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Just what is in that drinking water? National Geographic ArticleNational Geographic article highlights the potent ingredients in our drinking water - ranging from pharmaceuticals, especially in European rivers, to vanilla and sage (especially at Thanksgiving) in Puget Sound.
California lawmakers pass historic water package - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento BeeSACRAMENTO, Calif.
River Heals as Big Poultry Cleans Up It's ActSCRAPER, Okla. (AP) -- David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn't have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years.
Water quality issues have become a high profile subject in the past few years. Despite an increasing public awareness of the issues at stake, it is a growing problem.
Is your water supply a surface water supply or a groundwater supply? Clink on the link at the end of this article to find out!
Klamath water user group makes deceitful claimshe Klamath Water Users Association leaders' claim of PacificCorp's "private property rights" to demolish Klamath River Hydropower Dams is deceitful. PacificCorp didn't propose demolishing them.
Water quality at U.S. beaches - NRDC releases beach water quality reportLOS ANGELES -- A report on water quality at U.S. beaches shows a 10 percent decrease in closing or advisory days last year compared to 2007, but indicates pollution remains serious
Ex-water supervisor guilty of falsifying reportFormer Fort Gibson Water Treatment Plant supervisor Christopher Neil Gauntt could be sentenced to five years in federal prison and fined up to $250,000 for falsifying a water quality report for the town.
EPA Acts to Reduce Harmful Impacts from Coal MiningThe Obama administration has moved to deny mountaintop removal permits and review others, saying "that the coal mines would likely cause water quality problems in streams below the mines, would cause significant degradation to streams buried by mining activities, and that propose …
Cargo Ship Hits Pier, Oil Spill Fouls Waters of Howe Sound Off Squamish - Science - redOrbitAn oil spill fouled the waters of Howe Sound north of Vancouver on Friday, sending surfers scrambling out of the water. Dan Bate, a spokesman for the Coast Guard, said the cargo ship Westwood Anette hit a pier at a terminal and a fuel tank burst.
Fish Toxicity Study: Untreated Water From Residential and Parking Lot Car Washes Affects Water Quality of Local Streams, Lakes and RiversWater quality is at the top of the summer agenda for many municipalities as residents swim, fish and boat in recreational waters. However, many homeowners or organizers of parking lot car washes may not realize the effects of untreated car wash affluent on local water quality.
My traveling companions and I have had an amazing ride. We have been floating, spinning, tumbling, dancing and bouncing in the clouds. I am intoxicated with the thrill of being liquid no more. As we drift slowly towards Earth, we wait for our next adventure to begin.
Iraq: millions at risk from contaminated water, says Red CrossImproved security has failed to prevent Iraq becoming the scene of one of the world's most critical humanitarian disasters with water supplies and sewage systems putting millions at risk of disease, the Red Cross said today.
Salmon return to Switzerland after 50 yearsOn 5 October 2008 a 91 centimeter-long female salmon was caught and then released in the Upper Rhine at Basel, Switzerland.
Puget Sound triageI asked David Dicks, chair of the Puget Sound Partnership, if it would ever be time to use the "T" word regarding Puget Sound.
There's nothing new in a plan to save Puget SoundWhen it comes to restoring Puget Sound, Ecclesiastes seems appropriate: "What has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." On April 25, Robert McClure reported in the Post-Intelligencer that scientists had just ripped into the Puget Sound Partnership's " …
EPA says $203 bln needed for wastewater infrastructureWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. needs to invest $202.5 billion in its wastewater infrastructure due to aging facilities, rising water quality standards and population growth, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
Don't judge a brook by its color -- brown waters are more naturalOver the last 20 years lakes and streams in remote parts of the UK, southern Scandinavia and eastern North America have been increasingly stained brown by dissolved organic matter.
Canada missing environmental targetsAccording to Statistics Canada Canada is not only missing any air quality improvement targets we have, but our air is getting more polluted. The situation with fresh water isn't much better.
Tests show red tide in Virginia waters is toxic to fishScientists and watermen have long known that large algae blooms contribute to fish kills by robbing oxygen from the water. However, scientists at Old Dominion University have just confirmed that at least one species is directly toxic to fish.
Water-Pitcher Filters Do Not Filter Lead ParticlesWater-pitcher filters may not reduce lead concentrations to acceptable standards in homes that have elevated levels of the metal in their tap water, because the filters do not remove lead particles, according to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment Canada.
Panton McLeod make sure your nice clean water is stored in a nice clean tankIt's reassuring to know firms like this exist at all - what good would clear, pure drinking water be if the public supply network wasn't kept pristing?
It's Healthy to Think About WaterIn a response to recent articles in DancingSpoon.com (see Moving Lakes) and other publications concerning the horrendous waste we participate in by the purchase of billions of plastic water bottles, some 50 billion just last year, the International Bottled Water Association took …
An Enviornmental Success Story On An Ancient WaterwayHANGZHOU, China — Until the early 1990s, crews on barges and boats chugging down China's 2,400-year-old Grand Canal did not need familiar landmarks to tell them they were approaching the scenic city of Hangzhou. They could smell it.
Insects Key Indicators of Water Health, Experts SaySometimes it's good to have bugs in your water. An increase in the diversity and size of water insects is heralding an improvement in the environmental quality of streams that flow into the Carson River in northern California and Nevada.
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