Drinking water still not flowing at state women’s prison.
The women at Lowell Correctional Institution will endure another three days without running drinking water after tests Thursday showed the water wasn’t safe to drink, officials said.
Coolers of water have been brought into the prison for inmates and staff, as crews began testing the drinking water over the past few days.
On Thursday, the inmates were allowed to drink the water for a time, after a test showed it was safe, Glady said.
Instead, it relies on a geo-thermal cooling system, which agency officials have admitted doesn’t work very well.
The prison — the largest women’s facility in the country — has had a history of sanitary problems, including worms and mold in the sinks and showers, health records show.
The prison, built in 1956, is the oldest prison housing female inmates, including pregnant women and youthful offenders.
It also houses women on death row.
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60,000 locals of Baglung deprived of drinking water as landslides destroy water pipes.
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christrick BAGLUNG, July 13: Locals of Baglung bazaar at the district headquarters are facing severe drinking water shortage for the past few days as monsoon-induced landslides destroyed water supply lines, depriving access to water to as many as 60,000 locals.
With this, the already chronic water shortage has increased during the wet season.
We are forced buy jar water,” said Suraj Pariyar, a local of Baglung bazaar.
“Let alone drinking water, we are compelled to purchase water even for cleaning toilet and bathing.
According to the locals, water supply has been completely halted after landslides washed away water supply pipes since last Thursday.
But we are doing our best to ease the drinking water supply,” he informed, adding that it might take another week to repair the pipes.
According to Sharma, they will repair pipes at Reskhola after the landslides stop.

60,000 locals of Baglung deprived of drinking water as landslides destroy water pipes.
BAGLUNG, July 13: Locals of Baglung bazaar at the district headquarters are facing severe drinking water shortage for the past few days as monsoon-induced landslides destroyed water supply lines, depriving access to water to as many as 60,000 locals.
With this, the already chronic water shortage has increased during the wet season.
We are forced buy jar water,” said Suraj Pariyar, a local of Baglung bazaar.
“Let alone drinking water, we are compelled to purchase water even for cleaning toilet and bathing.
According to the locals, water supply has been completely halted after landslides washed away water supply pipes since last Thursday.
The landslides had destroyed pipes at Reshkhola and Boksey Gaira of Baglung Municipaliyt-3, according to Himal Sharma, manager of Municipal Drinking Water and Cleanliness Consumer Committee, Baglung.
But we are doing our best to ease the drinking water supply,” he informed, adding that it might take another week to repair the pipes.
According to Sharma, they will repair pipes at Reskhola after the landslides stop.
On the other hand, 400 meters long new pipes can be installed in Boksey Gaira, which can take a week,” said Sharma.

AVENAL — Clean drinking water for students is a high priority in any school district, and Reef-Sunset Unified School District Superintendent David East is happy his district’s issues are finally being addressed in a way where he doesn’t have to constantly worry about students’ health.
East has been with the district for eight years, but said the battle with clean and safe drinking water started at least a few years before he got there, after high levels of arsenic were found in the drinking water in Kettleman City.
Arsenic, a known carcinogen, at concentrations of 10 parts per billion or above violates federal standards.
Any risk for developing cancer from arsenic consumption depends on how great the concentration is, how much you drink and for how long.
The Safe Drinking Water and Water Quality Projects Program was created under Proposition 84 in 2006, which provided the California Department of Health Services access to federal capitalization grants to assist communities in providing safe drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program.
Around five years ago, parents of the students in East’s district were concerned, and he said it was one of the top issues facing the district of around 2,650 students.
The Reef-Sunset district received grants from the state to install point-of-use water filtering systems in the fountains and in certain faucets in the kitchens, East said.
He said many of the water fountains at the school have been replaced as well.
Students even bring their own water bottles from home to refill with the filtered water, East said.
The State Water Resources Control Board, in cooperation with the California Department of Education, recently required all community water systems to test school drinking water upon request by school officials if the public school is served by a community water system.

AVENAL — Clean drinking water for students is a high priority in any school district, and Reef-Sunset Unified School District Superintendent David East is happy his district’s issues are finally being addressed in a way where he doesn’t have to constantly worry about students’ health.
East has been with the district for eight years, but said the battle with clean and safe drinking water started at least a few years before he got there, after high levels of arsenic were found in the drinking water in Kettleman City.
Arsenic, a known carcinogen, at concentrations of 10 parts per billion or above violates federal standards.
Any risk for developing cancer from arsenic consumption depends on how great the concentration is, how much you drink and for how long.
The Safe Drinking Water and Water Quality Projects Program was created under Proposition 84 in 2006, which provided the California Department of Health Services access to federal capitalization grants to assist communities in providing safe drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program.
The Reef-Sunset district received grants from the state to install point-of-use water filtering systems in the fountains and in certain faucets in the kitchens, East said.
He said many of the water fountains at the school have been replaced as well.
In January, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced public schools can receive free lead testing in drinking water under a new state program.
The State Water Resources Control Board, in cooperation with the California Department of Education, recently required all community water systems to test school drinking water upon request by school officials if the public school is served by a community water system.
The perception for most residents of Avenal and Kettleman City is that bottled water is still better, but East said he’s glad to see students using the water fountains at the school without hesitation and that parents are no longer concerned with the water their children are drinking at school.

The number of people with no safe drinking water is shocking.
GENEVA — Nearly a third of the world’s population does not have access to uncontaminated drinking water and more than half lacks adequate toilet facilities, which increases the risk of diseases, U.N. agencies said on Wednesday.
There are 2.1 billion people without safe and readily available water supplies and 4.5 billion without safely managed sanitation.
The problem is particularly acute in rural areas, the researchers found.
"Safe water, sanitation and hygiene at home should not be a privilege of only those who are rich or live in urban centers," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Poor sanitation helps to spread diarrheal diseases such as cholera and dysentery, as well as hepatitis and typhoid.
Every year, more than 360,000 children below the age of 5 die of diarrhea.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the greatest lack of safe drinking water.
Less than one in four people have access to clean water in this region of the world.
This problem is especially widespread in Central and Southern Asia, but there are also worrying trends elsewhere.

Letter: New Belgium supports Clean Water Rule.
Healthy waterways are an important part of our local communities, and we need clean water to make great beer.
That’s why we’re joining 47 other craft breweries to oppose President Trump’s plans to weaken our nation’s clean water protections.
The Clean Water Rule clarifies which waterways are guaranteed protection under federal law.
The rule made clear that smaller upstream waterways are protected from pollution under the law whenever they have connections to larger downstream waterways.
For New Belgium, that means more dependable access to the most important ingredient in our beer: clean water.
This rule was sorely needed.
That risk is bad for the craft brewing industry.
Beer consists of more than 90 percent water, so New Belgium and other brewers rely on the safeguards that protect this critical resource.
So we’re submitting a letter to the Trump administration, together with dozens of our craft brewing colleagues around the country, calling on federal agencies to maintain or strengthen the Clean Water Rule – not weaken it.

Letter: State budget ignores need for clean water.
As former Vice President Joe Biden remarked, “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” The Pennsylvania State Legislature just sent a loud and clear message — we do not value clean, drinkable water.
The Pennsylvania Legislature just passed a budget that guts environmental programs across the board, cutting the budgets of river basin commissions in half.
This brings the Delaware River Basin Commission’s funding from Pennsylvania down to just $217,000 — less than a quarter of what the Commonwealth is supposed to provide.
Founded in 1961 by the four states surrounding the Delaware River and the federal government, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is an interstate commission tasked with managing the water resources of the region.
The Delaware River Basin supplies more than 5.5 million Pennsylvanians (43 percent of the population) with clean drinking water and its natural resources provide an economic value of $8.6 million to the Commonwealth.
Of the four basin states, Pennsylvania ranks first in land area and population, however, the Commonwealth now ranks fourth in financial support for DRBC.
This is clearly inconsistent with the environmental and economic benefits provided to Pennsylvanians by the DRBC.
It is also a slap in the face to 43 percent of the population that calls the river basin home and enjoys access to clean, drinkable water.
Budgets are a demonstration of values, and the state legislature has shown that it does not value the families and businesses that rely on clean water.

UN highlights global scarce of clean drinking water.
GENEVA, July 12 (Xinhua) — Nearly a third of our planet’s population lack access to safe and clean drinking water, and more than half are in short of properly managed sanitation, according to a latest UN report released on Wednesday.
In numbers, the report by the WHO and UNICEF said almost three in ten people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and six in ten, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation.
Safely managed drinking water and sanitation services means drinking water free of contamination that is available at home when needed, and toilets whereby excreta are treated and disposed of safely, according to the WHO.
Though billions of people have gained access to basic drinking water and sanitation services since 2000, these services do not necessarily provide safe water and sanitation, which has turned out to be a major source of risk for the spread of diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, hepatitis A, and typhoid.
The report found persisting significant inequalities in availability of clean drinking water and proper hygiene among countries and regions, as well as different areas within a country.
Of the 2.1 billion who do not have safely managed water, 844 million do not have even a basic drinking water service.
In 90 countries, progress towards basic sanitation is too slow, meaning they will not reach universal coverage by 2030.
"Safe water, sanitation and hygiene at home should not be a privilege of only those who are rich or live in urban centers," says WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
"These are some of the most basic requirements for human health, and all countries have a responsibility to ensure that everyone can access them."

Quenching India’s thirst.
A Hyderabad-based company is working hard to provide safe and potable water to millions of people.
Water contamination, one of the biggest problems the world is facing, is an effect of the growing industrialisation.
Dealing with this problem, WaterHealth International, a Hyderabad-based company, has been working towards providing clean water to the under-privileged in rural as well as the urban areas.
For their efforts, they have been awarded the prestigious Unilever Global Development Award, for providing clean, safe and affordable drinking water to the underserved and marginalised communities in India, Ghana and Nigeria at the recently held 20th Responsible Business Awards ceremony, which is an annual event organised by the Business in the Community (BITC), a part of the Prince of Wales’ Responsible Business Network.
Explaining the process of setting up a water-treatment plant, Vikas asserts, “We operate on build-operate-transfer policy.
Once we set-up the plant, we operate it for some time and then transfer it to the local community.” Interestingly, one can get 20 litres of water at as cheap as Rs 5 from the plant.
Many of these people can’t afford branded 20 litres water, which costs around `60-80 per day, and hence are forced to use whatever is available.
While boiling water can help, it doesn’t treat the water completely and it still can be harmful.
We are also working on developing on a device called Autonomous Transportable Operating Module (ATOM), which can be air-dropped at locations hit by natural calamities to dispense fresh water in an hour’s time.