Stow residents will need to boil drinking water through at least Monday, pending the results of water testing following a “catastrophic” water main break Saturday on a side street behind the municipal center.
Officials in Arizona, California and Nevada have agreed to a new water conservation plan in an effort to stabilize the water level of Lake Mead, which in June fell to its lowest point in history.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/water-conservation-plan-looks-reverse-lake-meads-historic-decline-rcna8560
WILLINGBORO, N.J. – People in Burlington County are on edge after they found out a well is contaminated with a chemical that’s dangerous to drink. It affects Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority customers in Willingboro and Westampton.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.fox29.com/news/chemical-in-willingboro-water-has-officials-working-to-notify-residents-and-resolve-issue
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
