Parts of Boone County under precautionary boil water advisory
Part of Consolidated Public Water Supply District No.
1 is under a Precautionary Boil Water Advisory from 3:30 p.m. Thursday to 2 p.m. on Friday.
The advisory is because of low water pressure and a leak in the water main, according to a press release.
Customers who live in the following areas are affected: Between the area of Collingwood Subdivision east of North Woods Court; North of Ivy Lane; Southeast around Earthland Road and Strawn Road; Southwest around Johnmeyer Lane; South around Coats Lane and Perche Hills Estate Subdivision; And northwest of Gillespie Well along Highway UU.
The advisory does not include the areas of River Oaks and Forever Green Estates Subdivision, northwest of Sugar Creek Drive, or northeast into Collingwood Subdivision to North Woods Court.
It also does not include Midway Heights School and Trails West Subdivision, according to the press release.
People in the affected areas may need to take the following precautions, according to the release: Boil water for three minutes before using.
Use only boiled or bottled water for drinking, brushing teeth and all food preparations and consumptions.
Buy ice or make ice cubes with boiled or bottled water.
Customers with questions can call the Water District at 449-0324.
No running water in Post after water main break
LUBBOCK, Texas – Frustrated residents in Post have no water after a water main break occurred Wednesday night, causing a rush to the grocery store for bottled water.
"There is absolutely no water left in United," said Stormie Porter, a Post resident.
"I even went to the dollar store and got the very last two they had."
City officials say the water main break is the result of old plumbing, and they have been working around the clock to fix the issue.
"This isn’t anybody’s fault.
It’s just what happens over time."
As a result of the break, Post schools closed its doors for the day, and parents had to make other arrangements.
"I don’t usually even have a baby sitter," said Porter.
"My kids are old enough to be home alone, but I feel bad for the parents of younger children as they are being put in a really bad situation."
Mayor Archie Gill says they are working toward opening the schools as quickly as possible, and the water main break could be fixed as early as Thursday night.
A proposed lithium mine in a Quebec town galvanizes residents who fear for their water supply
One of the opponents has also accused the Australian proponent of trying to "intimidate" those calling for an independent environmental review during a press conference.
Layers of sediment, sand and rock in the Saint-Mathieu-Berry esker naturally filter rain and snow and provide pristine drinking water to six local municipalities, including about 13,000 residents of the town of Amos.
Mayor resigned over council’s u-turn on mine approval Among others calling for an environmental review are the Regroupement Vigilance Mines de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (REVIMAT) and a group representing citizens of La Motte, the village closest to the mine site.
The groups are calling on Environment Minister MarieChantal Chassé to subject the project to an independent review by Quebec’s environmental review agency, the Bureau d’Audiences Publiques sur l’Environnement (BAPE).
"We just want more information," he told National Observer.
“That esker is a huge source of drinking water for the region, and it is at a big risk of contamination now.
There are risks of contamination through the sub-soil.” She said she was also concerned that Sayona would not be able to clean the “huge amount of water” the mine would need for its operations before putting it back into the environment.
He told National Observer on Nov 22 that the company planned on making the demand “in the next few weeks,” with a view to starting construction in September next year.
‘An atmosphere of intimidation’ At a Quebec mining convention, held in Montreal Nov. 19-22, proponents of the mine created “an atmosphere of intimidation," according to the CCPE’s Rodrigue Turgeon, who held a press conference about Authier on the second day of the convention.
Sayona’s Segal told National Observer Thursday that he was "stunned" by Turgeon’s allegations.
SFU student group aims to ban plastic water bottles on campus
Ban the Bottle SFU is made up of 15 undergraduate and graduate students, and it is led by Mireta Stranberg-Salmon, a student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management.
In an interview with The Peak, Stranberg-Salmon explained that she was inspired to start the group because of a World Water Day event held earlier this year by SFU’s Pacific Water Research Center (PWRC).
Before this, Stranberg-Salmon had led a similar initiative at her Burnaby high school and succeeded at banning bottled water at the institution.
The group is supported by PWRC, the SFU Sustainability Office, and the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS).
In an interview with The Peak, Adeel explained that if SFU were to enact this ban, the school would need to make three major changes.
Adeel noted that in the Technology and Science Complex (TASC) 2, where his office is, there are no fountains or refill stations.
Adeel explained that the bottled water ban was an important initiative due to the environmental, health, economical, and social ramifications of bottled water.
Adeel also noted that bottled water can also be expensive for students.
Ban the Bottle SFU is also looking to hold a movie night on campus near the end of November, during which they will screen a documentary on the topic and hope to gain further support and notice on campus.
As Ban the Bottle SFU begins to raise awareness among the student body and meet with university administration, Strandberg-Salmon noted that she had been encouraged so far by the responses and support the group had been receiving.
Bottled water at Rs 20; Price reduction only on paper
As GST on bottled water was removed, the government in May had announced that drinking water will be made available for Rs 12 per litre.
Six months on, one litre bottle costs Rs 20.
Following the government’s announcement, the Kerala Bottled Water Manufacturers Association too had announced to cut the prices to Rs 12 per litre but to no avail.
Even if the distributors take Re 1.25 per bottle, a litre of drinking water can be sold for Rs 12 or Rs 13.
But each bottle costs Rs 20 to Rs 25.
Each year, 30,000 plastic bottles are thrown out.
Only 30 percent of these used bottles get recycled.
Bottled water available for Rs 10 The state government is selling bottled drinking water at Rs 10 per litre.
The KIIDC plant in Thodupuzha produces 30,000-35,000 litres of water every day.
Minister examining situation “Bottled water is mostly mineral water.
"Angels came from above Walmart brought that truck in town," Denmark residents receive free water
Video DEMARK, S.C. (WJBF) – On Friday, November 23, several organizations teams up to distribute cases of bottled water to the citizens of Denmark, South Carolina.
The response came on the heels of news of an unapproved chemical being used for a time period to control the growth of iron bacteria in the Cox Mill Well in the City.
That well has since been shut off.
"We do have a problem," Ella Breland told NewsChannel 6’s Shawn Cabbagestalk.
"This morning when I got up, the water in my bathroom was a little rusty and hasn’t been for a long time."
"A $50 blouse going down the drain," she recalled.
Breland was one of the dozens of residents who came out to water distribution day at Denmark Furniture after two local Walmart stores donated nearly 20 pallets of water Wednesday.
"Angels came from above Walmart brought that truck in town Wednesday night," Detra Salley-Bruce said.
"It’s never going to be enough until the city fixes the water but we wanted for at least a few people over the holidays to have a chance to not have to worry about this issue," he added.
If you missed the distribution day, another one will be held on Wednesday, November 28 from 5-6 p.m. at: Denmark Furniture 199 Coker Street Denmark, SC 29042 If you would like to donate drinking water to the area, you can drop off or send shipments to the same address.
SC officials say water supply safe. Denmark residents lined up for bottles instead
But it wasn’t holiday shopping deals or door-buster savings they were clamoring for, but rather bottled water.
Bothered by headaches, diarrhea and eye irritation, hundreds of residents waited in line to receive cases of water, saying they’ve lost confidence in the quality and safety of the city’s drinking supply.
“The people of Denmark need some clean drinking water,” she said while standing in line with about 30 other residents to receive a couple cases of water for her household of five, which includes children ages 18, 11 and 7.
By Tracy Glantz Lawyer and CNN commentator Bakari Sellers, along with volunteers, distributed about 1,000 cases of bottled water to about 500 households Friday beginning at 10 a.m. By noon, they’d given out the last case.
Another truckload of bottled water from Walmart will be distributed from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday from the loading dock in the rear of Denmark Furniture, 199 Coker St., organizers said.
If not used properly in drinking water, the chemical can irritate people’s skin and eyes.
Town and state health officials, however, have stressed tests show the city is in compliance with lead and copper limits in drinking water, and HaloSan was deemed safe by a national certifying agency, even though the EPA had not approved it.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control told The State the chemical is safe and no one became ill from exposure to HaloSan, regulators say.
Wright said the city has stopped using the well in which the city pumped HaloSan to kill iron slime, and has stopped using the chemical.
“There’s nothing that provides evidence that our water is of poor quality or should have caused any harm to anyone.
Govt to charge bottled water companies
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over the meeting of Governing Body of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) at his office Thursday.
“An affective plan should be devised to save water and comprehensive strategy should also be made to mitigate theft of water” he said stressing that illegal connections of water should be removed.
The passing out parade of 7th badge of dolphin police squad was held at police training college Chung with Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar as the chief guest.
Addressing the ceremony, Usman Buzdar congratulated the jawans completing the professional training and added that they are the protectors of life and property of the people.
Nothing is more important than maintenance of law & order in the society and modern training of police, provision of latest weaponry, along with best facilities, is our policy.
It is imperative to extend the scope of dolphin force to other big cities keeping in view its utility and this force will also be introduced in DG Khan and other backward areas of the province.
He expressed the satisfaction that every jawan of dolphin force is given sufficient awareness about legal affairs along with necessary training and added that Punjab is the first province which has introduced this modern force.
I expect that 7th badge of dolphin force will prove a valuable asset for the Punjab police and its jawans will win the hearts of the people with their good performance and suave behavior.
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has congratulated police, law enforcement agencies and the provincial administration for making best arrangements for the protection of life and property of the people on Eid Milad-un-Nabi.
He has extended condolences to the bereaved family and paid rich tributes to the literary services of late Fehmida Riaz adding that she was the poetess of her kind and her services will be remembered till lately.
FOX 8 investigation uncovers high lead, copper results at North Shore school
Those results, I found them to be problematic, and if they aren’t already investigating further they should be.” FOX 8 has learned that some samples taken from a local school in St. Tammany Parish exceeded the EPA’s action level under the Lead and Copper Rule.
Out of 20 samples taken this March at Fifth Ward Junior High School in Bush, 13 exceeded the EPA’s action level of 1.3 parts per million for copper, and three samples exceeded the EPA’s action level of 15 parts per billion for lead.
They recommend lead levels at school water fountains don’t exceed 1 part per billion.
Katner: "Hopefully they have tried to get bottled water in and other sources of water for the children while they’re investigating this, and the school hopefully is working with the state to figure out how to remediate the situation.” “We put chemicals in the water to sort of create this protective scale around some of these pipes so that they don’t leach into that.
They didn’t use corrosion control,” said Katner.
Because of that, the Louisiana Department of Health requires the school system to test for lead and copper.
Mendez: "You might be concerned.
However, I would caution that those levels were in areas where children did not have access to the water and where the water was not being used for the children or for the staff.” Mendez says parents were notified about the elevated lead and copper levels.
She adds the school system implemented corrosion control measures and conducted field tests that show the water levels are now within the proper range.
So the water fountains are run constantly, daily, so a lot of these results came out of places where the sink is not used on a regular basis, like for instance, one of them was in a closet that was in the back of the gym.
Water supply to be shut off at children’s hospital
The Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow is to be without running water following a bacteria scare.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde said the supply will be shut off on Thursday between midnight and 04:00.
A second shutdown to allow chlorine dioxide dosing will take place for the same period on Thursday 29 November.
Patients will be able to use commodes and portable toilets while hand gel and bottled water will also be provided.
During the first six months of the year a number of patients were affected by bacteraemia.
And in June bacteria was found in drains at two wards which treat children with compromised immune systems.
More recently patients in wards 2A and 2B were moved to allow experts to carry out investigations.
NHSGGC said the latest work would take place during the night to minimise any disruption.
A spokeswoman said: "This is to allow the planned chlorine dioxide dosing to be carried out.
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