Residents urged to boil water after Livonia water system loses pressure.
LIVONIA, Mich. – Residents are being urged to boil their water before using it after the Livonia water system lost pressure.
Precautionary boil water notice issued for Southwest Pressure District… Bacteria are generally not harmful and are common throughout the environment, officials said.
Officials said to bring all water to a boil, let it boil for one minute and let it cool before using, or to use bottled water.
Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes and food preparation until further notice.
The loss in water pressure was due to a DTE power failure Saturday.
Precautionary measures are recommended whenever a water system loses pressure for any significant length of time.
The Great Lakes Water Authority is working to get pressure restored.
Officials said water staff will be taking other remedial actions, such as flushing and collecting bacteriological samples from around the system.
The samples will be collected to determine that the water quality meets the state drinking water standards.

Ontario Increases Water-Taking Permit Price For Bottled Water Companies.
Starting Aug. 1, water bottlers will pay $503.71 for every million litres of groundwater taken, compared to the previous fee of $3.71, according to a government press release issued Thursday.
"This increased fee, along with the other measures we’ve taken, will help increase groundwater protection and scientific understanding of how to best manage this vital resource,” Murray said in the release.
"To properly sustain the resource, everybody has to be involved."
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About two-thirds of Ontarians wanted the province to sell the well back to the township, according to a December 2016 poll conducted by the Council of Canadians.
However, the bottled water association said 70 per cent of Ontarians consume bottled water.
"Charging roughly one penny per case of bottled water will do nothing to protect vulnerable groundwater," Calzavara told CBC News.
The price increase amounts to 0.05 cents per litre of water taken.

Drinking water here is safe but has dissolved minerals that are tough on plumbing, state and local officials said Thursday at a meeting with some of the 130 utility customers who raised concerns this winter about water quality.
Water from Valley’s two well fields has been hard since the day the 133-year-old utility first tapped into those sources.
Several said the water coming out of their taps is cloudy, has an off- taste and smells.
The residents said they buy and drink bottled water.
Keith Merwin of Shuttlemeadow Road said people are sick of spending money for replacement appliances and for bottled water to drink.
"It’s frustrating to hear people say that they can’t drink the water," Lori Mathieu, chief of the state health department drinking water section, said.
"I’ve lived her all my life and the water has always been hard," she said.
Options could include new treatment equipment to remove dissolved minerals from raw well water or purchase of soft surface waters from nearby water utilities to dilute Valley’s harder water.
The company will explore options to reduce levels of dissolved minerals and tell customers the findings and what the cost will be.
This particular issue would be outside the normal supervision of state utility regulators who usually set rates, Vaughn said.

Nashville Rescue Mission Needs Bottled Water.
NASHVILLE, TN — With temperatures expected to get back into the 90s this weekend, the Nashville Rescue Mission is readying its Hot Patrol and it needs bottled water donations to meet the demand.
“When the temperature is 92 degrees and above the Mission will send out our Hot Patrol van,” said Mike Tatar, lead case manager.
“We patrol the streets of Nashville handing out cold bottles of water to the homeless, and encouraging them to come back to the Mission for shelter, refreshment, and spiritual guidance.
We also make cold water available to our guests throughout the day to insure they stay hydrated.” (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)
“We are serving over 800 people each and every day,” said Rev.
Glenn Cranfield, president and CEO of Nashville Rescue Mission.
Even a small act of kindness—like handing a cold bottle of water to someone on the street—might be the very thing that convinces them to seek shelter and could potentially save their life.” The mission says water bottle supplies are low and is asking for help from the Nashville community to build up its supply of bottled water in order to help those in need this weekend, as well as those who will be in need throughout the summer.
It’s open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Or if you prefer you can make an online donation at nashvillerescuemission.org.
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"Yesterday’s massive fee increase for water bottling companies that take groundwater runs counter to what’s really needed to protect and conserve water for future generations," says Elizabeth Griswold, Executive Director of the Canadian Bottled Water Association.
"The entire bottled water industry in Ontario represents only 0.2 per cent of all water takers in the province.
To properly sustain the resource, everybody has to be involved."
The government is limited by law to charging only what covers the costs associated with administering water management programs.
Yesterday’s announcement represents a 13,500 per cent increase from the existing fee which has been in place since 2009 and comes at a time when the Ontario government is searching for ways to not only attract businesses to the province but also make life more affordable for Ontarians, not more expensive.
"Right now, over 70 per cent of Ontario households consume bottled water," says Griswold.
"This decision by the government not only puts Ontario jobs at risk, but it also means consumers will likely start paying more for a healthy hydration product where demand is clearly growing."
About CBWA The Canadian Bottled Water Association (CBWA) was founded in 1992 to represent the Canadian bottled water industry and to ensure a high standard of quality for bottled water.
CBWA is the trade association for the bottled water industry in Canada.
Media Contact: Canadian Bottled Water Association Elizabeth Griswold Executive Director Cell: 416-618-1763 Ice River Springs Sandy Gott Co-owner Cell: 705-446-8135

Unanswered questions about GenX and its effects on humans make it difficult to recommend a course of action for consumers WILMINGTON — A StarNews investigative story Wednesday that detailed a little-known toxin in local drinking water left many Southeastern North Carolinians wondering what to think about the water coming out their taps.
GenX is produced by Chemours Co. at Fayetteville Works, an industrial site on the Cape Fear River, about 100 miles upstream from Wilmington, and a study recently found the compound in water treated by the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA).
“We have so little data,” Ducatman wrote in an email.
I would replace the drinking/cooking water, and use the municipal or well water for bathing or cleaning.” Quantifying the risks GenX is difficult, said Detlef Knappe, a N.C. State University professor who worked on the team that discovered the chemical in the Cape Fear River and CFPUA’s system.
“They’re very inert and pretty difficult to remove.” One of the few water filtration methods that could filter out Genx is reverse osmosis, an expensive method not currently used at CFPUA’s Sweeney Water Treatment Plant on the Cape Fear River.
“It’s a kind of filter system, but it operates on a molecular level,” Cahoon said.
“Reverse osmosis basically uses a very selective membrane that really only allows water molecules, which are very small, to go through it and it uses water pressure that forces the water through.” Even the cheapest industrial-scale reverse osmosis systems cost tens of thousands of dollars for a single unit.
One type of consumer who can afford reverse osmosis is the homeowner.
“Informed consumers can make the right choice,” Cahoon said.
“I think a lot of people are definitely becoming aware that there’s a lot of different chemicals that aren’t regulated.

There’s good news on the latest test results surrounding unsafe lead levels found in the water of both Boothbay Region schools.
In March, student Lillian Sherburne contacted Facilities and Transportation Director David Benner after surveying students who complained about the water’s taste.
Five water sources in the schools were identified as having higher-than-normal lead levels, prompting a shutdown of drinking and cooking water sources throughout both schools.
“It was strictly a fixture-based problem,” she said.
The summary page is included below.
Water/Lead Mitigation Summary Extensive cold water fixture testing and fixture inventory has been completed.
The schools have worked closely with Dirigo Engineering to establish Plans, Policies and Procedures for water testing moving forward.
Twenty-three fixtures will be replaced after school closes for the summer, including 12 new water fountains.
Testing procedures and plans will become part of (the) Boothbay region school Annual Maintenance Plan, will be revised and updated as needed, and will be reviewed at the end of year three.
King said the final costs for the testing, including bringing water into the school, fixture and fountain purchase, consulting fees and other charges will come in at around $30,000.

Nashville Rescue Mission in desperate need of bottled water.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Bottled water is needed at the Nashville Rescue Mission ahead of temperatures nearing 90 degrees this weekend.
The patrol team also encourages the homeless community to come back to the mission’s Lafayette Street building for shelter, refreshment, and guidance.
“We are serving over 800 people each and every day,” said Rev.
It doesn’t include those who choose to stay on the street.
Even a small act of kindness—like handing a cold bottle of water to someone on the street—might be the very thing that convinces them to seek shelter and could potentially save their life.” Officials say the need for bottled water is enormous as supplies are low.
The mission’s donation center is located 616 Seventh Avenue South in Nashville.
It’s open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You can also make an online donation at NashvilleRescueMission.org.
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Ontario confirms bottled water companies to pay more as of August 1.
The provincial government has confirmed that as of August 1, companies that bottle and sell water in Ontario will pay more to take water.
The fee will go from just $3.71 for every million litres of groundwater taken to $503.71.
Companies that take more than 50,000 litres of water a day must apply for a permit to take water.
The higher fee will go to recover costs associated with managing the industry, the province said in a release Thursday.
The money collected will also go towards scientific research on environmental impacts and creating better data analysis on groundwater taken for water bottling.
"This increased fee, along with the other measures we’ve taken, will help increase groundwater protection and scientific understanding of how to best manage this vital resource," Minister of Environment and Climate Change Glen Murray said in a release.
A moratorium has been placed on new or expanding water takings by bottling companies and will remain in effect until Jan. 1, 2019.

Takes Water Straight From the Source to Thirsty Coloradans.
Colorado has a new liquid asset: A bottled water company is running an all-Colorado operation, from the source to the store.
The water is sourced from a well on private land southwest of Durango in the Four Corners region that Rogers calls “a straw in the ground” to the groundwater below.
“Who knows?” he adds.
“We might become the most popular water in the state.” The bottled water business is deceptively complicated, and every decision about sourcing, filtering, bottling and transporting can impact the water’s taste.
“That bottle eventually is going to break down at the molecular level and release its oil.
So when you drink that water and you get that bad taste, you are blaming the water, not the bottle.
But really, it is the bottle that tastes terrible.” STRAIGHT UP!
"Bottled water is not going away.
Colorado STRAIGHT UP!