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The Maine CDC is investigating after an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness at an Ellsworth campground.

Tender Soles Farm The recent tropical rain has improved drought conditions in parts of Maine, according to a US Drought Monitor report issued Thursday, bringing a measure of relief to local farms. According to the report, most areas in the southern coastal and Midcoast Maine have been upgraded from moderate drought to abnormally dry, the lowest of the five drought categories. The report classifies 88.23% of the state as abnormally dry, a decrease from the previous month when the state was class...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Today, Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the following appointments: First, Nicole Elliott, 36, of Sacramento, has been appointed Director of the California Department of Cannabis Control. Elliott has been the Governor’s Senior Advisor on Cannabis at the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development since 2019. Calif. Governor Newsom – file photo She was Director of the Office of Cannabis for the General Services Agency of the Cit...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   COLUMBIA, S.C. — With COVID-19 still a major threat to public health, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is encouraging South Carolina residents to find safe ways to take part in this year’s Earth Day celebration. But not just on Thursday when the 51st annual event takes place.  More than 100 million people around the world found a way to participate last year for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Just like all the previous...

Federal toxicologist, health advocates push for tougher limits on ‘forever chemicals’ The debate in Augusta over health standards for PFAS is occurring against a backdrop of a growing contamination hotspot in central Maine. Share Judy Poulin and others in Fairfield have been instructed to stop using their well water for drinking and cooking because of high levels of PFAS. The federal government’s former top toxicologist testified Tuesday in support of setting tougher limits in Maine on ...

Posted on 25 February 2021 By Rob Katherman WRD Robles Advanced Water Treatment Facility The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) is the largest groundwater agency in the State of California, managing and protecting local groundwater resources for over four million residents. WRDs service area covers a 420-square-mile region of southern Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The 43 cities in the service area, including a portion of the City of L...

Dam replacement project between drinking water ponds completed in Skowhegan Contamination of the Skowhegan drinking water sources believed to have originated at site of the construction project between the systems Upper and Lower ponds. Share SKOWHEGAN — A construction project at the ponds suppling Skowhegan with drinking water — the possible source of contamination —wrapped up in late December with the removal of a dam and the earth that surrounds it. The Maine Water Skowhegan site was ...

Fri, 12/18/2020 - 9:45am Due to sampling results free of the presence of pathogens and after consultation with the Maine Center for Disease Control, Drinking Water Program (DWP), as of Dec. 18, 2020 the boil water order for those customers located in Boothbay Harbor on Middle Road, from the intersection of Lakeside Drive and Middle Road  to the intersection of McCobb Road and Middle Road including all of Hutchinson Drive and Patton Lane, per order of the DWP, has been lifted. If ther...

Crawfordsville, IN, USA / WCDQ Country 106.3 FM | Country Music Dec 18, 2020 9:30 AM INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 17, 2020) – Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs today announced 12 rural Hoosier communities will receive more than $8 million in federal grant funding to improve water infrastructure. “These grants are vital to Indiana’s economic success as these projects should improve the quality of life in these rural communities,” Crouch said. “Colla...

Corrosion on GCSD clearwell Groveland, CA – Groveland Community Services District (GCSD) has begun its long-awaited $3.4 million Clearwell Rehabilitation Project. Both clearwells hold 2 million gallons of Hetch Hetchy water and provide for disinfection of the raw water used to serve...