Source Water Contamination
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One Year After Train Derailment, East Palestine Wastewater Disposal Plan Under Fire
2/28/2024
As a region recovers from one of the most devastating environmental catastrophes in recent memory, its residents are fighting against the disposal plans for the resulting wastewater.
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Dishwasher Pods And Laundry Sheets Face Ban In NYC Over Microplastic Contamination
2/21/2024
Some popular consumer cleaning products are on the chopping block in New York City as officials look to protect drinking water from an emerging contaminant.
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Despite Regulatory Push, U.S. EPA Finds Nutrient Pollution Isn’t Improving
1/29/2024
Despite notable efforts from industrial wastewater operations and treatment utilities alike, the U.S. EPA has seen virtually no progress on one of the country’s most pressing contamination problems.
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How Salt Is Threatening Our Drinking Water
11/29/2023
Increasing levels of a common mineral is becoming a threat to source water quality, as well as the plants, animals, and humans who count on it.
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Research Finds Chemical Spills Are Happening 'Almost Daily' In U.S.
11/22/2023
Even as drinking water and wastewater treatment operations across the country become more adept at protecting source water and removing contaminants, an unsettling trend is making their jobs more difficult.
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U.S. EPA Wants To Prohibit Use Of A Drinking Water Contaminant Tied To Sudden Deaths
10/30/2023
The nation’s foremost drinking water treatment regulator has announced that it is considering a new ban on a prominent chemical that could be harming consumers.
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Consumers Alarmed As Great Lakes Region Becomes Dump For Toxic Chemicals
10/17/2023
A region with one of the country’s strongest reputations for clean source water could soon become an epicenter for some of the world’s most dangerous drinking water contaminants as two Michigan landfills quickly accumulate hazardous substances.
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Researchers Find Microplastics In Clouds
10/11/2023
One of drinking water’s most challenging contamination problems is even more widespread than previously known, as researchers discover the contaminants are literally falling from the sky.
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Rising Groundwater Could Release Toxic Chemicals From More Than 100,000 Contaminated Sites Across U.S.
10/9/2023
Researchers have uncovered a new climate-induced threat that could imperil thousands of water systems across the country, introducing harsh contaminants left in soil by industrial facilities into the influent that passes through drinking water treatment facilities.
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Saltwater Intrusion Creates A Drinking Water Emergency For Millions In Louisiana
10/3/2023
Dwindling levels in one of the nation’s most important waterways has now led to a drinking water crisis for the millions of consumers who rely on it, and the federal government is stepping in to alleviate the danger.