The augmentation of the world population and the subsequent intensification of urbanization and industrialization have brought about a variety of environmental issues, chief among them being water waste. While the hazards of water contamination and shortages have been widely addressed, the deleterious effects of excessive water usage have yet to receive the attention they deserve…. >> Read More
Philadelphia residents on Sunday were advised to drink bottled water after chemicals were released into the Delaware River in a neighboring county. The Philadelphia Water Department said Sunday it was responding to a spill of a latex product that Occurred along a Delaware River tributary. The spill would potentially affect water treated at the Baxter… >> Read More
Did you know there are asbestos cement pipes underground across Canada? I didn’t until I started researching this story. I actually had no idea what asbestos cement pipes were. All I knew was that asbestos fibres can be deadly, especially if inhaled. So it was to my surprise when I learned that these pipes, installed… >> Read More
JACKSON, Miss. — On an abandoned golf course, overgrown with shrubs and saw grass, you can hear the rushing water from 100 yards away. Near Hole 4, past the little bridge and crumbling cart paths, what looks to be a waterfall comes into view, pouring down through the brush and into the creek below. Except… >> Read More
The future of humanity’s “lifeblood” — water — is under threat worldwide, the UN secretary-general warned Wednesday at the opening of the global body’s first major meeting on water resources in nearly half a century. “We’ve broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater,” Antonio Guterres said at the three-day summit in New York,… >> Read More