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Circle of Blue
AUGUST 19, 2021
Hundreds of people flee deadly conflict over water in northern Cameroon. An Indian reservation in Oregon tests solar distillation technology as a stopgap drinking water measure. California’s governor says he will consider mandatory water conservation by the end of September. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. Gallons Per Day.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients. A determined woman with a keen mind, Taylor knows farming, environment, water, minerals, education, and a lot more about Lenawee County where she lives. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue.
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The fact Loyalsock Creek is classified by DEP as an exceptional value stream -- the best water quality that must be protected with no degradation; and was designated the 2018 Pennsylvania River of the Year by DCNR and called a “timeless treasure” in the middle of this fight, was not enough to protect the watershed.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills. Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 10, 2023
It's the same story over and over again. So they end up putting [in] this quote “aboveground pipe system.” At first I thought nothing of it, maybe it was a one time thing that a substance is coming out of the pipe system, so let’s just forget about it, right?” And that was March 2nd,” said Jodi. And that's quite unfortunate.
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8
Environmental Science
JULY 30, 2018
Facts about the environment differ depending where you get your information, but they are fascinating, and hopefully I got these right (US): 350 Billion gallons of water daily, 7% of all precipitation. 7% to homes of 258 Million people through 160,000 public water supplies, 40% to agriculture. 23% from groundwater.
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