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Jharkhand: Funds for fluoride filter
Ranchi: The cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs 103.69 crore for installation of solar-powered defluoridation plants, high-yield deep tube wells and water tanks, besides laying of pipelines, among other things. Over 323 hamlets spread over 15 water supply districts will be benefited by this project to provide fluoride-free drinking water under the National Rural Drinking Water […]
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Gurugram’s groundwater quality worsening every year
GURUGRAM: Environmental activists have suspected it for long, but now, they can place actual figures against their suspicion. The quality of Gurugram’s groundwater is deteriorating with each passing year, in what should be a major concern for public health, according to data for three financial years — 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 — submitted by the […]
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Houston: Council tables decision on fluoride ballot wording
The Houston City Council tabled a decision Monday on what language will be used on the November election ballot to decide whether fluoride will remain in the water supply. With one-third of the council absent and no guidance from the past actions of municipalities in the state — it apparently has never been put to a […]
United States, Missouri -
Donnellson improving water quality with new source
DONNELLSON, Ia. (WGEM) – People living in one part of southeast Iowa are about to see an improvement in their drinking water. It’s a change that could have a big impact on health, especially for kids. Donnellson residents are drinking water that has high fluoride and radium levels, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. […]
United States, Illinois -
Wolfforth water now in full compliance with EPA standards
With its new water treatment plant up and running, the city of Wolfforth said Monday it is in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act regulations. Darrell Newsom, city manager, says the city has been taken off the out-of-compliance list and will no longer need to send out notices to Wolfforth citizens related to water […]
United States, Texas -
Iran to restart uranium capacity building process, says country’s nuclear agency
Iran will start a process to boost its capacity to produce uranium hexafluoride, which is used for centrifuges Tehran will inform the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA on Tuesday that the country will start a process to increase its uranium enrichment capacity, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi told ISNA news agency. “In a letter […]
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Five takeaways: Toxic risks in the Twin Ports
The News Tribune on Sunday took a long, hard look at the use of hydrogen fluoride at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior and other chemical risks in the Twin Ports. Here are five key takeaways to get caught up on the issue. Hydrogen fluoride, also known as hydrofluoric acid, is used to raise the […]
United States, Wisconsin Oil Refineries -
The risk remains — refinery’s use of hydrogen fluoride not going anywhere fast
Storage tanks damaged by fire frame several refining towers at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior. The refinery experienced a large fire earlier this year that damaged much of the infrastructure at the facility. — Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com1 / 4 As burning asphalt poured a plume of black smoke over Douglas County on April […]
United States, Wisconsin Oil Refineries -
Potsdam water quality flagged with violations, then rectified; fluoride decision awaits research
POTSDAM — The village was flagged with two water quality violations in 2017. Trihalomethane, a chemical formed when water containing decontaminants such as chlorine react with organic materials such as decomposing vegetation, exceeded the allowable limit February 2017, according to the village’s drinking water quality report for 2017 released in May. Since the village officials […]
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Most Potsdam village respondents say services worth the cost
POTSDAM — Most village residents in Potsdam queried in a recent poll would prefer to keep current village services and have property taxes rise rather than cut services to accommodate a property tax cut. Another highlight of the 2018 Potsdam Poll showed that 80 percent of village residents feel their quality of life in the […]
United States, New York