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  2. Pittsburgh water crisis - Wikipedia

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    Pittsburgh rivers converge. The Pittsburgh water crisis arose from a substantial increase in the lead concentration of the city's water supply. Although catalyzed by the hiring of cost-cutting water consultancy Veolia in 2012, and an unauthorized change of anti-erosion chemicals in 2014, this spike in lead concentration has roots in decades of lead pipe erosion.

  3. Wellhead protection program - Wikipedia

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    The quality of drinking water is heavily correlated with the characteristics in source-water, which is extremely contaminated by human activity and pollution. The U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight on these public water systems, and they are required to regulate the amount of contaminants in ...

  4. List of Superfund sites in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Pennsylvania designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

  5. Fixing Pa. water systems will cost billions, let local ... - AOL

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    Guest column: Act 12 permits a local government to tap the value of their water treatment assets and avoid heavy debt. Fixing Pa. water systems will cost billions, let local governments tap ...

  6. Residents say they fear chemical leaks, water contamination ...

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    'This would be an eyesore' Residents were allowed five minutes to address the board with their concerns. Most of their comments echoed Stump's. Phyllis Minks has spent the last 20 years in the ...

  7. Possible water contamination is investigated at housing estate

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  8. Environmental impact of fracking in the United States

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    Environmental impact of fracking in the United States has been an issue of public concern, and includes the contamination of ground and surface water, methane emissions, [1] air pollution, migration of gases and fracking chemicals and radionuclides to the surface, the potential mishandling of solid waste, drill cuttings, increased seismicity and associated effects on human and ecosystem health.

  9. Tolland council OKs funds for well water contamination study

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    Dec. 29—TOLLAND — The Town Council on Tuesday unanimously authorized spending up to $50,000 in federal COVID relief funds to pay for engineering and a cost analysis study of well water ...