Source Water Resources
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Supreme Court Rules The U.S. Is Not Required To Ensure Access To Water For The Navajo Nation
6/23/2023
The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square miles in the Southwest — an area larger than 10 states. Today it is home to more than 250,000 people — roughly comparable to the population of St. Petersburg, FL, or Winston-Salem, NC. Unlike those cities, however, 30% of households on the Navajo Reservation lack running water.
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Enhanced Attenuation — A Solution For Addressing The Daunting Challenges Of PFAS In Our Groundwater
6/20/2023
While drinking water providers scramble to upgrade their contaminant removal systems to meet the U.S. EPA's pending new PFAS regulations, leading groundwater remediation scientists propose enhanced attenuation as a solution to prevent further PFAS contamination to drinking water and our public health. These sorption-enhanced attenuation treatments are now being deployed with outstanding results.
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Cost And Complexity Continue To Constrain Sustainability And Resiliency Efforts: Survey
6/15/2023
According to Black & Veatch's 2023 Water Report, sustainability is considered a critical strategic focus by the majority of water utility stakeholders. The report surveys roughly 450 water industry stakeholders on topics ranging from climate change to regulations to federal funding programs.
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Arsenic Contamination Of Food And Water Is A Global Public Health Concern — Researchers Are Studying How It Causes Cancer
6/9/2023
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in the Earth’s crust. Exposure to arsenic, often through contaminated food and water, is associated with various negative health effects. We study it can lead to cancer through the formation of cancer stem cells.
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EPA Researchers Partner With The Minnesota Department of Health To Screen For Chemicals Of Health Concern In Water
6/7/2023
There are many different chemicals that are released into our environment, and the ability to characterize human exposure and risk of every one of those chemicals is limited. Because information about these chemicals and their sources is limited, it’s difficult to know which chemicals are of highest concern, and regulatory agencies struggle to determine where they should focus efforts.
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Knowing The Biology Of This 88-Acre Lagoon Helped Design The Right Aeration System
6/2/2023
Read about a project that aimed to increase dissolved oxygen concentrations of an 88-surface acre coastal lagoon community.
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Colorado River States Bought Time With A 3-Year Water Conservation Deal — Now They Need To Think Bigger
6/2/2023
Arizona, California, and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years. This deal represents a temporary solution to a long-term crisis. Nonetheless, as a close observer of western water policy, I see it as an important win for the region.
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Sackett v. EPA: A Collection Of Commentary
5/31/2023
The Supreme Court recently passed down its latest verdict regarding what constitutes "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) and therefore what waterbodies the U.S. EPA has — or, more to the point, does not have — the authority to regulate. Here, I've collected various sets of commentary and reaction about Sackett v. EPA and the impact of the court's decision.
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Water Sustainability: Encouraging And Enabling Change With Measurement
5/24/2023
Learn how the water industry can encourage sustainable use of this precious resource.
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Are Biden's COP27 Goals Enough To Curb The Water-Food-Energy Nexus?
5/23/2023
At the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November 2022, world leaders gathered in Egypt to announce climate action initiatives and the steps each one planned to take to reduce the impacts of climate change in their respective countries. Among the leaders in attendance was U.S. President Biden, who outlined his goals and desires to double down on climate commitments relating to the water, food, energy nexus.