TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Thousands of Tampa Bay residents may be unknowingly consuming tap water contaminated by “an invisible toxic cocktail” of cancer-linked toxins, a new survey of the nation’s tap water found.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/could-your-water-give-you-cancer-check-by-zipcode/
The National Science Foundation has awarded a Tulane University researcher a RAPID grant to study how pollutants from flooding caused by Hurricane Ida may have affected groundwater and water systems in south Louisiana.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-university-study-water-quality-louisiana-following-hurricane-ida
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive directive Thursday to help residents of Benton Harbor access safe drinking water, vowing to replace all lead pipes by April 2023.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-replace-lead-pipes-benton-harbor-18-months/story?id=80601350
The Plumas County Public Health Agency issued a boil water notice for Chester this afternoon, Nov. 1, after e coli was detected in the drinking water.
FULL ARTICLE: https://www.plumasnews.com/public-health-issues-boil-water-notice-for-chester/
FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Parents of students at Monongah Elementary School have some concerns about health safety at the school. The concerns started Tuesday when the school was dismissed early because of water that was coming into the school’s kitchen.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.wboy.com/news/marion/water-issues-in-school-prompt-early-dismissal-parents-concerned-for-health-and-safety/
State officials on Thursday defended their response to a lead crisis in a small southwestern Michigan city, telling lawmakers that steps to reduce corrosion in aging water pipes began in 2019, just a few months after tests revealed troubling results.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1048605644/benton-harbor-michigan-lead-water-crisis
A Florida-based oil company has applied for a state permit to drill an exploratory oil well north of Immokalee in Collier County, a project that water managers and the local water and sewer district said may threaten drinking water supplies in the region.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article255349556.html#storylink=cpy
A state report shows trouble in Southwest Florida’s water. Scientists warn that areas of our water are polluted with nutrients and bacteria.
FOR FULL VIDEO/ARTICLE: https://www.winknews.com/2021/10/25/newly-released-report-shines-spotlight-on-southwest-floridas-water-issues/
Desalination is the process of getting salt out of saltwater so that it’s drinkable and usable on land. There are two main techniques: You can boil the water, then catch the steam, leaving behind the salt. Or you can blast the water through filters that catch the salt but let the liquid through. The latter is the more modern process, but both methods use a lot of energy.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/09/28/desalination-saltwater-drought-water-crisis/
The mayors of Edison, Metuchen, South Plainfield and Woodbridge have retained an environmental consultant after Middlesex Water Co. announced a regulated contaminant was detected in groundwater samples from the company’s Park Avenue Treatment Plant in South Plainfield.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2021/10/27/water-contamination-4-middlesex-county-nj-towns-exceeds-standards/8544664002/
GET WET! 