Entries Tagged Drinking Water

1974.Nixon was impeached. The Watergate trial began. The first extraterrestrial message was sent from Earth into space. John Lennon’s solo “Whatever Gets...

When Julie Beresford was elected mayor of Cameron, W.Va., in 2012, restoring the city’s long-neglected water treatment system took top priority. The...

Who says the work ethic is dead? Take a look at Susan Butts and you’ll see it’s alive and well and living...

Every five years, the U.S. Geological Survey summarizes national water use. If you love statistics, here are a few numbers to consider....

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies honored 15 public drinking water systems with its top utility management awards on Oct. 20 at...

Is access to water a human right?In Detroit, where water shut-offs have received international attention, United Nations representatives have answered that question...

Leaders of a small community water system in Florida inquired with specialists and Florida Gateway College about the origin of chlorides in...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced more than $183 million in funding to invest in California for statewide...

While thousands of new and innovative products aimed at improving water and wastewater infrastructure hit the market every year, it’s also important...

Algae blooms, microcystin, do-not-drink bans, toxins. Those buzzwords have floated across the lips of many municipal leaders this summer, especially after a...

According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the shale-gas boom is responsible for contaminating North...

On Sept. 9, the U.S. EPA announced its continued commitment to improving America’s drinking water by providing more than $8 million to...

On Sept. 3, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will provide almost $12...

In Toledo, Ohio, where unsafe microcystin levels forced a drinking water emergency earlier this month, the water rumor mill continues to churn....