Waterloo idles well contaminated by 'forever chemicals'
Contamination is within new federal limits on PFAs, but city won't use the well anyway.
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Contamination is within new federal limits on PFAs, but city won't use the well anyway.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — State health and water survey officials are reminding owners of public wells to test their water for potential contaminants. Officials said wells that are properly constructed and well maintained can provide safe water for years. However, contamination can occur due to improper construction or maintenance, along with contamination of a well’s […]
Minnesota would tax farmers $0.40 per ton of fertilizer to help test and clean up thousands of private wells contaminated with agricultural runoff under a bill that cleared the House's main agricultural committee. The proposed tax is smaller than earlier versions that had called for charging up to $0.99 per ton in the first year and escalating after that. It comes amid demands from the EPA ...
Officials are worried that there’s arsenic in some of the estimated 13,500 private water wells in Ector and Midland counties.
Cape Coral implementing measures to conserve water in the northeast part of the city to avoid forced water restrictions.