Tag: contamination
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Millions consumed potentially unsafe drinking water in the past 10 years
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems based on an evaluation of their safety, condition, capacity, and other criteria. This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program. WOLFFORTH, Texas…
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Lawsuit Dismissal Spells Bad News for Iowa Water Quality
Central Iowans got bad news about the quality of their drinking water on Friday when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Des Moines Water Works against three northern Iowa drainage districts. In 2015, the public utility – which provides clean drinking water to 500,000 residents of central Iowa – sued three drainage districts…
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Millions in Michigan exposed to potentially unsafe chemicals in their water
The nonprofit Environmental Working Group’s new nationwide tap water database shows Michigan and U.S. water systems have a number of contaminants, either unregulated or within regulatory levels, that scientific study shows pose a health risk. Wochit (Photo: naumoid, Getty Images/iStockphoto) Nearly 6 million Michigan residents drink, cook with and otherwise use tap water with an…
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What About Lead?
Since 2014, and the crisis that rocked the community of Flint, Mich., lead in drinking water has been a topic thrust into the headlines and the minds of millions of Americans. Due to the introduction of highly acidic water from the Flint River and insufficient water-treatment techniques, children who consumed this lead-tainted water had 46…
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Getting to clean water: Complex problem, no easy solutions
photo: Friends of the Mississippi River executive director Whitney Clark pours water from the Mississippi River into a tube used to monitor water clarity at Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul on Monday. If you’re looking for one place that best illustrates the challenges facing Minnesota’s water, paddle a canoe just past Pike Island,…
