Tag: drinking water
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In ‘Historic Vote,’ Ohio City Residents Grant Lake Erie Legal Rights of a Person
“What Toledo voters and other places working on rights of nature are hoping is to not only change laws but to change culture.” Tired of receiving notices warning that their drinking water may have been compromised and having little recourse to fight corporate polluters, voters in Toledo, Ohio on Tuesday approved a measure granting Lake…
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Cows for cleaner water
Minnesota ranchers and recreationalists find common ground with help from Extension RSDP Sarah Kuschel, her husband, Miles, and their three children raise beef cattle on pasture in southern Cass County. “My family uses this ground, and we live, work and sleep here,” she says. Kuschel is among many ranchers in an area of central Minnesota…
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Shallow Waters
In a warmer world, the fight for water can push nations apart — or bring them together The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is one of the fastest-growing places in the United States. Already hot and arid, and growing hotter, the booming, heavily Latino region depends almost entirely on the shriveling Rio Grande for water.…
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Pittsburgh water agency to spend $50M to replace lead pipes
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s water treatment plant in Aspinwall. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource) Pittsburgh’s beleaguered water authority will spend $50 million to replace lead service lines, give filters to low-income residents and take other steps to address the city’s lead crisis under a settlement approved Thursday by state utility regulators. It comes a…
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Green water-purification system works without heavy metals or corrosive chemicals
This photo shows a concentrator where samples were placed. Credit: Dan Wang Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Yangzhou University (YZU) in Jiangsu have developed an effective and energy-efficient technique for purifying water by using graphitic carbon nitride sheets. Their prototype, presented February 7…
