metro Creative Graphics/File Photo Those who depend on the city of […]
Acres residents in Ramona seek $1.32M grant to get access to clean water
Residents of Ramona’s Acres community are working with local officials and a nonprofit on an application for a $1.32 million grant that would give them better access to clean water. The funds would pay for new water main pipelines for the community, which has contaminated well water and inadequate pipes. Toby Roy, a specialist with […]