The Yerington Paiute Tribal land is located next to a large site of contaminated groundwater that resulted from an abandoned copper mine.
Atlantic Richfield now owns that mine.
Nevada and Atlantic recently signed a deal that would prevent the Anaconda Copper Mine from being listed as a priority Superfund site.
Officials with the tribe have said the move was retaliatory.
Representatives from Atlantic Richfield declined to be interviewed, but sent the following statement: The Atlantic Richfield Company (ARC) is cooperating with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to clean-up the Anaconda Copper Mine in Yerington, NV.
With the termination of EPA’s involvement, legal authority to direct the cleanup transferred to NDEP with ARC and NDEP signing an Agreed Order on Consent (AOC).
NDEP immediately then directed ARC to continue the programs of ground water sampling and delivery of bottled water on properties north of the mine site, that had been included in EPA’s orders.
Without an agreement to allow access on YPT property, ARC has offered to make bottled water available to the YPT for pick-up, at an alternative location off site.
Since the YPT’s rejection of the amended access agreement, bottled water has been delivered to the YPT off tribal property and the YPT has been distributing the bottled water on tribal property.
ARC has been working with NDEP and NDEP has agreed to potential modifications of the AOC in an effort to resolve YPT’s concerns about tribal sovereignty and NDEP authority on tribal property.

ISLAMABAD, May 8 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 8th May, 2018 ) :Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) on Tuesday announced that eight brands of drinking bottled water have found to be unsafe due to chemical and microbiological contaminations.
These eight brands were Edlen Premium, Aqua Fine, Pure Aqua, Livon, Zam, Aqua Gold, Pure 18, and Aab-e-Noor.
PCRWR had been tasked by Ministry of Science and Technology to monitor and improve quality of bottled water through quarterly monitoring of bottled/mineral water brands and publicize the results.
According to monitoring report for quarter from January to March, 2018, 110 samples of Mineral/Bottled water brands have been collected from Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Multan, Lahore, Bahawalpur, Tandojam, Quetta and Karachi.
The comparison of analytical findings with permissible limits of pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has revealed that 08 brands (i.e. Edlen Premium, Aqua Fine, Pure Aqua, Livon, Zam, Aqua Gold, Pure 18, and Aab-e-Noor) were found to be unsafe due to chemical and microbiological contaminations.
The excessive level of arsenic can cause various types of skin diseases, diabetes, kidney diseases, hypertension, heart diseases, birth defects, black foot diseases and multiple types of cancers etc.
Four brands (i.e. Zam, Aqua Gold, Pure 18, and Aab-e-Noor) were found to be unsafe due to microbiological contamination which may cause Cholera, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Hepatitis, Typhoid etc.
Whereas three brands (i.e. Edlen Premium, Pure Aqua and Livon) were found unsafe due to presence of higher levels of Sodium ranging from 57-60 ppm than PSQCA water quality standard for sodium (50 ppm).
As a consequence of this expanding market a mushroom growth of bottled water industry in the country is witnessed during last few years.
However, many of the mineral/bottled water companies were found selling contaminated water.

National Grid says its 2,100 service and tree workers have restored power to 85% of the 196,000 customers impacted by the wind and rain that swept across the state Friday night.
Northeastern New York and the North Country were some of the hardest hit areas.
National Grid is offering customers dry ice and bottled water at the following locations on May 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Speculator Fire Department Warren County Department of Public Works Cambridge Department of Public Works 6 Memorial Drive National Grid also provided the following safety information for the proper use and handling of dry ice: What is dry ice?
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide — therefore, it is important to avoid any direct contact with the skin.
Handle the dry ice very carefully — use gloves, a cloth, etc.
To preserve refrigerated (not frozen) foods, place the dry ice at the very bottom of coolers, refrigerators, or other insulated containers.
To preserve frozen goods, set the dry ice on top of the frozen items.
When wrapped in an insulating container, small quantities of dry ice have an effective cooling time of roughly 24 hours.
This can also help to preserve refrigerated foods.

This move was based on analysis showing that the city’s water quality had tested below action levels defined in federal drinking water regulations for nearly two years.
The state’s decision to close the PODs signals that with respect to water quality, Flint’s water crisis is over.
State and federal mishandling of the city’s water crisis has all but destroyed trust in government agencies among Flint’s residents.
‘We are an invisible people’ Flint’s water crisis is a story of bad decisions by government officials.
Flint’s FAST Start program, funded by state and federal agencies, has set a goal of replacing lead service lines that connect water mains to homes across the city by 2020.
As of December 2017, over 6,000 pipes had been replaced, but approximately 12,000 lead service lines were still in place.
Lead is not the only issue The state’s rationale for ending the bottled water program is based on testing for lead, but for residents this has never been the only concern.
“Nor Any Drop to Drink” is ultimately a story about power, and about who really matters.
Participants in the documentary say they believe their government’s decisions have prioritized controlling costs, not their health and well-being.
From the start of this crisis, state officials have controlled much of the narrative about drinking water safety.

No wonder the bottled water industry in the United States hit an all-time high consumption of over 11.7 billion gallons in 2015.
Improperly stored opened bottled water may breed bacteria and other impurities.
Exposure to heat or sunlight could leach plastic into the water, making it potentially toxic.
So, how long does bottled water last?
And when is it time to toss out that bottled water from your pantry?
Here are some answers.
Unopened Bottled Water Lasts For 1–2 Years Most companies that make bottled water label it with a shelf life of anywhere from 1 to 2 years.
Your bottled water is seen as good to drink up to that date.
But there are many factors that come into play here.
Here’s the lowdown!

Rick Snyder announced an end to bottled water service that was introduced to allay a lead-tainted water crisis.
A surface water treatment engineer detailed 10 unresolved issues in a March 21 letter to Flint Mayor Karen Weaver.
Flint is recovering from its lead-contaminated water crisis and producing "very high quality drinking water," said Tiffany Brown, a spokeswoman for the state’s environmental department.
"The department’s concern is the ability of the city to maintain that," Brown said.
"The treatment plant is not adequately staffed and is being supplemented by a short-term contract."
Michigan’s environmental agency is working with the Flint to ensure that its water system is maintained, said Snyder’s spokeswoman Anna Heaton.
He said Snyder’s administration has struggled to rebuild trust since 2014, when it wrongly assured Flint residents that water provided from the Flint River was safe to drink.
"To say, ‘mission accomplished,’ is not accurate."
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AXTELL, Texas (KWTX) Crude oil has infiltrated the small, privately owned Moore Water System in the Beaver Creek community near Axtell shutting down service to hundreds of residents and causing a state of emergency.
We tried to flush the lines out and oil just poured out over all the ground,” John Moore, owner of the Moore Water System said Friday.
We have a money problem besides this oil spill and leakage,” he said.
Investigators from the TCEQ were at the scene Friday, cleaning up the oil.
Residents who are physically unable to pick up bottled water should call the water system at (254) 315-8818 to arrange for delivery.
Boiling or freezing the water does not reduce the levels of petroleum products in the water,” the letters say.
Bottled water should be used until further notice."
How are we going to bathe or wash our clothes?"
“What kind of health effect has this also had on my kids, sitting in bath water with petroleum all in it, especially the baby?"
“I know they have big problems now, I just forgave their debt and called it a donation,” he said.

The March 21 letter from Robert A. London, surface water treatment engineer at DEQ, came just two weeks before the agency announced the end of payments for bottled water because Flint’s water system quality had been restored.
Tiffany Brown, a DEQ spokeswoman, said in an email Thursday, May 3, that despite the long-term deficiencies, Flint’s water system "is currently producing very high quality drinking water and distributing it around the city and that is backed up by rigorous government and independent testing results."
"The department’s concern is the ability of the city to maintain that," Brown said in an email to MLive-The Flint Journal.
The department is also concerned about the viability of the funding for the system and the ability of the city to adopt a rate structure that will adequately support operation of the system.
Two weeks after expressing those concerns, state officials announced they were ending payments for bottled water, citing two years of testing that showed water in homes was below the federal action level for lead.
Weaver has protested an end to the bottled water program, which had cost the state an average of $22,000 a day this year, maintaining the water crisis won’t be over until all lead and galvanized service lines have been removed and replaced.
And not when the medical community and environmental experts tell us we still need to be on filtered water because of the ongoing work to replace all the lead-tainted pipes leading to homes in the city, a process that isn’t expected to be complete for at least another year."
State Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, D-Flint, on Thursday, May 3, called the decision to end bottled water weeks after the DEQ’s cited the continued "significant deficiencies" in the water system "very troubling."
"The state forced the shift (in water source) and caused the crisis," Ananich said.
In addition to the significant deficiencies identified in London’s letter, the engineer noted recommendations to Weaver, including the need to add features to the treatment system to "enhance treatment reliability and consistency, as well as operator safety."

Mayo Clinic is awaiting the results of tests of the brackish water coming out of the taps on the Saint Marys Hospital campus and is still telling staff and patients to not drink the water, use ice made with the water or bathe in it.
This problem started mid-morning on Monday.
Mayo Clinic has been busy providing safe bottled water to many facilities on the Second Street Southwest campus.
"There have been 89,280 bottles of water distributed so far.
In addition, 2,880 gallons of bottled cooking water have been provided to our kitchens," according to a Mayo Clinic statement released today.
And there’s the issue of bathing.
"While we wait for the results from further water testing, Mayo is advising staff and patients not to use water to bathe or shower on the Saint Marys Campus; patients are being provided with comfort bath bags that include items for bathing," stated Mayo Clinic officials.
I’m not sure what a "comfort bath bag" is.
It makes me thinks of a pack of baby wipes.

Chennai: Airports Authority of India (AAI) may be gearing up to set up new retail shops, including those that will sell packaged food, but these shops will not be allowed to bottled water, at Chennai airport.
This will mean that shops at the airport will continue to sell bottled water at an expensive rate as there will be little competition.
This means that bottled water will remain expensive and will be sold only by the existing food and beverages outlets offering little competition in pricing.
An official said the retail contract says that outlets could be installed to sell packaged food but it was unfair to bar them from selling bottled water because the contract is already with F&B.
The authorities should set up stalls where water will be sold at the price in which it is being sold in the city."
"Passengers should be given a choice," he added.
The packaged food and beverages come with the special price stamped on it with a label that they are specially priced for airport.
A senior official said AAI was attempting to provide bottled water at cheaper rates inside the terminal.
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