Tag: water treatment plants
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Flooded Iowa communities surviving with trucked-in water
The surging waters have damaged hundreds of homes in the Midwest and been blamed for at least three deaths — two in Nebraska and one in Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa — As some communities along the Missouri River start to shift their focus to flood recovery after a late-winter storm, residents in two Iowa cities…
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NOAA and partners team up to prevent future Great Lakes drinking water crisis
Video of Preventing a Great Lakes Drinking Water Crisis A new video SMART BUOYS: Preventing a Great Lakes Drinking Water Crisis released by Ocean Conservancy describes how NOAA forecast models provide advance warnings to Lake Erie drinking water plant managers to avoid shutdowns due to poor water quality. An inter-agency team of public and private…
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California: A ‘Water Tax’ Is Looking Increasingly Likely
The Colorado River / Image via Shutterstock. This post initially appeared in the Feb. 8 Sacramento Report. The Legislature looks increasingly likely to impose a statewide tax to fund more water projects. In the past five years, California voters have approved over $10 billion in statewide bonds to fund water projects, some in areas could…
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How a Yemen Water Plant Helped Cut Cholera by 92 Percent
Why you should care: Because cholera has had a devastating effect on the conflict-ravaged country and can be used as a tool of war. For nearly four years, Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, has been ravaged by war. With on-the-ground reporting still difficult, the death toll from fighting and bombing — currently…
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Newark said its water was safe, but … was warned of problems months ago
City officials in Newark said they learned in October that lead water contamination wasn’t just affecting a dozen homes, but was a “widespread problem,” potentially impacting as many as 40,000 residents. But, a newly-released email shows officials were warned at least seven months earlier — months they spent insisting the water was “absolutely safe to…
