Tag: drinking water
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New PFAS guidelines
Photo: PFAS can be found in hundreds of water systems in the U.S. d3sign/Moment via Getty Images A water quality scientist explains technology and investment needed to get forever chemicals out of US drinking water Harmful chemicals known as PFAS can be found in everything from children’s clothes to soil to drinking water , and regulating…
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Financing Works for Water Access in Many Places
Access to affordable financing is a barrier between people in need and water and sanitation solutions Through decades of research, traveling throughout the world and talking to those affected by the water crisis, Water.org CEO & Co-founder, Gary White, uncovered a common theme – there are millions of families spending more than 20% of their…
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Does California Have a ‘Lead in Drinking Water’ Problem?
More testing and proper lead service line replacement is needed throughout the state. It has been nearly eight years since the Flint water crisis and yet we continue to see how lead-contaminated drinking water threatens human health and disproportionately impacts vulnerable communities across the country. As headlines of lead in drinking water continue to make…
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Fluorine nanostructures can desalinate water 2,400 times faster than carbon nanotubes
Some of Earth’s 3 million cubic miles (13 million cubic km) of salt water. Imagine a cross-section of a strand of hair. That tiny surface — roughly one-millionth of a meter in diameter — is huge compared to the pores in a new type of filter developed by engineers at the University of Tokyo in…
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The water is contaminated. But California bottled water program isn’t helping this town
A failed 50-year-old well in late May meant boiling water for Earlimart residents. But even as the boil order was recently lifted, many are fearful of contaminated tap water, relying on bottled water for the indefinite future. The cost of buying cases of bottled water for cooking and drinking is adding up for residents of…
