SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Several roadways and parts of busy freeways in the downtown San Diego area were closed Monday morning as public utilities crews worked to repair multiple water main breaks.
OLYMPIA. Drinking water for over 6 million Washington residents will be tested for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under rule changes adopted by the Washington State Board of Health (SBOH). The rule now sets State Action Levels (SALs) and requires widespread testing of public drinking water supplies for PFAS contamination. The changes will go into effect on January 1, 2022.
Two and a half years after signing a deal aimed at averting a damaging crisis along the Colorado River, water officials from California, Arizona and Nevada are discussing plans to take even less water from the shrinking river and leave it in Lake Mead in an effort to prevent the reservoir from falling to dangerously low levels.
Scientists, community groups, and the Clean Water Act are behind Washington, D.C.’s massive project to reduce combined sewer overflows by 96%.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://eos.org/features/the-capitals-waterways-could-be-swimmable-by-2030
Lead service lines were banned nationwide in 1986, but fixing this largely underground problem is taking longer than community and environmental advocates would like.
As a man hiked last month through lush terrain in Waipio, a town on Hawaii’s Oahu island, a pungent stench suddenly wafted past him. It smelled like alcohol, and it was coming from a nearby stream that was about 120 feet below a freeway.
FULL ARTICLE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/18/waipio-hawaii-stream-alcohol-contamination/
The Village of Central Lake has issued a boil water advisory for all residents until further notice.
FULL ARTICLE: https://www.9and10news.com/2021/11/18/central-lake-issues-boil-water-advisory/
In an average week, NaTisha Washington hears from seniors forced to choose between keeping their water running or paying medical bills, moms afraid to make their baby’s formula with tap water over fear of contamination, and local politicians frustrated by barriers to improving water quality.
FULL ARTICLE: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-contaminated-water-contributes-to-mental-illness/
MANCHESTER, MI – Blood testing offered to residents revealed just one result within an actionable level after an October announcement that drinking water samples in Manchester exceeded a state action level for lead, according to the Washtenaw County Health Department.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/11/blood-tests-dont-reveal-widespread-exposure-after-lead-levels-flagged-in-manchester-drinking-water.html
No state has more people served by unhealthy amounts of PFOA – a manmade chemical linked to cancer and child developmental problems – than NJ.
FOR FULL VIDEO: https://www.app.com/videos/news/health/2018/11/19/pfoa-dangerous-chemical-your-tap-water/1976733002/
