Over 60 Idaho communities receive funding to improve water systems
A total of 63 communities across Idaho will receive funding for clean water projects ranging from the evaluation and repair of current water distribution to removing lead water pipes. The Idaho Legislature allocated millions of dollars to Gov. Brad Little’s “Leading Idaho” initiative, which uses record surplus funding in the state’s budget to address issues […]
California’s Safe Drinking Water Act
California has a number of formal acts in statute. Water Code Division 26 provides for the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Floor Protection Act. It is contained in Section 79000 to 79222. Division 26 was added in 1999 by Chapter 725. Section 79000 names Division 26 as the Costa-Machado Water Act of […]
Bacteria Levels Prompt Recreational Water Advisory At Cox’s Point Park – CBS Baltimore
ESSEX, Md. (WJZ) — A recreational water quality advisory put a damper on Independence Day plans for some at Cox’s Point Park. Baltimore County’s Department of Health Division of Environmental Health Services posted a warning sign at the park on Riverside Drive in Essex. READ MORE: Star Spangled Celebration: Fourth Of July Fireworks Light Up […]
Drinking water consumption and association between actual and perceived risks of endocrine disrupting compounds
Sociodemographic of respondents A total of 140 households completed surveys with a response rate of 45.0%. The respondents were comprised of 48.6% males (n = 68) and 51.4% females (n = 72) in the general population aged 18 to 64 years, which were differentiated into five age groups: ≤19 (1.4%); 20–29 (22.1%); 30–50 (67.1%); 51–59 (5.0%); ≥60 (4.3%). There […]
Northeast Oregon farms, food industries to buy water filters for those with contaminated wells
Businesses operating in the Boardman area are stepping up to help local families living with contaminated water. The pollution in their well water will persist, but they will now have reliable water for home use. Guadalupe Martinez, of Boardman, says a reverse-osmosis filter installed under the sink doesn’t work properly, and the whole-house filter behind […]
autonomous-drone wasteshark vacuums plastic waste and biomass from water
Drone wasteshark removes plastic waste and biomass Autonomous surface vessel (ASV) WasteShark by company RanMarine Technology vacuums and cleans plastic waste and biomass from water bodies using drone technology. Modeled after a shark, the water vehicle-looking vacuum is designed to be deployed with preset mission routes on the user’s chosen waterbody. By selecting WasteShark’s […]
Klaipeda will provide free water to business serving customers from the tap
Klaipeda will provide free water to business serving customers from the tap This is part of a national campaign to promote the high-quality water available in Lithuania and to ditch the packaged version To Lithuanian local authorities, it is still inconceivable that many people prefer bottled water in favour of tap water. That is why, […]
Nitrate risk to unborn babies to be measured in $1.2 million study of drinking water
Scientists seeking to determine whether nitrates in drinking water have an impact on unborn babies have received $1.2 million to undertake a study of 700,000 births in New Zealand. The researchers, from Otago University, will map pregnant people’s exposure to nitrate during pregnancy, to determine any links to premature births. In doing so, they will […]
Dombivali residents to face water cut on Tuesday
Thane: The Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) officials have informed all the residents of Dombivali East and West that there will be 12-hour water cut on Tuesday, July 5. Kiran Waghmare, executive engineer, water supply department from KDMC said, “We will be carrying out the necessary urgent repairs at the 150 million litre water treatment […]
Time to speak up: water apartheid is Australia’s dirty secret | The Canberra Times
In the NT, predominantly white towns such as Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine have a regulated and safe drinking water supply, but in Indigenous communities drinking water supply is unregulated, with many residents needing to resort to buying bottled water. And far from being an unavoidable consequence of life in remote communities, this is the […]