Environmental quality department recognizes city for safe drinking water achievement
By Sue Sitter - | Apr 17, 2021
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City of Rugby Water Plant Supervisor Greg Boucher stands at the front of the water treatment facility.
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality has recognized the City of Rugby for its compliance with the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act with a certificate of achievement.
A statement released by the city said, “The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was passed by Congress in 1974 to protect public health by regulating the nation’s public drinking (potable) water supplies. Over the years, there have been a number of changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act. These changes have made it more challenging to maintain compliance. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality issues a Safe Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement as one way to recognize the public water systems that satisfied all applicable requirements during the previous
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The Southwest Water Authority has once again received a certificate for safe drinking water from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ). SWA is one of five public water systems receiving this award in North Dakota. (M.C. Amick/The Dickinson Press)
Southwestern North Dakota is well known for many things, including cowboys, Teddy Roosevelt and water.
The Southwest Water Authority has once again received a certificate for safe drinking water from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ). SWA is one of five public water systems receiving this award in North Dakota.
Things such as mold and moisture, sewer gas, environmental tobacco smoke, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, mercury, asbestos, flood response, lead-based paint, and radon might be things to consider.
Otto added that radon was one of the constant thing homeowners may deal with when it comes to indoor air quality.
A wildfire blazing in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park has grown to nearly 8 square miles, but fire crews have made progress on boxing it in and protecting threatened structures.
The Horse Pasture Fire on Tuesday was estimated at 5,000 acres and 45% contained, according to Beth Hill, acting outreach and education manager for the North Dakota Forest Service. The cause was still under investigation, though authorities think it likely was caused by a person.
Fire crews have used back-burning eliminating vegetation with controlled burns to create a fire perimeter roughly on the east, north and south sides of the park area, and they were working on the western flank Tuesday, according to Park Superintendent Wendy Ross.