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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 ...
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 ...
Potential sources of well water contamination. Approximately 13 million households in the US get their drinking water from privately owned wells. [104] Private wells are not regulated by EPA. [18] In general, private well owners are responsible for testing their wells, and some states provide guidance and technical assistance on testing. [105 ...
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.
Water well testing was conducted, and the results have confirmed bacterial contamination within the Chaparral Estates Subdivision. Residents located in this area can pick up water testing kits at ...
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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]
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 ...