The 27 water systems identified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment as exceeding the new standards range in size from Thornton, which serves about 155,000 customers, to Dawn of Hope Ranch, a religious retreat in Teller County that serves 55 people.
Some 5,000 people who live in El Chaparral, Mijas, have been told not to drink the tap water as there is a “presence of higher values of trihalomethanes”, according to the analysis of the Junta de Andalucía. Trihalomethanes are a byproduct of the water treatment process. They are formed when natural organic material, such as […]
Water from the Kansas River might taste a little different compared to your tap.
Clean, healthy water should be a human right. Sadly, there are many places around the world that don't have access to clean water.
The EPA has announced its new national drinking water standard for certain PFAS compounds.
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – The Department of Public Utilities in the City of Circleville has published its annual Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report for the year 2023. Directed by Public Service Director James Stanley and overseen by Utilities Operations Manager Brian Frost, the report aims to provide consumers with comprehensive information regarding the quality of their […]
'I can’t swim in it and now South West Water want me to drink it'
Cornwall Council will ask South West Water to add fluoride following a review in a bid to tackle the growing lack of NHS dental care for the Duchy's children
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) says arsenic levels in Doña Ana County drinking water are now at normal levels. Last month, a water sample taken in Doña Aana County contained levels of arsenic that exceeded the federal maximum containment level. Residents were later warned of the effects of drinking []
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After years of analysis and debate, California regulators have adopted a nation-leading drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen found in water supplies across the state. The dangers of the toxic heavy metal, also known as chromium-6, became widely known in the 1990s after a court case that then-legal clerk Erin Brockovich helped develop against Pacific Gas & Electric for contaminating water in the town of Hinkley in the Mojave Desert. The story of tainted water in that...
By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexavalent chromium, a toxic chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.” The rule is the first in the nation to specifically target the heavy metal, known as chromium-6, and is expected to reduce