The Reykjavik Health Authority has issued a statement to warn people that slight contamination has been found in drinking water in some areas of the city.
"It’s a very small level of water pollution but above the recommended levels so we thought it right to warn the public," said Árný Sigurðardóttir at the City of Reykjavik.
Two samples taken from cold water in Reykjavik do not comply to standards.
On January 11th, E-Coli bacteria was found in drinking water in a borehole the Heiðmörk park just outside Reykjavik.
The water from that particular borehole never entered the Reykjavik water supply which means that drinking water was never contaminated with E-Coli.
However, other seamples taken on January 14th show bacteria from soil in the water in several boreholes.
Sigurðardóttir adds that in most places abroad this level of contamination is not even reported.
The Health Authorities will be placing the boreholes under close surveillance.
However, elderly people, ill people and babies should preferably drink boiled water for the time being.
People in good health are in no danger from drinking the tap water.

Kondapur: People residing at Raghavendra colony don’t have access to Manjeera water for the past four years, even though the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has laid out pipelines for the supply of water long time back.
Almost 70 apartments in the locality purchase drinking water from private establishments which would cost around Rs 800 to Rs 1000 for a tanker per day.
The water scarcity is not limited to consumption alone, as the residents have to struggle to get water for other purposes as well.
S Naga Babu, president of one of the apartments, said, “We need to purchase water every day.
Almost 5,600 people living in the apartments nearby have no other choice but to purchase water.
We purchase more than 30 tankers of water per month for each apartment.” Another resident V Sarala said that because of water problem, women in the area have to walk more than a kilometre to get drinking water from the public water taps.
“Many have met with accidents while bringing water, the way is narrow and it always has heavy traffic.” Another resident from Marthanda Nagar towards Hafeezpet said, “I travel a kilometre to get water, I work at the residents as a maid, the public water comes only for an hour in the morning and evening.
Sometimes by the time I go there, the water will get over.”

G. Udayagiri: Even though the government is pumping in crores of rupees into water supply projects, many towns and villages have no access to safe drinking water.
For example, take the case of G. Udayagiri in Gajapati district.
With no access to proper drinking water supply, life had come to a standstill for the residents in the town until they had decided to stage a road blockade Sunday to bring their plight to the notice of authorities.
While the whole State was celebrating ‘Makar Sankrathi’, the residents of the town were agitating for their basic right of drinking water.
According to the locals, every household in the town was connected to a water pipeline.
None has any clue to when it would begin.
The excuses have been going on for years.
“After repeated negligence by the officials concerned, we stood up and wanted to expose the irregularities of the officials concerned,” an agitating woman said.
The agitators relented after local sarpanch assured them to look into the irregularities in the supply of drinking water and take necessary steps.
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Colorado health officials have granted Climax Molybdenum a third extension of a “temporary” lifting of the state’s health limit for molybdenum pollution of a creek, allowing continued elevated discharges above Denver’s drinking water supplies.
The delay, commissioners said, will give time for Climax to resolve scientific uncertainty around how much molybdenum is too much for people.
Climax has been lobbying the CDPHE to relax the statewide limit for molybdenum pollution of waterways, which would ease the company’s wastewater-cleaning burden.
Molybdenum is used to harden steel and for petroleum-industry lubricants.
An existing water treatment plant below the mine removes many contaminants, though not molybdenum.
Denver Water officials and downstream communities concerned about the contamination — CDPHE officials have said they’re aware of molybdenum spikes at up to 3,000 ppb – accepted giving Climax more time with the understanding that Climax would work to reduce the pollution.
“During the time the temporary modification is in place, additional independent analyses of the recently completed studies on molybdenum’s impact on human and animal health will proceed, and we look forward to discussing their conclusions with our stakeholders,” Kinneberg said.
The EPA hasn’t set a drinking-water regulation for molybdenum.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, or ATSDR, has determined that ingesting no more than 45 micrograms of molybdenum a day is OK for adults but that most Americans ingest 76 to 109 micrograms.
Long-term exposure of rats and mice to molybdenum dust has been shown to cause damage to the nasal cavity and lungs.

Graphene sieve makes seawater drinkable Meanwhile Cape Town’s four million residents are being urged to conserve water and use no more 87 litres (19 gallons) a day.
A growing number of technology companies are focusing their work on water management – applying "smart" solutions to water challenges.
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For example, French company CityTaps is on a mission to streamline water access in urban homes with its smart water meters linked to an internet-based management system.
Users buy "water credits" via their mobile phones and a smart meter dispenses only as much water as has been paid for.
"The internet of things offers new avenues for technological innovation in the water field, mostly by providing real-time data that – we hope – can be used to help utilities become ever more efficient and high-performing," says Gregoire Landel, chief executive of CityTaps.
Better water management also helps save on the electricity and chemicals required to produce drinkable water.
Meanwhile, other companies are using technology to harvest water from new sources.
US-based WaterSeer, for example, is developing a device capable of collecting water from the air.
"The priority is mobilising resources and paying sufficient attention to the management arrangement to keep people connected," says Mr Casey.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (CN) – Dangerous levels of toxic chemicals used to waterproof shoe leather have polluted dozens of residential drinking water wells, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality claims, forcing residents to turn to bottled water.
Wolverine, which is the parent company of Hush Puppies and also makes footwear for Caterpillar and Harley-Davidson, processed hide and leathers for shoes, boots and other products between 1908 and 2009 at the site, according to the state’s complaint, filed by Assistant Attorney General Polly Synk in Grand Rapids federal court.
Chemicals from the waterproofing process included perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also called PFAS, that the Environmental Protection Agency says can attack the immune system and has been linked to developmental problems, liver and thyroid diseases and cancer.
The man-made chemicals break down slowly and dissolve readily, allowing them to leech through soil to groundwater, according to the state’s lawsuit.
Wolverine sampled 640 residential wells for PFAS originating from a landfill in Belmont and reportedly found that 30 wells have tested above levels that Michigan and the EPA consider safe.
The company sampled 549 residential wells at other locations in Kent County and found that 48 residential wells were contaminated at levels the agency says could threaten human health and the environment, according to the complaint.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says the legal action follows the establishment of new clean-up criteria for fluorochemicals in groundwater at 70 parts per trillion, bringing the state in line with federal environmental regulations.
Groundwater is used for drinking water within four miles of the Tannery site, according to the EPA’s order.
Wolverine said it has worked closely with state regulators since 2011 to investigate the sites and said that the state’s action would formalize the company’s own investigatory and remedial actions.
The company sought to downplay the danger to the community, noting that PFOA and PFOS are found in food wrappers, microwave popcorn bags, carpets, and electrical tape.

Drinking water is supposed to be clear, but the Central Heights school district’s water supply inside its school, 2521 Ellis Road, has a blue tint to it, which alerted officials last week to a possible problem.
Brian Spencer, Central Heights superintendent, said they discovered copper levels were too high, which led to school being canceled for three days last week.
“We will provide bottled water for drinking and consumption,” Spencer posted on the Central Heights school district’s Facebook page.
“Copper is on the list of secondary drinking water contaminants.
The superintendent said the problem lies within the school building as the water from the rural water district has been tested and the copper levels were within the guidelines.
He said the water will continue to be tested after the system is flushed.
“We are working diligently with several agencies and experts,” he posted on the Facebook page.
We have taken action to mitigate the copper levels in the water.
“It has been frustrating.” Spencer said Monday morning KDHE officials were working diligently to find the cause of the problem and to provide information to get it fixed.
“We will continue to flush the system and search for the source of the elevated copper levels,” he said.

JACKSON, Miss.
(WJTV) — The Jackson Fire Department and the Byram Fire Department are working together handing out water.
They are giving out the water at the Kroger located on Siwell Road in Byram.
Some Byram residents receive their drinking water from the City of Jackson.
They were also affected by the citywide boil water advisory.
Byram Mayor Richard White said crews are handing out water until supplies last.
He says the water was provided by the City of Jackson.

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BURNEYVILLE, Okla. (KXII) — One Oklahoma school has been without drinking water this week, due to possible contamination at their middle school.
"It’s kind of crazy that this would happen, I don’t know how it would happen," parent Ashley Welch said.
Welch lives across the street from Turner Schools, where her three children attend classes.
On Tuesday the Department of Environmental Quality discovered an incorrect bleaching agent was used in the water well.
As a result, Superintendent Burl Solie said the drinking water was immediately shut off, and cases of bottled water were provided for students and faculty.
"I am glad they are taking the steps they are taking, by providing water for them to drink," Tanya Manning, who’s great granddaughter also attends Turner Middle School, said.
"They’re doing what they can to make a difference."
She says mistakes happen, and she has faith in the administration.
"They’ll use something else in the future."
Solie said the problem has since been corrected with the proper bleach, and water should be drinkable again on Monday.