Rising salinity in the primary source for desalinated tap water in North Carolina's Outer Banks has been traced to fossil seawater, not – as some have feared – to recent seawater intrusion.
Environment
May 12, 2011
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The bottled water, soda pop, or micro brew-beer that you drank in Pittsburgh, Dallas, Denver or 30 other American cities contains a natural chemical imprint related to geographic location. When you consume these beverage ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 30, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking water can transmit a number of diseases, including typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and diarrhea, which can then spread explosively throughout an entire service area. To avoid this problem, drinking ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 23, 2009
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Although most Americans take the safety of their drinking water for granted, that ordinary tap water could become deadly within minutes, says Prof. Abraham Katzir of Tel Aviv University's School of Physics and Astronomy.
Optics & Photonics
May 12, 2009
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The Colorado River is a lifeblood for the U.S. Southwest that provides tap water for some 40 million people and irrigation for 2.6 million acres of crops in seven states and Mexico.
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2023
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While the environmental impact of having dogs and cats as pets has been examined to some extent, the impact of keeping pet fish has remained unexplored—until now.
Environment
Sep 27, 2023
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Tap water in urban areas of Southern and Central California appears more likely to be contaminated by PFAS "forever chemicals" than drinking water in many other regions of the nation, although rural Californians are far less ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2023
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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2023
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In Tegucigalpa and surrounding areas, Hondurans often wait weeks for tap water to flow.
Environment
Sep 29, 2022
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Roughly 21,000 fish died at a northern California university's aquatic research center overnight last week, according to a university statement.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2022
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