Tag: Drinking water quality
Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water
DES MOINES, Iowa — In the dim light just after dawn, Bill Blubaugh parks his Des Moines Water Works pickup truck, grabs a dipper...
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...
New Mexico official takes aim at oil, gas bond requirements
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s financial assurance requirements for oil and gas wells, pipelines and related infrastructure fall far short of what would be...
Danes start digging up minks to prevent water pollution
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark has begun excavating the decomposing bodies of some 4 million mink, for fear they will pollute drinking water or a...
Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON — Rarely has a routine water resources bill generated so much political buzz, but as senators hoisted the measure to passage Thursday the...
Memphis council plans vote on ordinance tied to oil pipeline
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — City council members in Memphis, Tennessee, were scheduled to vote Tuesday on a law that could make it more difficult for...
Miners’ union backs shift from coal in exchange for jobs
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest coal miners' union said Monday it would accept President Joe Biden's plan to move away from coal and other...
Boil advisory lifted for all of Jackson, one month later
JACKSON, Miss. — After 30 days of boiling their water to get rid of contaminants and sometimes no water at all, Jackson residents are...
Biden EPA to reconsider Trump rule on lead in drinking water
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Biden administration said Wednesday it was delaying the effective date of a policy intended to prevent lead pollution of...
Water restored, but most of Jackson still under boil notice
JACKSON, Miss. — Most people in Mississippi’s capital now have running water, more than three weeks after the majority of taps in the city...
