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NATIONAL NEWS
When A Representative Sample Of Service Lines Reveals Zero Lead, What Can You Say? It’s easy to find evidence for a risk of lead exposure from water service lines: once you find a lead service line, you know there is some risk. But how do we show that there isn’t a meaningful risk of lead in our water system? more
Desalination System Could Produce Freshwater That Is Cheaper Than Tap Water MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs. more
Biden-Harris Administration Proposes First-Ever National Standard To Protect Communities From PFAS In Drinking Water Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced it is proposing the first-ever national drinking water standard for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the latest action under President Biden’s plan to combat PFAS pollution and Administrator Regan’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap. more
Research Finds Toilet Paper Is Contributing To PFAS Levels In Wastewater As public health concerns and prevalence revelations prompt more concern over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), new research has drawn a connection between wastewater contamination and a household item that is ubiquitous within bathrooms. more
Researchers Find Microplastics In Clouds One of drinking water’s most challenging contamination problems is even more widespread than previously known, as researchers discover the contaminants are literally falling from the sky. more
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5B For Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across The Country Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water. more
Two Dozen States Challenge U.S. EPA’s New WOTUS Rule After revising a controversial yet foundational federal source water regulation, the U.S. EPA now faces a unified front of conservative states in court. more
States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity at water utilities amid renewed federal warnings The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. more
EPA issues warning about major health crisis across US: 'The science is clear' The Environmental Protection Agency announced in October that pollution from leaded fuel, which is still used in hundreds of thousands of airplanes, is a major public health concern. more
A new COVID variant is gaining strength, wastewater samples from across the U.S. show The U.S. is in full-on respiratory virus season. Most of the country is experiencing high or very high respiratory virus levels, according to the centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NPR health correspondent Pien Huang joins us. Pien, thanks so much for being with us. more
New Study Finds Trends in Local Drinking Water Affordability Recent research published in December 2023 found trends in drinking water billing that may better inform federal, state and local water affordability policy. more
STATE NEWS
Riviera Beach official says tap water safe to drink despite yellow color - WPTV The sight of yellow water coming out of public taps in Riviera Beach is raising a lot of concerns. more
Residents urged to run water for five minutes to flush lines after water main break | Villages News A boil order has been lifted after a New Year’s Eve water main break in The Villages. more
Boynton Beach Water May Tastes Strange Soon - BocaNewsNow.com “The City of Boynton Beach Utility Department will temporarily modify the disinfection process utilized to treat its drinking water from Thursday, January 4, 2024 through Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Customers may notice a slight chlorine taste, or odor in their tap water. more
Callaway Boil Water Notice | WJHG A precautionary boil water notice is in effect for the city of Callaway. more
Expert warns of potential for Lake Okeechobee discharges this winter | WPEC This summer, experts braced for a flurry of discharges from Lake Okeechobee that would threaten local waterways on the Treasure Coast, including the St. Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon. more
Grants available to help pay for water-saving measures | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida There was a time when machines that turned saltwater into freshwater, and wells that sucked up brackish layers of the Floridan aquifer, were not things that existed. more
Sarasota County Public Utilities Needs Your Help! (Video) | Southwest Florida Calling all Sarasota County Public Utilities customers, we need your help! The Environmental Protection Agency is introducing a new regulation to better protect communities from lead and copper in drinking water. more
Weekly Updates and Subscription - Florida Department of Environmental Protection There were four reported site visits in the past 14 days with four samples collected. Algal bloom conditions were observed by samplers at three of the sites. more
Florida Gov. DeSantis Awards More Than $30 Million For Water Quality Infrastructure Projects Florida Governor Ron DeSantis awarded more than $30 million Friday in state funding to support six water quality projects in the Caloosahatchee River Watershed. more
New UF report says it’s unclear if fertilizer bans stop pollution. Not everyone agrees. | Tampa Bay Times Local government leaders from across Florida tell the Times they support their community’s fertilizer bans. more
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