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Drinking Water Contaminant Categories Discussed in New Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses various drinking water contaminant categories. “Access to clean water is a crucial ingredient for a healthy life,” said Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane and Associates and the IAQ Video Network. “Unfortunately, not everyone ...
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US drinking water contaminated by pharmaceuticals
A vast array of pharmaceuticals - including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones - have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation has claimed. Water in 24 metropolitan areas, including Detroit, Louisville, southern California and Northern New Jersey is particularly at risk. The report says the ...
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Public comment sought on US drinking water contaminants
The US EPA is asking for public comment on a list of 104 possible drinking water contaminants that may need to be regulated in the future to ensure the continued protection of drinking water. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA includes on the draft Contaminant Candidate List (CCL) currently unregulated contaminants that are known or anticipated to occur in public water systems and which may ...
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New EPA list of drinking water contaminants for regulatory consideration
EPA is releasing its third list of drinking water contaminants that are known or anticipated to occur in public water systems and may require regulation. EPA will continue to evaluate and collect data on the contaminants, and determine by 2013 for some of them whether or not to propose drinking water regulations. The contaminant candidate list (CCL 3) includes 104 chemical contaminants or ...
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GAO Report: Drinking Water at Risk from Underground Fracking Waste Injection
The Environmental Protection Agency’s program to protect drinking water sources from the underground injection of fracking waste needs improvement, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Underground injection of fracking waste has been linked to drinking water contamination and induced earthquakes around the country. The GAO report is online here: ...
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EPA determines regulation not needed for 11 potential drinking water contaminants
The US Environmental Protection Agency has made a final determination not to regulate 11 contaminants on the second drinking water contaminant candidate list (CCL 2). The agency has concluded that the contaminants do not occur nationally in public water systems, or occur at levels below a public health concern. The agency's final regulatory determination is based on extensive review of health ...
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Identifying Water Contaminants to Protect the Public and Workers in Puerto Rico
In April of this year, the Puerto Rico Water Quality Standards Regulation was enacted to preserve, maintain and enhance the quality of water on the islands. The standards cover everything from pathogenic organisms and asbestos to radioactive materials and inorganic substances. Water quality is critical for the health and well-being of the islands’ visitors and residents. Water makes up ...
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March 22, World Water Day
This year, the UN focus on wastewater and ways to reduce and reuse as over 80% of all the wastewater from our homes, cities, industry and agriculture flows back to nature polluting the environment and losing valuable nutrients and other recoverable materials. AZUD continues having a commitment on reaching an optimum use and an appropriate reuse of a resource as scarce as water is. FACTS: ...
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System monitors for drinking water contamination on-line and in real time
INTRODUCING WISE® Water Infrastructure Sensing Equipment On-line, real-time, chemical and biological water contamination detection Drinking water systems are vulnerable to chemical spills, pollution, natural and man-made disasters, and acts of terrorism. Until WISE™, there has never been a single, integrated system capable of detecting and reporting biological and chemical ...
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Toxic Drinking Water at Marine Base Camp Lejeune
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - Two of the three drinking water systems that served family housing at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune were contaminated with chemicals from dry cleaning and industrial operations for 28 years, a federal government analysis reveals. The 246 square mile base is located near Jacksonville, North Carolina. One system, the Tarawa Terrace drinking water system, was mostly ...
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EPA Proposes Indianapolis hazardous waste site for Superfund National Priorities List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed adding the West Vermont Drinking Water Contamination site, Indianapolis, Indiana, to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. At the site, an 18-acre groundwater plume of chlorinated ...
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Millions in EPA Funds Coming to Puerto Rico for Water Infrastructure Projects
More than $78 million dollars in funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to arrive this year in Puerto Rico for water infrastructure projects. The local government will be deciding how to best use the funds based on criteria outlined by the EPA’s Administrator. In parts of the islands, access to potable water has been a challenge. The situation was made all the ...
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Senators Want Drinking Water Standard for Perchlorate
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who serves as the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, has introduced two bills to protect people from drinking water contaminated by the toxic chemical perchlorate. One bill would direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to promptly establish a health advisory, followed by a ...
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EPA Determination on 11 Contaminants
The U.S. EPA has made a preliminary determination not to regulate 11 contaminants on the second drinking water contaminant candidate list (CCL). The agency?s preliminary regulatory determination, based on an extensive review of health effects and occurrence data, concludes that the specific contaminants do not occur at levels of public health concern in public water systems. 'We are confident ...
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EPA Awards $1.5 Million to Universities for Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment Methods; University of Gainesville Among Recipients
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced almost $1.5 million in funding to three universities to develop sustainable drinking water treatment methods. The research grants are funded through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. These grants, which supplement last year’s grants to eight other universities, are intended to provide innovative treatment ...
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EPA soliciting applications for environmental justice grant funding
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting grant applications for a total of $1 million in funding for projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues in communities. EPA expects to award approximately 40 grants of up to $25,000 each and will accept applications until January 8, 2010. Local governments and non-profit organizations are eligible to apply. The goals ...
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Cwti Agm Cut-Off Time and Date for Voting Extended
September 13, 2018, Guelph, Ontario: Current Water Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:WATR) (“CWTI” or “the Company”), announced today that it has extended the cut-off time and date for voting by proxy for its upcoming annual meeting of shareholders on Friday, September 14, 2018 (the “Meeting”). All forms of proxy must be deposited with TSX Trust Company by no later ...
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1.8 billion people use a drinking-water source contaminated with faeces.
According the World Health Organizatiion (WHO) 4.2 billion people now get water through a piped connection; 2.4 billion access water through other improved sources including public taps, protected wells and boreholes. 663 million people rely on unimproved sources, including 159 million dependent on surface water. Globally, at least 1.8 billion people use a drinking-water source contaminated ...
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Navy Agrees to Fixes to Public Water Supply at DC Military Base
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed a Safe Drinking Water Act administrative consent order with the U.S. Navy, and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to take corrective action protecting the public water supply at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, a combined Navy-Air Force facility in Washington, D.C. The order requires the Navy and WSSC to submit and implement a plan to ...
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EPA awards University of Nevada, Reno nearly $500,000 for sustainable drinking water treatment methods
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $499,743 grant to the University of Nevada, Reno, part of almost $1.5 million in funding to three universities nationwide to develop sustainable drinking water treatment methods. The research grants are funded through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. These grants, which supplement last year’s grants to ...
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