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Critics raise questions about the validity of past tests of Flint's drinking water
2015-09-19 23:46:27| Waste Management - Topix.net
That's at odds with tests conducted by the city of Flint and overseen by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which didn't show higher than acceptable levels of lead in the water. "Flat out smoke and mirrors," says Marc Edwards, the lead researcher from Virginia Tech, describing the city's water testing.
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Virginia Aquarium starts community water monitoring program
2015-09-18 19:42:58| Waste Management - Topix.net
Today is World Water Monitoring day, and the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is kicking off a citizen water monitoring program. Members of the community can bring in water samples to be tested by the Aquarium's water quality lab.
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just the week in Soft Drinks & Water
2015-09-18 15:53:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Here's a round-up of this week's highlights in the global soft drinks & bottled water category. We are also running similar round-ups for beer and spirits & wine.
The Water Bureau's first female cheif engineer
2015-09-18 01:31:46| PortlandOnline
Teresa Elliott is the Portland Water Bureaus new chief engineer!
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Farming for water
2015-09-17 22:43:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Farmer uses cover crops, no-till to handle wet soils, weeds. While many farmers rely on spring tillage to dry out wet soils, Jerry Ackerman goes the other way. His cover crop/no-till program helps him handle heavy rains and wet soils better than tillage and drain tiles. In 2013, it even helped him fight waterhemp thanks to the strips of cereal rye he seeded the previous fall in soybeans and corn. read more
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