Tag: drinking water
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Water-Filter Pitchers Not Equally Effective at Removing Microcystins
Photo: Dr. Chaffin in the lab. (Credit: Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/2018/7a1my/water-quality-safe.) Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the toxins they produce, threaten drinking water safety worldwide, and here in the US, we are becoming more aware of the issue as HABs are reported across the country. Microcystins, the most common toxins arising from HABs,…
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Indigenous Services Provides Update on Water Advisories
[Canada] The federal government has shared the latest results in its efforts to end all long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on Indigenous reserve by March 2021. For the month of August 2018, the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, provided the following update as part of the department’s monthly report on long-term…
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New York governor signs law mandating lead testing in schools
(Photo: Peter Carr/The Journal News) ALBANY — Schools in New York will have to test drinking water for lead contamination. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation into law Tuesday that will require the state’s nearly 700 districts to conduct the testing, and he separately ordered the state Health Department to require districts to test the water…
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Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants
Reclaimed storm water may provide a local source of drinking water for parched communities. (MPCA Photos, via Flickr) UC Berkeley engineers have created a new way to remove contaminants from storm water, potentially addressing the needs of water-stressed communities that are searching for ways to tap the abundant and yet underused source of fresh drinking…
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Detroit schools shutting off drinking water because of lead, copper
Click the link below to view the USA TODAY motion graphic showing how lead can get into your drinking water, and the full story. Ramon Padilla, Karl Gelles and Shannon Green, USA TODAY The Detroit school district is shutting off drinking water to all of its schools after test results found elevated levels of lead…
