U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Energy and Environment Subcommittee and the author of a bill to establish a federal ban on the chemical Bisphenol A in all food and beverage containers, issued the following statement today at a hearing on chemicals in drinking water.
Only three of eight local authorities examined were managing their drinking water supplies effectively to meet future demand, a new report says.
TAMPA — Charlie Miranda has proposed that the city consider building a new treatment plant to purify Tampa’s effluent to drinkable quality, then inject it into the ground, where it can eventually flow into the Hillsborough River, the city’s primary source of drinking water. His proposal will be discussed today at a workshop in city council chambers.
The Senate will today consider a Greens push for an inquiry into claims toxins from trees are contaminating drinking water supplies on Tasmania’s north-east coast.
With a goal of supplying some of the poorest countries (in Ethiopia, India, Bangladesh and Honduras), with clean water, strong health education, and water irrigation, Water 1st strives to help those less fortunate. However, the organization recognizes that we are a society that craves something unique, which is why they are organizing a festival of sorts. They’ve cleverly married people’s sense …
