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  2. Long Beach asks residents to boil water before drinking due ...

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    Long Beach utility officials are asking residents in three ZIP Codes to boil their water before drinking following a water main break in North Long Beach late Wednesday night.

  3. Chemical identified in drinking water likely to be in many ...

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    The Summary. A newly identified chemical byproduct may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found. Scientists do not yet know whether the byproduct is dangerous.

  4. January 2025 Richmond water crisis - Wikipedia

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    2 additional water main pipes burst in Henrico County on this day, bringing the total over the week to 3. At 9:27am, an article was published by NBC 12 describing how a water main break closed part of westbound Monument Avenue at the intersection with Bremo Road. It is unclear whether this issue is related to the broader water outage.

  5. Major water main break in Edison, New Jersey leaves ... - AOL

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    Boil water advisory in Edison. As crews worked to fix the break, a boil water advisory was put into effect as a precaution shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday for Edison Water Utility users. Under the ...

  6. Water distribution system - Wikipedia

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    An example of a water distribution system: a pumping station, a water tower, water mains, fire hydrants, and service lines [1] [2]. A water distribution system is a part of water supply network with components that carry potable water from a centralized treatment plant or wells to consumers to satisfy residential, commercial, industrial and fire fighting requirements.

  7. Dracunculiasis - Wikipedia

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    Dracunculiasis is a disease of extreme poverty, occurring in places with poor access to clean drinking water. Prevention efforts center on filtering drinking water to remove copepods, as well as public education campaigns to discourage people from soaking affected limbs in sources of drinking water, as this allows the worms to spread their larvae.

  8. Why is access to clean, safe water such a problem in ... - AOL

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    The O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, shown on August 31, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi. ... to safe drinking water after a disruption at a main water processing facility. ... site of the first ...

  9. 1993 Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak - Wikipedia

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    Currently, Milwaukee consistently scores as one of the highest drinking water qualities in the state. [14] This is due to $508 million invested in water treatment and monitoring improvements since the outbreak. [14] [15] Improvements in treatment include: Activated charcoal filtration (Actiflo Carb) removes certain drugs, disinfectants ...