Autoplay:Play Video0:00 0:00: 0%: 0%LIVE -0:00 CENTERVILLE, Tenn. – Hickman County residents could likely go without clean water for the next three days as the town tries to unclog its water system.
According to Public Works Director Danny Hudgins, water backed up from the Duck River has clogged grates allowing water into the Centerville water treatment plant.
Hudgins said he hopes people understand they’re working day and night to fix the problem.
"Especially when it floods like this backs up, that causes Swan Creek not to run as good," he said.
Until then, residents in the county with running water are advised to boil their water as a precaution.
Those without running water can go to the Centerville Maintenance Department at 128 North Central Avenue in Centerville to get cases of bottled water.
Residents in the county reported local grocery stores are picked clean of water.
"They’re giving some away here which is very nice of them.
So, no bathing."
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Sometimes they get no water.
I don’t even feel safe bathing in it."
But experts say it is unlikely the federal government will invest in rebuilding the kind of infrastructure that has become a public health hazard in impoverished, out-of-the-way communities like Martin County.
The issue is, who’s going to pay for it?"
As residents in this sparsely populated pocket of Appalachia struggled — some boiling rainwater to bathe and melting snow to flush toilets — local schools canceled classes for three days and volunteers fanned out to deliver bottled water to the sick and elderly.
Local officials have sought to reassure residents the water is drinkable and that discoloration is not necessarily a sign it is unsafe: cloudiness, for example, can occur when air becomes trapped in water, and does not typically affect water safety.
State officials, however, say the county has a long way to go, especially with its finances.
At a hearing last month for the district’s request for an emergency rate increase, Michael Schmitt, chairman of Kentucky’s Public Service Commission, described Martin County as "by far the worst water district" in the state.
Back then, residents complained of skin rashes, nausea, and headaches, which they suspected were caused by contaminated water, but the county’s water district reported that its water intake on the Tug Fork River was closed for maintenance before the disaster.
A Department of Health and Human Services report concluded the water district did not take any slurry materials into the water treatment system and the county’s drinking water was not contaminated by the spill.

BELMONT, Mich.– The Kent County Department of Public Works recently released well monitor results showing PFAS at levels as high as 237 parts per trillion near the North Kent Landfill but according to decades-old state documents obtained by FOX 17, county leaders had plenty of warning that water there was in danger of being contaminated.
The Kent County Department of Public Works and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality are now coordinating well tests and providing bottled water to 47 nearby homes and businesses south and west of the North Kent Landfill.
Beemer tells FOX 17.
"You know, it’s just bad.
“They were gonna test for everything they’re looking for now, they didn’t say specifically," Beemer says.
The township’s records say those concerns went unanswered and a state appeals board ignored multiple landfill violations.
“Before we moved in, Kent County has to give you the permit to move in, that first told us they weren’t gonna give it to us, that was right after our house was built," Sue says.
Sue says the county told her they were initially denied approval to move in because the water problem was so severe.
For nearly a year beginning in September 1977, the North Kent landfill was unlicensed because of concerns over water contamination.
Wolverine Worldwide recently announced it will spend $40 million to address this issue.

Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Saudi Food and Drugs Authority (SFDA) shut down six water and food factories and 74 production lines in the last two months of 2017.
Abdulrahman Al-Sultan, executive director for media and awareness at SFDA, said the authority organized an inspection campaign during which officers visited 416 food factories and took 472 samples for tests.
“The authority also visited 157 bottled water-bottling plants and ice factories and collected 152 samples.
It also visited 964 food products warehouses and distribution centers and collected 53 samples.
The authority penalized 21 establishments for various violations and destroyed 1,449 kg of food products after their expiration dates were found to be manipulated,” said Al-Sultan.
He said the authority seized 8,860 water cartons produced without a license and seized 11.9 tons of food products that did not conform to the authority’s regulations.
“During the inspection campaign, 24 licenses were renewed, 18 applications of establishing food factories were received and 43 applications for registering food establishments were reviewed.
The authority forwarded 10 cases of commercial fraud to the Public Prosecution,” said Al-Sultan.
He also said that the authority received 237 complaints and reports about violations during the period.
In turn, the authority seized and destroyed 750 cans found in warehouses and withdrew 712,000 cans from stores,” said Al-Sultan.

Seas are rising, weather events are causing flooding, even a new Hollywood movie has water in its title.
Some places are running out of water.
A perfect storm of drought, rapid population expansion and change in the climate has cause the second largest city in Africa to shift into crisis mode.
Australia has faced a similar crisis.
Drought dries up reservoirs, population increases beyond infrastructure capacity, agriculture uses huge amounts of water, and conservation measures are not implemented or are able to keep up.
Groundwater recharge — the process of aquifers being replenished by rain and snowfall — is hotly debated in Michigan, where Nestle Waters North America pumps over 130 million gallons of water each year for bottling, depleting aquifers and in some cases collapsing the earth around them, according to some environmentalists.
Locally, we know this water as Poland Springs.
Ironic that the bottled water that has such an impact on the planet is the main way to survive against the lack of water in some countries.
On the local front, Tewksbury seems to be doing well with conservation, and small changes yield big results.
Let’s stay aware and keep conserving.

Residents of Blades are being told to drink bottled water as the town’s well water system has been contaminated by "perfluorinated compounds" or (PFCs).
DNREC said the water from the sampled wells are safe to use for bathing and laundry, but cannot be used for cooking or drinking.
Bottled water was expected to be provided Friday at noon to residents at the Blades Fire Hall.
Alternative sources of drinking and cooking water will be provided until a permanent solution is in place, according to DNREC.
Long-term exposure to perfluorooctanoicacid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) can affect pregnant women and infants and cause cancer and liver and immune system impacts.
Friday, Governor Carney signed an executive order that mobilizes the Delaware National Guard to assist the Town of Blades.
The DNG has provided two, 400-gallon portable water tanks and coordinated troops to provide 24-hour water distribution operations at the fire hall.
A 5,000-gallon water tanker is also prepared and available for follow-up support.
“Access to safe and clean drinking water is an absolutely essential and basic human necessity, and we are extremely troubled by the situation in Blades," said Delaware’s delegation in a written statement.
"We are doing everything we can to understand the causes behind what has happened and determine how we can help Governor Carney address the pressing needs of the families affected in Sussex County."

DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) began providing bottled water Friday for drinking and cooking to residents of the Town of Blades in Sussex County.
This response comes after all three of the town’s drinking water wells returned concentrations of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) above the human health advisory level (70 parts per trillion) following recent sampling by DNREC at the request of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
DNREC worked with EPA in sampling the wells given their proximity to potential sources of PFCs from historical industrial processes in the area.
Water from the Blades wells that were sampled is considered safe for use by residents for bathing and laundry.
Bottled water was to be delivered Friday morning to the Blades Elementary School and four day care centers in the area, and also was being provided by noon Friday to all Blades residents via delivery at the Blades Fire Hall.
Alternative sources of drinking and cooking water will be provided until a permanent solution is in place.
Though PFCs are not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, DPH is working with DNREC to minimize any potential health impacts to the community.
Long-term exposure to perfluorooctanoicacid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) can affect pregnant women and infants and cause cancer and liver and immune system impacts.
While much research has been conducted on laboratory animals, the accompanying research related to humans is more limited.
MEDIA CONTACT: Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902 -30- Related Topics: alternative sources of potable water • Blades Fire Hall • bottled water • contaminated wells • deliveries • Town of Blades

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Wochit/Produced by Kamlesh Desai DNREC and the Delaware Division of Public Health are providing bottled water starting Friday for residents in Blades after all three of the town’s drinking water wells were found to be contaminated, officials said.
The town’s drinking water wells returned concentrations of perfluorinated compounds above the human health advisory level — 70 parts per trillion — following recent sampling by DNREC at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a release.
Bottled water will be delivered Friday morning to the Blades Elementary School for students and staff.
Water will also be distributed at the Blades Fire Hall at noon on Friday for other Blades residents.
The bottled water will be distributed until a permanent solution is in place.
DNREC worked with the EPA in sampling the wells given their proximity to potential sources of perfluorinated compounds from historical industrial processes in the area.
Although perfluorinated compounds are not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Delaware Division of Public Health is working with DNREC to reduce any potential health impacts to the community.
According to the release, long term exposure to perfluorinated compounds and perfluorooctane sulfonate affects pregnant women and infants and can cause cancer as well as liver and immune system impacts.
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The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) are now providing bottled water for residents in Blades as the town’s well water system has been contaminated by "perfluorinated compounds" or (PFCs).
DNREC’s announcement comes after all three of the town’s wells returned concentrations of PFCs that are above the human health advisory level (70 parts per trillion) following recent sampling at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
DNREC says the water from the sampled wells are safe to use for bathing and laundry, but cannot be used for cooking or drinking.
Bottled water will be delivered Friday morning to Blades Elementary, which announced school would be closed to students due to the problem.
Bottled water will be provided Friday at noon to residents at the Blades Fire Hall.
Alternative sources of drinking and cooking water will be provided until a permanent solution is in place, according to DNREC.
Water will be supplied to the entire town until additional work can determine the extent of PFC contamination in the municipal wells.
Though PFCs are not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, DPH is working with DNREC to minimize any potential health impacts to the community.
Long-term exposure to perfluorooctanoicacid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) can affect pregnant women and infants and cause cancer and liver and immune system impacts.
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A proposal to allow water-bottling operations on agricultural lands was handed a setback Wednesday by Walla Walla County Planning Commissioners.
After hearing dozens of oppositional comments from a standing-room-only crowd, Planning Commissioners, with two members absent, voted 3-2 to recommend denial of the zoning code amendments sought by Perry and Darlene Dozier.
Perry Dozier is a former County Commissioner whose farm is located near Waitsburg.
The Doziers’ application seeks to have a new definition added to the county code to allow pumping, bottling and distribution of water obtained from land where the bottling would occur.
Dozier said he and his wife plan to establish a small bottling plant at their farm using water from a deep, basalt well on site and sell the bottled water via direct delivery, regional shipments or Internet sales.
In her comments, Darlene Dozier said their business concept was created “out of our desire to supply water for consumption that is in its purest form from the rich basalt layers of the earth …” and that the containers used would be glass or plastic that could be recycled to minimize their impact on the environment.
But the overwhelming majority of comments given by people at the hearing as well as those submitted in writing were in objection to the Doziers’ proposal.
People expressed great concern that allowing bottled-water operations would deplete water resources while the manufacture and transport of bottles would pollute the environment.