The Week in Water

Nationwide Headlines on Water Issues & Water Safety

Covering events of the last week of January, 2019.

The U.S. Congress created a task force last week,aiming to address the  Polyfuoroalkyl substances (PFAs) contamination problem, which is polluting water supplies across America. The chemicals that are categorized as PFAs are currently not designated as “hazardous substances” by the EPA, despite exposure being linked to childhood developmental problems and proliferation of certain types of cancer. The Congressional task force hopes to “put pressure” on the EPA, aiming for regulations of the amount of PFAS that can be “safely” present in public drinking water.

Over 50 public water wells in Grand Rapids, Michigan must be tested due to possible PFAS poisoning of public water supplies. The chemical culprit comes from industrial de-icer used at the city’s airport; the runoff from the airfield has contaminated a local river tributary, and many communities are assumed to have been affected.

Drastic freeze events cause the issuance of “boil water” advisories, after utility failures plague supply systems across the country. Busted water mains were reported in Vermont, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, New York, Maryland, Missouri, Iowa, and both North & South Carolina. Line breaks, when severe, cause negative water pressure in the line; the sudden pressure lost at the time of a break  causing contaminated, untreated sewage and wastewater to be pulled back into the circulating ‘fresh’ water, leaving any that drink it open to exposure from a number of dangerous bacteria, viruses, or chemical toxins.

A by-product build-up of a common chemical used to treat most U.S. drinking water has reached “above acceptable” levels in the public water supply of Henderson, North Carolina. Nearly 8,000 customers were alerted, after tests detected high levels of Trihalomethanes in the local water supply. Trihalomethane is a by-product of the disinfection process, and is formed as chlorine treats the dirty water. THM can build over time and the dirtier the water, the higher the THM levels. Residents with immune problems were told to avoid the tap water until further notice.

It’s important to drink the cleanest water possible.

The headlines collected for this segment,”The Week in Water”, are centered around water supply events that occur in the United States of America. The stories covered are chosen in a way hoping to represent the variance of issues that are faced by members of the U.S. public; people just like you and I. This will be a reoccurring segment,and the current events reported within, are in no way meant to dishearten the reader; nor should it leave you with a sense of dread or distrust of our supplied H2O.

Despite the worrisome,and, although at times, overwhelming, news we may report on; the intent here is to inform and inspire those out there reading this, to “get to know your H2O.” Whether pump-drawn, raised from a deep well, or poured right out of the kitchen tap-its important to intake only the best.

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