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Water from a supply containing high levels of toxic chemicals has been pumped into the homes of more than 1,000 people, the Guardian can reveal.

Cambridge Water has admitted it removed a supply containing four times the regulatory limit of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS), which was being blended with other supplies to provide water to the homes of customers in south Cambridgeshire, in June last year. But the 1,080 customers living in Stapleford and Great Shelford were never informed that they had been exposed. The company has not revealed how long the water had been tainted.

For more information, visit: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/08/high-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-found-in-cambridgeshire-drinking-water

TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay area continues to be one of the fastest growing in the United States. But while it’s leading to a booming local economy, environmental managers are working to make sure the region can keep up with the growing demand for drinking water.

For more information, visit: https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-bay-water-population-growth-means-millions-more-gallons-needed-by-2028

The world’s glaciers may contain less water than previously believed, a new study has found, suggesting that freshwater supplies could peak sooner than anticipated for millions of people worldwide who depend on glacial melt for drinking water, crop irrigation and everyday use.

For more information, visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/climate/glaciers-water-global-warming.html

Beijing, where winters are dry, is the first Winter Olympics host to rely 100% on man-made snow; climate change won’t make host selection any easier

For more information, visit: https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/beijings-fake-olympic-powder-requires-at-least-74-swimming-pools-of-water-but-that-may-undercount-china-vows-to-reuse-snow-11644260031

Researchers in Indonesia have developed an innovative way to remove microplastics from water without the need for expensive filters.

It works, says Dhany Arifianto, an engineer at the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Surabaya, Indonesia, by passing contaminated water through a pipe, while underwater speakers make the pipe vibrate like the sound board of a guitar.

For more information, visit: https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/using-sound-capture-microplastics/

Microplastics can deposit and linger within riverbeds for as long as seven years before washing into the ocean, a new study has found.

Because rivers are in near-constant motion, researchers previously assumed lightweight microplastics quickly flowed through rivers, rarely interacting with riverbed sediments. 

For more information, visit: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/microplastics-may-linger-in-rivers-for-years-prior-to-entering-oceans-357476

NORTH HALEDON — More than 160 homeowners with wells have toxic compounds in their water and filed claims with the state for courtesy installation of a filter, according to officials.

But that number, disclosed this week for the first time, does not represent the full scope of the contamination…

For more information, visit: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/north-haledon/2022/02/02/north-haledon-nj-private-well-users-pfas-in-water/9293592002/

Six North Carolina environmental and social justice organizations are resuming a previously filed lawsuit over the ongoing GenX crisis in the Cape Fear River.

But the defendants in this lawsuit aren’t Chemours or DuPont — it’s the federal government, specifically the Environmental Protection Agency…

For more information, visit: https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2022/02/01/6-north-carolina-groups-resume-lawsuit-against-epa-genx-crisis-cape-fear-river-chemours-dupont-pfas/9282829002/

Lee County is selling water to the City of Fort Myers to help with water pressure issues impacting people in several communities.

The people in charge of the city’s water and public works think in five months, they will have a much better handle on the problem and they hope they won’t need to keep buying water from Lee County, but right now, there isn’t enough water coming through the pipes.

For more information, visit: https://www.winknews.com/2022/01/31/fort-myers-buying-water-from-lee-county-to-help-with-water-pressure-issues/

The newest Texas 2022 water management plan is the first of its kind to  have a chapter devoted to water conservation, according to an article by the Texas Water Newsroom. 

On July 7, 2021, the Texas Water Development Board, or TWDB, adopted the state’s 2022 water management plan, estimated to cost $80 billion in implementation.

For more information, visit:https://www.thebatt.com/news/new-state-water-plan-addresses-conservation/article_fdee7c22-7d68-11ec-8b85-635d592589eb.html