Clare scientist leading Irish Water Science Week event
A Clare-born scientist with Irish Water will lead the utility’s participation in National Science Week 2022 which runs from 13 – 20 November and celebrates science in our everyday lives. The theme for this year is ‘Infinite Possibilities’, focusing on how science can improve our lives and help us to make positive choices that will […]
Legislator: Our mission is for everyone in New Jersey to have clean drinking water | Opinion
By Linda Greenstein Many of our communities face challenges that threaten their health and safety due to polluted drinking water. Water quality issues affect all of us. My colleagues and I have worked with health professionals and scientists to develop the best course of action to be taken. In 2017, I had the opportunity to […]
Homes and businesses cracked as wells tapped water in SLO
The last time San Luis Obispo ran critically short of water, the city pumped heavily from wells along Los Osos Valley Road. The aquifer was so overtaxed by residents and farmers that the ground sank, resulting multi-million dollar lawsuit settlements over damaged businesses and homes. Since the 1990s, the city has adopted a series of […]
Lake Miramar closing to recreational boats, kayaks as Pure Water construction ramps up
SAN DIEGO — Boating and kayaking will be suspended at popular Lake Miramar in Scripps Ranch next week to allow construction of the city’s Pure Water sewage recycling system. Lake Miramar is key to the large project because it will eventually store all the sewage treated by a purification plant under construction in western Miramar. The […]
New approaches to water source protection
Drying water sources across Bhutan is one of the critical challenges in meeting Bhutan’s national target of ensuring ‘24/7 access to safe drinking water’ by 2023. Access to safe drinking water is interlinked with other national goals of public health and hygiene, and environmental management. A survey conducted by the Department of Forest and Park […]
Live Oak to seek water improvement grants | News
The Live Oak City Council recently approved an agreement with an engineering firm to complete an application process for state grants that would help improve the city’s water and wastewater systems. Currently, the California State Water Resource Control Board is “offering a Drinking Water Planning Grant program that could fund an update of the Live […]
People are only just discovering why you shouldn’t drink water from the bathroom tap
We’ve all woken up in the middle of the night, parched, desperately searching for some water to quench our thirst. And we’ve all suffered the sudden realisation, as we’re grasping in the dark, that we forgot to bring up a glass with us when we went to bed. You’re left with just one question: do […]
High contaminant levels found in Watertown drinking water for 3rd time this year
File Photo: Steve Johnson, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Nov 11, 2022 — Celia ClarkeHigh contaminant levels found in Watertown drinking water for 3rd time this year The City of Watertown informed residents last week that 2 contaminants were found at above-acceptable federal levels at the city’s water treatment plant. They are byproducts of the […]
TapFresh air-to-water converter offers 3-level air purification and water sterilization » Gadget Flow
Avoid ever having a water crisis in your home when you have the TapFresh air-to-water converter. Able to turn air into pure drinking water, this gadget offers 3-level air purification and 3-level water sterilization. Like magic, it draws drinking water from the air by capturing unpolluted fresh water in the air around you. In fact, […]
Reckitt Benckiser : Driving access to clean water and sanitation
Driving access to clean water and sanitation for all as the climate warms Water is essential to health, life and our shared prosperity. Yet today, water scarcity affects every continent. 2.2 billion people worldwide currently do not have access to clean drinking water and 1 in 4 people lack access to safe sanitation. If climate […]