by Liam Smith | Sep 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
“In negotiating trillions of dollars of infrastructure investments, Congress should at a minimum make meaningful investments in water affordability programs that uplift and empower the most affected communities to move towards universal access to water,” associate...
by Liam Smith | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
After 24 years without clean drinking water, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, located on the Ontario-Manitoba border, is celebrating drinking water that meets national standards thanks to a new water treatment center. The new facility went into construction in 2019 costing...
by Liam Smith | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The United States has been trying to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic for over 18 months. One aspect of this widespread illness that may be under-appreciated is its impact on water. Not actual water itself, but how having a majority of people working from home and not...
by Liam Smith | Sep 13, 2021 | Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Uncategorized
A federal judge in Arizona made the decision on Monday August 30th, 2021, to abandon the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) The NWPR, which was established in January of 2020, significantly narrowed the reach of the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act...
by Liam Smith | Sep 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Landfill leachate results when water from precipitation and rotting waste percolate. They may become toxic when high concentrations of organic and inorganic pollutants mix with the liquids. As little as 36 inches of precipitation can result in one million gallons of...
