Takaro, T.K., Chhetri, B., Mak, S., Otterstatter, M., Balshaw, R.F., Sobie, S.R., Henderson, S.B., Zubel, M., Len, M., Brubacher, J., Zickfeld, K., Fluery, M., Galanis, E. (2016) Extreme precipitation, turbidity, drinking water and acute gastro - intestinal illness in a canadian
surface drinking water system: mechanisms and opportunities to build resilience to climate change.
Not exact matches
As the quality of
drinking and
surface water declines, why not use some of the money for
water treatment
systems and other
water quality improvement programs?
Votes were cast for two finalists — the Village of Baldwinsville in Onondaga County (judged the best tasting
water among ground -
water drinking sources) and the City of New Rochelle in Westchester County (judged the best tasting
water among
surface - source
water systems) with New Rochelle winning the final tally by just three votes.
All
surface and ground
water entering New York City's
drinking water distribution
system is currently treated with fluoride (pdf) to help prevent tooth decay as well as chlorine to kill deleterious microbes as designated by the New York State Sanitary Code and the SDWA.
The
systems can produce clean potable
water for
drinking or cooking from any
surface water source, well, cistern or tank.
The SAB finds that the EPA did not support quantitatively its conclusion about lack of evidence for widespread, systemic impacts of hydraulic fracturing on
drinking water resources, and did not clearly describe the
system (s) of interest (e.g., groundwater,
surface water), the scale of impacts (i.e., local or regional), nor the definitions of «systemic» and «widespread.»