Hatenboer-Water Introduces Smart Solution to Reduce Plastic Waste Onboard – Cruise Industry News
The Dutch water company Hatenboer-Water has developed the Plastic Free @Sea concept, which allows shipowners to reduce the tens of thousands of plastic water bottles onboard to virtually zero. This was announced in a press release. As a bonus, the new solution helps to save cost and handling time, Hatenboer-Water said. “(We) are in contact […]
Gauteng family afraid to drink home tap water after kids get sick from suspected mercury poisoning
Kliptown resident Cavlyn Fredericks found small silver balls in her drinking water, which she suspected to be mercury. Her kids spent three days in hospital after experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea, and blood samples confirmed low levels of mercury in their system. Joburg Water sent a team to collect samples in the area on 3 December, and […]
The People’s Water and Sanitation in Guatemala
RALEIGH, North Carolina — In 2015, all U.N. member states agreed to Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) to “ensure availability and sustainable management for water and sanitation for all” by 2030. Five years prior, in 2010, the U.N. General Assembly officially recognized access to clean drinking water and sanitation as human rights. For several […]
Holiday flush: Navy begins monthlong purge of military water system on Hawaii
Navy personnel prepare massive carbon filter systems on Dec. 18, 2021, that will be used to flush contaminated water from military communities near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (Luke McCall/U.S. Navy) Nearly 4,000 residents of military housing for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam are facing the holidays in hotels or in homes without potable water as […]
United States Fines BNSF $1.5 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations
December 17, 2021 LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 17, 2021) – BNSF Railway Corporation has agreed to pay $1,513,750 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), BNSF released approximately 117,500 gallons of heavy crude oil when one of its freight trains derailed outside of Doon, Iowa, […]
Schools Dangerous to Children’s Health, Lack Funds to Fix
Students returning to school are facing more issues than just masks and COVID, but buildings that are dilapidated and pose serious risks to children’s health. The frightening reality is that there isn’t enough funding to fix all of it. At a school in southern Virginia, the fifth grade class will have to have their first […]