H2O & Health - Filtration News

• WATER PIPELINE PROJECT UNDER WAY IN ORANGE COUNTY
  The Orange County Water District broke ground on one segment of a 13-mile pipeline that will connect a state-of-the-art water purification facility in...
  Date: September 7, 2005



• Water Supply System 2004 Water Rate Approved
  The Joint Board of Management for the Elgin Area Primary Water Supply System approved its 2004 unit rate for water at its meeting on October 30th, 200...
  Date: September 11, 2005



• Williston to begin restoration efforts on Sucker Brook Tributary
  The Town of Williston has been granted an additional $40,000 in Clean Water Act Section 319 funds and $5,000 in Lake Champlain Basin Program funds to ...
  Date: September 14, 2005



• Calling for federal funding for lead in water issue
  Media reports reveal that a third actor -- the United States Environmental Protection Agency joins the cast of those who have failed to protect the c...
  Date: May 3, 2004



• DOD Awards Portable Water Purification Units to Remove Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents From Military Drinking Water
  Argonide Corp., a research based nanomaterials corporation, today announced award of a Phase I SBIR grant by the U.S. Defense Department to develop a ...
  Date: May 3, 2004



• Philadelphia Drinking Water Quality Linked to Increase in Children's Hospital Visits
  In the first study to examine the impact of water quality on children's health, Harvard School of Public Health investigators estimate there is a 10% ...
  Date: May 3, 2004



• Preliminary Tests Reveal Elevated Lead Levels in Five Arlington Homes
  Preliminary testing of eight homes in Arlington has found elevated levels of lead in water in five of them, according to test results. Further tests ...
  Date: May 3, 2004



• Fix your mood with food
  For years we've known proper nutrition improves our physical health. Now, new studies show certain foods play a major role in improving and maintain...
  Date: December 19, 2003



• Lead in drinking water
  Millions of people in the UK are at risk from drinking water contaminated by lead above World Health Organisation safety levels, Friends of the Earth ...
  Date: December 19, 2003



• WaterPartners International turns its expertise to Iraq
  The biggest problem for the people in Iraq may not be the war. Unclean water may kill more Iraqis during the war than bombs and bullets, United Nation...
  Date: December 19, 2003



• Tests of water analyzers
  Home test kits and portable analyzers to detect metals in water comprise the first category of water technologies set for verification testing Date: December 15, 2003



• Tenergy Water upgrades high tech company’s 30-Year old water system
  When the time came for UTC Fuel Cells of South Windsor, Connecticut to replace their existing, 30-year old water system, the company turned to T...
  Date: December 15, 2003



• Smithfield Foods employees test water samples as part of World Water monitoring day observance
  Smithfield Foods employees joined volunteers across the United States and more than a dozen countries to collect water samples from local rivers and l...
  Date: December 15, 2003



• McDermott to speak at water benefit for Iraq
  Congressman Jim McDermott will be the guest speaker at a June 14th benefit breakfast to help get safe water to the people of Iraq. "All of the gains w...
  Date: December 15, 2003



• Forests are New York City's best hope for long term supply of clean water
  A new study launched today by World Wildlife Fund and The World Bank shows that protecting forest areas in New York City's watersheds provides the mo...
  Date: December 15, 2003



• Water watchdog and water companies challenge youngsters to pull the plug on tap water's 'boring' reputation
  With this year’s water quality figures at record levels, the Drinking Water Inspectorate and water companies hope to show how important a supply of s...
  Date: December 12, 2003



• Water for health enshrined as a human right
  “Water is fundamental for life and health. The human right to water is indispensable for leading a healthy life in human dignity. It is a pre-requisi...
  Date: December 12, 2003



• Tastier tap water in pipeline
  The taste of tap water in Edinburgh and parts of Midlothian and East Lothian will be improved thanks to a £100,000 investment announced by Scottish Wa...
  Date: December 12, 2003



• Study finds Massachusetts drinking water contains higher levels of chemical by-products from disinfection than previous U.S. reports
  Environmental epidemiologists from the Harvard School of Public Health analyzing tap water samples from 36 surface water systems throughout Massachuse...
  Date: December 12, 2003



• Purefecta™ drinking water purifier from Pall and Kinetico removes pathogens that can harm immune compromised people
  An estimated seven million people become sick and more than 1,000 die in the U.S. each year from disease-causing microbes in water.  While everyone is...
  Date: December 12, 2003



• New partnerships to help several hundred million poor people access clean water
  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch a new partnership on effective water governance to support developing countries in their e...
  Date: December 12, 2003



• Three NJIT professors have expertise on water quality and the drought
  New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has three engineers whose combined knowledge about water quality and the drought is unparalleled. Water...
  Date: December 11, 2003



• Public forum - Water issue in the state of Selangor
  Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (FOMCA), Education and Research Associations for Consumers Malaysia (ERA Consumer Malaysia), Consumer A...
  Date: December 11, 2003



• 8 glasses a day keeps the ailments away
  Drinking the right amount of water can remedy most common health complaints according to a report released today by water filter expert Brita. In an ...
  Date: December 11, 2003