Author: getwetprojectblog

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The entire city of Daytona Beach is under a boil water advisory for the next two days, officials said in a tweet on Monday.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/12/13/daytona-beach-issues-citywide-boil-water-advisory-officials-say/

Earlier this year, more than 200 million gallons of untreated wastewater were discharged into local waters because of a leak at Piney Point, a former phosphate mining facility in Manatee County, Florida. Now, it’s a race against time for state officials to prevent another potentially “catastrophic” breach, with rainy season just months away and millions of gallons of untreated wastewater remaining at the facility. 

FOR FULL ARTICLE/VIDEO:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/piney-point-wastewater-deep-well-environmentalists-controversy/

TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Wis. (WXOW) – State and federal lawmakers confirmed that Wisconsin will receive $142.7 million from infrastructure funding for water quality improvements, including PFAS contamination aid.

FOR FULL ARTICLE/VIDEO: https://www.wxow.com/news/pfas/local-leaders-wait-for-state-officials-to-disperse-142-7-million-infrastructure-dollars-for-pfas/article_a7a21410-5706-11ec-8ac6-9b65918aa8e2.html

Pico Water District has received a $4.3 million grant from Water Replenishment District for a system to remove contaminants, commonly known as “forever chemicals,” from its drinking water.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2021/12/06/pico-water-district-receives-4-3-million-grant-to-remove-forever-chemicals-from-water/

Provincial health officials are warning owners of private drinking-water wells in flooded sections the Fraser Valley Regional District, and the Metro Vancouver Regional District, that their wells may be at increased risk of contamination.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.aldergrovestar.com/news/risk-of-drinking-water-contamination-from-manure-increased-in-flooded-areas-says-province/

After several years of drinking bottled water, people living with PFAS-polluted wells in the town of Peshtigo might be one step closer to a permanent source of safe drinking water.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.wpr.org/water-summit-seeks-find-permanent-water-source-peshtigo-residents-struggling-pfas-pollution

Military residents near Hawaii’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam began to find something distasteful: their tap water smelled like gasoline. On Friday, Navy officials confirmed that petroleum had contaminated a well serving the Navy water system.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.businessinsider.com/pearl-harbor-water-petroleum-crisis-2021-12

FOR FULL VIDEO: https://www.localdvm.com/video/city-of-martinsburg-issues-boil-water-advisory-for-residents-until-further-notice/7204221/

The largest parts of Minnesota’s $6.8 billion share of the $1.2 trillion federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are headed to roads, bridges and public transportation. But the biggest slice after that will help address an issue that affects cities and towns throughout Minnesota: clean water.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2021/12/theres-big-money-for-water-quality-issues-in-the-federal-infrastructure-bill-what-that-means-for-minnesota/

Key Honolulu aquifer may also be at risk as residents say they face stomach pain and headaches

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/03/hawaii-drinking-water-contamination-navy