Latest Water quality Stories

NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UL (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.), a global leader in water quality and safety, today introduced testing methods to meet the monitoring requirements for 28 new contaminants proposed in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3). Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA established the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring program to identify contaminants that are suspected to...

Water Quality & Health Council Advises Swimmers to "Dip Before You Dive" by Checking for Adequate Pool Chemistry Before Getting in the PoolWASHINGTON, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the incidence and healthcare costs of "swimmer's ear" underscores the need for the public to play an active role in ensuring healthy pools. Today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)...

SAN ANTONIO, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than half of Americans say they have concerns about the quality of their water as more people become educated about specific contaminants and take action in their homes. Those are findings from an independent survey released today at WQA Aquatech USA. The random sample survey, conducted by Applied Research-West, Inc., offers a look into Americans' evolving attitude about their water, especially when compared to previous polls. "We are seeing...

These water-borne infections are found all over the world"The presence of two resistent forms of protozoons, the oocysts from the Cryptosporidium genus and cysts of the Giardia genus, is one of the greatest public health problems in water supply, because these parasites can easily survive our water treatment systems", José Antonio Castro Hermida, a scientist at the Galician Institute for Food Quality in the Xunta de Galicia (regional government), tells SINC.A team led by this...

Laser sheds light on tracking source of microbial contamination on beachA simple, automated method of tracking E. coli uses a laser to detect and monitor the microbe in potentially contaminated bodies of water or waterways. The technique described this month in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design could reduce the incidence of waterborne disease outbreaks.Microbial contamination of water is a worldwide environmental and health problem. Water related diseases are...

Report to EPA Also Recommends Streams, Rivers for 'Impaired' Status HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Although Pennsylvania has made great progress in cleaning up its rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger said that a new report submitted to the federal government today shows there are still challenges threatening Pennsylvania's water quality. The report, entitled "2010 Pennsylvania...

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- An estimated 77 million people in Bangladesh, or roughly half of the country's population, have been exposed to toxic arsenic levels in their drinking water since the 1970s. That's when the installation of hand-pumped wells throughout Bangladesh began tapping groundwater laden with naturally occurring arsenic. In response to this crisis, the Ecological Management Foundation (EMF) launched The Bangladesh Water Project in 2008, to create an...

LISLE, Ill., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from the city of New York that lead may be present in the pipes of older buildings provides more reason for residents to consider using "final barrier" technology in their homes, according to the Water Quality Association. According to a report in ConsumerAffairs.com, the city is telling residents that older buildings in New York have lead pipes, or pipes with lead fixtures, which can impact the tap water of private homes by introducing...

LISLE, Ill., Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from the inspector general of the U.S. EPA on the lack of sufficient monitoring of water supplies provides more reason for Americans to consider using "final barrier" technology in their homes, according to the Water Quality Association. The EPA is stating that state officials need to conduct more rigorous testing of water supplies and that in particular there is no way to determine whether emergency supplies are contaminated, the...

Monitoring System Measures Turbidity, pH, Conductivity and Temperature for Trouble-free Deployment and Monitoring of Water Quality Aptos, CA (PRWEB) October 20, 2010 Today Eyasco, Inc announced the availability of the Water Quality QuB, the company's monitoring system specifically built for measuring Water Quality. Expanding Eyasco's Aquasition branded line of monitoring systems, the new Water Quality QuB is easily deployed to reliably measure and preserve high water quality standards...