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Stillwater employees fired amid state Water Act violations
2016-03-26 02:19:50| Waste Management - Topix.net
The city of Stillwater has fired three people after an investigation revealed the workers were knowingly installing water pipes that have been banned by federal regulators. The pipes contain higher levels of lead and were federally banned from use in 2014.
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Full report on Flint water crisis highly critical
2016-03-25 17:44:12| Waste Management - Topix.net
Michigan's government on Monday released goals to help the city of Flint recover from a health crisis caused by the lead contamination of its drinking water. "It's not about motivation".
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Drinking water problems hit Blanco, again
2016-03-25 05:05:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
The City of Blanco has high levels of trihalomethanes, a group of potentially dangerous chemicals, in its drinking water, again. The city posted notice earlier this week stating TTHM levels in the water system have exceeded federal limits.
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A confluence of water woes threatens Rio Grande Basin
2016-03-25 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Albuquerque Journal: The rattling trumpet call of sandhill cranes echoed throughout the Rio Grande Valley in central New Mexico this February. The flocks began to make their ascent into the sky, circling to gain altitude and then heading north. The cranes` early departure driven by climate change reveals one of the many challenges of adapting to the reality of this new climate. A recent study by Michael Dettinger, Bradley Udall and Aris Georgakakos, Western Water and Climate Change, analyzed four of the most...
Scrap 52 GW thermal projects to avert water scarcity: Greenpeace
2016-03-24 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Comment: The situation is particularly critical in China where 45% of coal-fired power plants are in areas of water over-withdrawal, followed by India and Turkey at 13%. Coal power plants use enough water to supply the needs of 1 billion people and that will nearly double if all the world's planned power plants come online. This would cause severe drought and worsen the ongoing conflict between agriculture and industry over water in regions such as Vidarbha and Marathwada in Maharashtra and Northern Karnataka....
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