Drinking Water

Water main bursts in Pittsfield; boil-water order issued
Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - 1 hour ago
"Due to this possibility, Pittsfield Water Works places a boil-water order for the entire system. We have been in contact with the State Drinking Water ...
Pittsfield Water Shutdown WABI
Boil Water Order In Effect For Pittsfield WMTW
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BBC News
The machine creating water out of thin air
CNN - 1 hour ago
A shortage of clean drinking water has unleashed a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. Rick Howard the CEO of Element Four, a small Canadian firm, has applied its ...
'Water crisis hinders cholera fight' BBC News
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Examiner.com
Recycled drinking water gives new meaning to bottoms up!
Examiner.com - 2 hours ago
After all, according to the United Nations, today, a billion people worldwide don't have clean drinking water. Here in the southwestern United States, ...

Media Advisory: Man-Made Chemicals Found in Drinking Water at Low ...
United States Geological Survey (press release), VA - 3 hours ago
Low levels of certain man-made chemicals remain in public water supplies after being treated in selected community water facilities. ...

Plans unveiled for £30m scheme to improve quality of drinking water
Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 7 hours ago
By Mark Dowie Scottish Water yesterday unveiled plans for a £30million investment to improve drinking water quality in Perthshire. ...
New Scottish construction jobs in water improvement works news.careerstructure.com
New Scottish engineer jobs in £30m Turret upgrade Career Engineer
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Hydro project to tap Homer's drinking water
Homer News, AK - 9 hours ago
But is it safe to install turbine engines inside pipes carrying treated drinking water? "The idea of generating power through water pipes is not new, ...

Filipino inventor: Harvesting rain can solve water problem
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 5 hours ago
Mateo said the lack of clean drinking water has been a problem for kids in remote areas who do not have the convenience to buy distilled water from ...

Feds Set to Eliminate Water Regulations for Neurotoxin
Wired News - 16 hours ago
Environmental health advocates saw the study as supporting tightened restrictions on perchlorate levels in drinking water — something the EPA had been ...
US Navy in Guam cited by EPA for several violations Radio New Zealand International
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BBC News
Water Samaritans help stem Zimbabwe cholera epidemic as taps run dry
Times Online, UK - 13 hours ago
An Asian businessman has had a tap installed in an elaborate bricked fountain outside his front wall with a large sign saying: “Drinking water. ...
Zimbabwe: Prioritise Water Chemicals AllAfrica.com
Zimbabwe: Water Woes Persist AllAfrica.com
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NC community readies for big water storage project
Water Technology Online, NY - 6 hours ago
The system will enable the utility to store treated drinking water in underground sand deposits during low usage times. The water can be tapped during ...

Fable of the Water Tank – Part I
Extra Newspaper, IL - 14 hours ago
The inhabitants of this land depended on clean drinking water to survive. The problem was that the land had been polluted so badly, that drinking water was ...

Aljazeera.net
'Water crisis hinders cholera fight'
BBC News, UK - 2 hours ago
There are not sufficient safe sources of drinking water. This has become an incredible breeding ground for cholera. In fact, many high-density areas of ...
Harare Offers Free Graves to Cholera Victims Voice of America
Zimbabwe cholera death toll nears 500 CNN International
Zimbabwe capital wants free coffins for cholera victims AFP
USA Today - Agoravox
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Viewpoint: Keeping the salt out of surface, drinking water
South Washington County Bulletin, MN - Dec 3, 2008
In fact, it may seem odd to talk about water quality at this time of year, when our lakes are buried under a layer of ice, our swimsuits are wadded up at ...

Examiner.com
Recycled drinking water gives new meaning to bottoms up!
Examiner.com - 22 hours ago
After all, according to the United Nations, today, a billion people worldwide don't have clean drinking water. Here in the southwestern United States, ...
Save water, save energy, save money, save manpower ZDNet Blogs
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Water Utilities' Labor Force Crisis Aided By AwwaRF Research
Water Online (press release), PA - 6 hours ago
This report clearly frames the issues of recruiting, training, and retaining drinking water utility operators and engineers. It identifies short-term and ...

Christian Science Monitor
Great perils of the Great Lakes
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 10 hours ago
More than 40 million Canadians and Americans draw their drinking water from the lakes, which play a vital role in public health, the environment, industry, ...

Update: CT town grapples with uranium in water
Water Technology Online, NY - 22 hours ago
MADISON, CT — Many residents here are poised to test their private drinking water wells for uranium after levels of the naturally occurring radioactive ...

Purio's Meeting With President's Minister Yields Plan for Commerce
MarketWatch - Dec 2, 2008
He stated, for example, that in the country's capital city alone, two thirds of its one million inhabitants are without a drinking water infrastructure. ...
American Water Works Company Inc appoints Nick Rowe as senior vice ... Trading Markets (press release)
Purio's Meeting With President's Minister Yields Plan for Commerce International Business Times
American Water Names Nick Rowe to Lead Eastern Division MarketWatch
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American Water Names Nick Rowe to Lead Eastern Division
MarketWatch - Dec 2, 2008
With headquarters in Voorhees, NJ, the company employs more than 7000 dedicated professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related ...
American Water Works Company Inc appoints Nick Rowe as senior vice ... Trading Markets (press release)
Purio's Meeting With President's Minister Yields Plan for Commerce International Business Times
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Ground broken on water storage facility
Greenville Daily Reflector, NC - Dec 2, 2008
By Kathryn Kennedy A reserve supply of more than 300 million gallons of clean drinking water soon will be stored at a site where Greenville Utilities ...
Water utility seeks to increase rates News & Observer
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