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USGS Examines Trace Elements in Untreated Water Supplies

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:18:00 +0000

http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/article-display/0573079565/articles/waterworld/volume-27/issue-10/departments/washington-update/usgs-examines-trace-elements-in-untreated-water-supplies.html

Oct 3, 2011. Water World. Trace elements in Untreated Water Supplies, By Patrick Crow, Washington Correspondent

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has reported that about 20% of untreated water samples from public, private, and monitoring wells across the nation contain concentrations of at least one trace element such as arsenic, manganese and uranium at levels of potential health concern.

USGS said at public wells, regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), contaminants are removed from the water before people drink it, but they may not be removed at unregulated private wells. Click for the complete article.

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Successful Rainwater Harvesting Systems from ScienceDaily

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:28:52 +0000

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831115805.htm

September 28, 2011. ScienceDaily. As a crippling drought grips much of the Southern and Southwestern United States, the population continues to grow and water resources become scarcer. One way to address the water problem is by a combination of modern engineering and ancient social principles, outlined in a new paper on rainwater harvesting that will be presented at the 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Click for more.

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How Energy Drains Water Supplies -- New York Times Green Column

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:20:08 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/business/global/19iht-green19.html?_r=1

Austrin, TX. The worst drought in recorded history of Texas damages cotton crops and has ranchers selling off cattle may also hurt power plants, which need vast amounts of water to cool their equipment. Click for more.

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Update on Pharmaceuticals in our Drinking Water--New York Times

admin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:27:07 +0000

September 11, 2011. New York Times. Pharmaceuticals (drugs) in drinking water uptade with a new story from Hillary Rosner in the New York Times. Five years after the federal government convened a task force to study the risks posed by pharmaceuticals in the environment, it is no closer to understanding the problem or whether these contaminants should be regulated under the Clean Water Act. Click for the complete article.

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US EPA Water Quality Database

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:38:44 +0000

If you were ever curious about your city's water quality and how they comply with the EPA Water Quality Act, you can search the EPA for violations in your area. Click to visit the EPA's Enforcemant and Compliance Drinking Water History database. Here, you can search your city and check if they meet the EPA's water quality requirements for safe drinking water. If there's a violation, you'll see it. For example, some areas of Texas have had higher than normal arsenic levels in their ground water, which has also leached into the municipal water system. If the arsenic goes higher than the EPA's MCL (maximum contaminant level) then they will be in violation, and the violation will be reported in this database.

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High Toxin Levels of Blue Green Algae Still Present at Kansas City, MO Reservoir

admin — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:42:15 +0000

September 2, 2011, Kansas City, MO. High Toxin Levels of Blue Green Algae Still Present at Milford Reservoir. Topeka, KS - infoZine - Samples collected by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) indicate that high toxin levels of algae bloom are still present throughout Milford Reservoir.

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Hexavalent Chromium 6 in the News: Chicago

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:17:06 +0000

In a recent article from the Chicago Tribune, levels of hexavalent chromium 6 are more than 11 times higher than California's new standard. Chromium 6, a toxic cancer causing contaminant has been found in several cities across the US. Click for article.

Hexavalent chromium is covered by NBC News Chicago. See "Toxic Metal Found in Drinking Water" Click for article.

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Map of Water Problems Across the US

admin — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:59:00 +0000

Here's a useful resource from The WaterCAMPWS, for identifying areas across the US with 16 water contaminant problems. It's supported by nsf.gov, Sandia National Laboratories and National Risk Management Research Lab, U of Illinois.

Click on the contaminant on the left side of the page, and the states and regions with that contaminant are overlayed with a color.

See http://www.watercampws.uiuc.edu/index.php?menu_item_id=155

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