Tag: streams
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Wisconsin Farm Group Admits Tainting Drinking Water, Keeps Failing Residents
What if your neighbor poured toxic chemicals into your drinking water but only agreed to pay for part of the cleanup? You probably wouldn’t be happy. Well, that’s exactly what’s happening in northeastern Wisconsin. A farm group, called Peninsula Pride Farms, recently admitted to being responsible for E. coli, a toxic bacteria, in drinking water.…
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The Effects Of Mercury On Water – such as Methylmercury
Mercury never goes away. It just gets moved around, changing from one chemical form to another, with water playing a major role in both its transport and transformation. Once mercury is released into waterways, it can end up just about anywhere. Ocean currents can carry it around the world, it can evaporate into the atmosphere,…
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One-Third of Americans’ Drinking Water May Be Deregulated by EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to dismantle the federal clean water rule, which protects waterways that provide drinking water for about a third of the US population. Editor’s note: we made a web page where you can compare the Twitter posts of the @EPA and @altUSEPA. The EPA, with the US Army, has proposed…
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Report: Contamination in Ringwood could threaten the Wanaque Reservoir
A brief overview of the Ringwood Mines Superfund site as of early 2017. The formerly Ford-owned site in Passaic County, New Jersey is polluted with paint sludge and industrial waste. David Zimmer/NorthJersey.com (Photo: northjersey.com file photo) High levels of a dangerous chemical at the Ringwood Superfund site are a potential threat to the nearby Wanaque…
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Alteration of stream temperature by natural and artificial beaver dams
Beaver are an integral component of hydrologic, geomorphic, and biotic processes within North American stream systems, and their propensity to build dams alters stream and riparian structure and function to the benefit of many aquatic and terrestrial species. Recognizing this, beaver relocation efforts and/or application of structures designed to mimic the function of beaver dams…
