Peter Chawaga
Peter Chawaga creates engaging and relevant content on a variety of water and wastewater industry topics for Water Online. Peter has worked as a reporter and editor in newsrooms throughout the country and holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in Journalism.
EDITORIAL BY PETER
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![PbLead_Getty-1341611923]( "Unsafe Lead Contamination Found In Chicago Drinking Water")
Unsafe Lead Contamination Found In Chicago Drinking Water9/28/2022Recent tests for thousands of consumers in Chicago found that 5% of them were being served with drinking water that contained exceedingly high levels of lead contamination.
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![hurricanetrees_Getty-1322717990]( "Most Puerto Ricans Left Without Clean Water After Hurricane Fiona")
Most Puerto Ricans Left Without Clean Water After Hurricane Fiona9/27/2022Following a devastating storm, many in Puerto Rico were left with excessive damage and without critical services.
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![handwater_Getty-1185317534]( "Las Vegas Bets On A Range Of Conservation Measures In Face Of Megadrought")
Las Vegas Bets On A Range Of Conservation Measures In Face Of Megadrought9/21/2022Banking on its continued position as an oasis among the desert, Las Vegas is placing its bets on ambitious water conservation measures as regional drought conditions and consumption demand grow.
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![Peter Chawaga]( "Water Infrastructure Failures Are Eroding Consumer Trust")
Water Infrastructure Failures Are Eroding Consumer Trust9/19/2022As high-profile drinking water contamination issues continue to plague the U.S., consumers are growing increasingly distrustful of their water systems.
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![gavel_flag_Getty-1416513767]( "Military Families Sue U.S. Government Over Fuel Contamination Of Drinking Water")
Military Families Sue U.S. Government Over Fuel Contamination Of Drinking Water9/13/2022Following unprecedented drinking water contamination at a Navy storage facility in Hawaii, the families of victims are now looking to hold the government accountable.
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![burningpaper_Getty-688597738]( "Arizona Rep.: California’s Water Plan Is 'Reckless And Unacceptable'")
Arizona Rep.: California’s Water Plan Is 'Reckless And Unacceptable'9/13/2022Increasing drought in the American West has forced states to try and work together to collectively conserve the dwindling source water that remains. But recent comments from one state legislator to another indicate that cooperation could be hard to forge.
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![drippingfaucet_Getty-1332871567]( "New Mexico Town On Brink Of Zero Drinking Water")
New Mexico Town On Brink Of Zero Drinking Water9/8/2022As source water grows ever-scarcer throughout the U.S., a Southwestern city now faces the very real prospect of running out of drinking water completely.
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![redlightalarm_Getty-1345443907]( "Jackson, Mississippi Reaches State Of Emergency Over Drinking Water Crisis")
Jackson, Mississippi Reaches State Of Emergency Over Drinking Water Crisis9/6/2022An ongoing drinking water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city has now warranted an emergency declaration and a wave of mainstream attention on all the things that have gone wrong.
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![missedtarget_Getty-152149612]( "A Very British Scandal: None Of England’s Water Companies Met Their Sewage Spill Goals")
A Very British Scandal: None Of England’s Water Companies Met Their Sewage Spill Goals8/30/2022In a sign of just how challenging it is to get effluent up to international quality standards, every wastewater company in England and Wales has been found short of their pollution and untreated sewage spill goals for last year.
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![watercuts_Getty-1340893064]( "Feds To Cut Colorado River Usage As Drought Rages On")
Feds To Cut Colorado River Usage As Drought Rages On8/25/2022Ongoing water scarcity has now resulted in significant cuts mandated by the federal government, a precursor to ongoing burdens for consumers.
