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Gardening starter packs are available from a regional collaboration that includes big water suppliers.
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The summer heat can cause your body to lose a lot of water. It’s important to rehydrate, but also to be careful how you do it.
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Bottom line: Wear a life jacket.
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The Biden infrastructure plan has been sold as a way to address the effects of climate change. Parts of the plan have been lambasted as “not infrastructure” by Senate Republicans, but most agree that water systems should be included.
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Problems with water service are mounting in across the state as utilities struggle to maintain water pressure. Power outages are affecting delivery, as is high demand and sub-freezing temperatures.
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In some areas of the West Texas city, the state found concentrations of benzene, a known carcinogen, to be 35 times the safe limit. For other chemicals identified in the water, no concentration is considered safe.
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A hacker’s botched attempt to poison the water supply of a small Florida city is raising alarms about just how vulnerable the nation’s water systems may be to attacks by more sophisticated intruders. Treatment plants are typically cash-strapped and lack the cybersecurity depth of the power grid and nuclear plants.
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An updated EPA rule requires drinking water in elementary schools be tested for lead and copper — a mandate that emerged from the Flint, Mich. water crisis.
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The city’s water utility is trying to purge its system of any “old water” so the system can be disinfected and replaced with fresh water. Lake Jackson residents are still urged to boil their tap water before using it.
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From Texas Standard : Drowning can happen at any time, even during a pandemic. But with more swimming pools closed to the public this year, there’s...
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The new proposal is being criticized for not proactively replacing lead service lines across the nation. It also keeps the same threshold for lead in drinking water that the U.S. currently has.
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The change ends an "egregious power grab," Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says.