Is There a Chlorine Shortage? Pool Owners See Prices Increase, Here s Why
On 5/3/21 at 4:52 PM EDT
With summer around the corner, pool owners may be spending more to enjoy a refreshing respite from the heat.
According to experts, there is a chlorine shortage due to a swimming pool boom and a fire at a chemical plant in Louisiana. This shortage will make it more expensive to keep pools clean.
After the landfall of Hurricane Laura in August 2020, the Bio-Lab pool-and-spa-treatment-products factory experienced a devastating fire that destroyed the facility s roof and halted production, according to a report by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. The plant, which is one of the country s largest suppliers of chlorine tablets, expects to resume operations by spring 2022.
This announcement comes as no surprise to many First Nations outraged by the lack of progress on ending drinking water advisories in their communities, and the growing divide and gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
Examples of First Nations across Canada enduring persistent drinking water issues are endless. Neskantaga First Nation in Northern Ontario has been on a long-term boil water advisory since 1995. Semiahmoo First Nation recently had a 16-year boil water advisory lifted, after connecting to the nearby Metro Vancouver water line through the city of Surrey, B.C. The community is only a five-minute drive from the city of White Rock.
El Capitan State Beach to Close for About a Year for Upgrades Set to Start in September
Parks officials plan to keep Refugio State Beach and Gaviota State Park fully open during that time to accommodate visitors
The front entrance to El Capitan State Beach will be part of an upgrade project set to start in September. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
May 1, 2021
| 5:54 p.m.
A popular camping site and area for outdoor activities in Santa Barbara County is scheduled to close for about a year to allow for major upgrades.
El Capitan State Beach will shut down for about one year starting Sept. 1 for construction of a new entrance road, bridge, kiosk and trail, according to the California Department of Parks and Recreation website.
The Procter & Gamble Company developed P&G Purifier of Water™ in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). P&G™ sachets are now centrally produced in Pakistan, and sold to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide at a cost of 3.5 US cents per sachet. The P&G™ product is a small sachet containing powdered ferric sulfate (a flocculant) and calcium hypochlorite (a disinfectant). P&G™ was designed to reverse-engineer a water treatment plant, incorporating the multiple barrier processes of removal of particles and disinfection. To treat water with P&G™, users open the sachet, add the contents to an open bucket containing 10 liters of water, stir for 5 minutes, let the solids settle to the bottom of the bucket, strain the water through a cotton cloth into a second container, and wait 20 minutes for the hypochlorite to inactivate the microorganisms.
Sen. Mike Lee is currently getting blasted on social media for being one of only two senators who voted against the Safe Drinking Water Act.
According to KUTV, critics of Lee are saying it doesn’t make sense to fight regulations that ensure everyone has excess to clean water and, if the bill wasn’t passed, the repercussions could potentially be deadly for some.
Austin Searle, a Democrat looking to unseat Lee in the next election, posted on Twitter, saying “Raise your hand if you believe in clean drinking water. Sen. Mike Lee seems to not think so.”
Lee spoke out about his vote, saying his amendment the State Water Rights Amendment is a “simple, common sense solution to ensure Utah and other public lands states are guaranteed the protection of their existing water rights and a reliable water supply.”