Tag: drinking water
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Nitrates stored in rocks ‘nail in coffin’ for artificial fertilizers
The Manawatu gorge. Photo: 123rf A new report showing nitrates can accumulate in rocks then leach into waterways — leading to long-term pollution — is another nail in the coffin for artificial nitrate fertilisers, an academic says. A paper published by researchers at the British Geological Survey has found vast quantities of nitrate across the…
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PFAS1 found in drinking water wells in unexpected places
Image: A PFAS water well result for a home in Courtland Township tested [by] Pace Analytical and sampled by Gordon Water Systems. (Courtesy) GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI — Katey Morse was wondering about cases of cancer among her neighbors when she decided to have her home’s drinking water well tested for fluorochemicals. Morse doesn’t live…
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How a purple school bus brings clean drinking water to Navajo Nation
Photo: Mark Henle/azcentral.com Video (see link below): Mark Sorensen, Star School co-founder, talks about an old school bus that was converted into a solar-powered water desalination system to purify well water for residents on the Navajo Nation. Many in the Navajo Nation don’t have running water and the well water often isn’t safe to drink.…
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Rising temperatures sucking water out of the Colorado River
Photo: The All American Canal, which carries Colorado River into the Imperial Valley in Southern California. California uses more Colorado River water than any other state. BRENT STIRTON/GETTY IMAGES Rising temperatures are undermining the source of one third of Southern California’s drinking water: the Colorado River. A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey finds…
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Research will probe dangerous water quality in First Nations communities
A team of McMaster University researchers is partnering with members of two First Nations communities, including the nearby Six Nations of the Grand River, to find out what is contaminating drinking water. The Co-creation of Indigenous Water Quality Tools project is Indigenous-led, meaning community members will help shape where, how and what contaminants the team…
