Middlesex Water Company has notified all its customers in Carteret, Clark, Edison, Metuchen, South Plainfield and Woodbridge that their water could contain a contaminant found in groundwater samples from one of the company’s treatment plants.
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/
Since 2019, more than 320 toxic substances have been detected in U.S. drinking water systems, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.ehn.org/drinking-water-pollution-2655521279.html
Water utilities and regulators in the US have identified 56 new contaminants in drinking water over the past two years, a list that includes dangerous substances linked to a range of health problems such as cancer, reproductive disruption, liver disease and much more.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/us-tap-water-contaminants-discovery-radioactive-material-pesticides
Residents in Gulf Breeze’s Soundside Drive neighborhood are livid after learning a private contractor crossed a residential sewage line with a potable water line, causing sewage-contaminated water to flow from their faucets for an undetermined amount of time.
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
