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Extreme Drought And Its Challenges To The US's Clean Water Supply

Posted by Aaron on Saturday, 04 August 2012 in Clean Water

by Jenny Hoffner This summer we have seen and felt the impacts of one of the worst droughts in the last 50 years. As of late June, over 55% of the country was experiencing moderate to extreme drought. The map to the right illustrates the drought's far-reaching impacts; and while the most extreme ef...

Logging Roads Could Avoid Clean Water Act Rules

Posted by Aaron on Thursday, 02 August 2012 in Clean Water

by Amelia Templeton The House Transportation Committee has approved a bill exempting logging roads from federal storm water pollution regulation. Dirt and gravel roads can alter the natural plumbing of a forest, channeling mud into streams. In the past, the EPA left it to the states to regulate se...

Water Quality Conference Coming to Denver

Posted by henryfool on Tuesday, 24 July 2012 in Clean Water

DENVER, July 24, 2012 -- Experts on Stormwater and post-fire damage control will gather here August 19 - 23 to explore the newest water pollution prevention and mitigation technologies, share recent experiences and discuss strategies that are most effective in minimizing surface water pollution and ...

In Developing Countries, Are Tourists Taking Clean Water Away From Locals?

Posted by Aaron on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Clean Water

Study finds visitors to Bali, the Gambia and Goa use 16 times as much water as locals, causing conflict and disease. The disproportionate use of fresh water by tourists in developing world destinations is causing local conflict, exacerbating poverty and helping to spread disease, says a report to b...

Tubing The Shenandoah Puts Importance Of Clean Water Into Focus

Posted by EarthDude on Monday, 02 July 2012 in Clean Water

by Stacey Detwiler Last weekend, I spent the day tubing down the Shenandoah River by Harper’s Ferry, close to where it meets the Potomac. There are few better ways to beat the heat of a Washington, DC summer than escaping downtown and spending some time on (or in) the water! Fortunately for me and...

Drastic Cuts Threaten Future of U.S. Water Infrastructure

Posted by henryfool on Thursday, 21 June 2012 in Clean Water

Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter Washington, D.C.—"The proposal of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2013 threatens our nation's critical drinking and clean water resources by cutting the Clean W...

Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement

Posted by Wolf on Thursday, 05 April 2012 in Clean Water

Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water Bottled water is the totemic bête noire of the environmental world, a multibillion-dollar industry that takes what in the west is clean and readily avail...

The results of an EPA study link fracking in Wyoming to water contamination.

Posted by peter.gephart@gmail.com on Monday, 12 December 2011 in Clean Water

An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study has linked a contaminated Wyoming aquifer to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. This is the process required to make natural gas extraction profitable, as it opens up cracks and pores in rock formations to make the gas flow. Scientists for the EPA state...

The Deepwater Horizion and Silver Tip pipeline disasters: How many more?

Posted by peter.gephart@gmail.com on Friday, 22 July 2011 in Clean Water

April 20th, 2010 marks the day the worst oil spill in history occurred. This is the day the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded and spewed approximately 170 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This is roughly fifteen times more oil than spilled during the Exxon-Va...

'Super sand' to help clean up dirty drinking water

Posted by Wolf on Saturday, 25 June 2011 in Clean Water

Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers. Dubbed "super sand", it could become a low-cost way to purify water in the developing world. The technology involves coating grains of sand in an oxide of a widely available material called grap...

Hydraulic Fracturing: Do the benefits outweigh the costs?

Posted by peter.gephart@gmail.com on Wednesday, 02 March 2011 in Clean Water

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” is a common process used in the extraction of natural gas. This process is necessary to make the wells profitable by increasing yields. However, there is much controversy surrounding the process, which industry experts claim is safe. Oil and gas companies, along w...

Water Shortages move to "Extreme Risk"

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 12 July 2010 in Clean Water

African, Asian Nations Top Latest Water Security Risk Index Somalia has the least secure water supply while Iceland has the most stable in the world, according to a survey of 165 nations released last week by Maplecroft, a Britain-based consultancy company. The study, the Water Security Risk Index ...

A Problem of Meds in Water that WE Can Solve

Posted by GreenDog on Sunday, 04 July 2010 in Clean Water

Unused meds, about 200 million pounds of them each year have to be disposed of and NOT down our drains. Flushing meds pollutes lakes, rivers and drinking water. At home it's a poison risk for kids and teens, and passing it along could cause a very bad result for the people who take them. What to do?...

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 31 May 2010 in Clean Water

“Where does most of the garbage in our streets actually end up?” This is a question most people ask but never really get an answer too. Today the answer will be revealed. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the center of our garbage, made up of nothing but floating garbage and debris (Moore, C. 2003)...

Story of Bottled Water

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 22 March 2010 in Clean Water

Annie Leonard Releases New Video on Story of Bottled Water for World Water Day by Jaymi Heimbuch Today is World Water Day - a day to celebrate and become ever more savvy about this incredibly finite resource that we all have to have access to in order to survive. Annie Leonard and crew are also on...

California Delta Faces a Salty Future

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 13 February 2010 in Clean Water

If you've never heard of the Sacramento Delta, you're not alone. Even people who live in California aren't too sure where it is. But the Sacramento Delta is crucial to the health of the state, and climate change is threatening the delta's very existence. The Sacramento Delta is a small triangle of ...

Study Finds Safety of Drinking Water in U.S. Cities at Risk

Posted by davebishop on Thursday, 12 November 2009 in Clean Water

NRDC reports on the drinking water systems of 19 cities and finds that pollution, old pipes and outdated treatment threaten tap water quality. How's the Water? In many places there's a lot of work to be done: Tap water in many cities might pose a health risk to some residents Sometimes cities ...

TapIt Water creates a network of bottle-filling stations

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 22 July 2009 in Clean Water

TapIt is a water bottle refilling network. It was founded to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go, and is now expanding nation wide. Café owners sign up as ‘partners’ to provide water to the public. The public can find ‘water on the go’ with TapIt’s search and mapp...

Drugs We Did Not Mean To Take in Water We Use

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 in Clean Water

Antibiotics, Antimicrobials And Antifungals In Waterways "Rivers, creeks, lakes, estuaries, basins, sea waters and wells have been reported to be contaminated by several of these compounds," says Dr. Sauve, adding that a previous review by the scientific team also demonstrated that pharmaceuticals ...

Italians reducing plastic bottle consumption

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 15 June 2009 in Clean Water

Italian officials are reducing the amount of plastic trash by encouraging people to drink the potable tap water instead of bottled water. This strategy has already made a difference in reducing the amount of overall plastic trash in Italy from 288 tons of plastic trash a month a year ago to 261 tons...