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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.
When the break happened, there was a "substantial drop in pressure across (CU's) system, which resulted in a boil water advisory." According to CU, any time water pressure goes below 20 pounds per ...
The city's drinking water treatment system had problems for years before the crisis. In 2010, a winter storm caused several water main breaks and a widespread outage. City hospitals increased privately-owned well capacity as a response to that emergency, and as a result in the August 2022 crisis core medical services were able to continue operating with running water.
The Safe Drinking Water Act, which was passed by Congress in 1974, regulates the country’s drinking water supply, focusing on waters that are or could be used for drinking. This act requires ...
The 2010 Boston water emergency occurred on May 1, 2010, when a water pipe in Weston, Massachusetts, broke and began flooding into the Charles River. This led to unsanitary water conditions in the greater Boston area , which resulted in Governor Deval Patrick declaring a state of emergency and an order for residents to boil drinking water . [ 1 ]
Much of the drinking water in Newark, and Northern New Jersey in general, comes from reservoirs. [9] Drinking water then is processed through water treatment plants to the final destinations throughout the region. [10] The water pipes that connect the main pipes to homes and businesses were lined with lead along with other chemicals. [11]
The boss of Southern Water has said the company "failed" and "let our customers down" after thousands of homes were left without water. Lawrence Gosden released a statement apologising for the ...
According to the World Health Organization, the presence of lead service lines is the most significant contributor of lead contamination in drinking water in many countries. [3] The most certain way to eliminate lead exposure in drinking water from the lead service lines is to replace them with pipes made from other materials.