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WALKERTON, ON. - A concert created to help the town of Walkerton, Ont., recover from a deadly contaminated water outbreak is growing into a major annual event.
Watershed Four, set for next August, will feature performances from ZZ Top, Bryan Adams, Travis Tritt, Our Lady Peace, Peter Frampton and Martina McBride.
Our Lady Peace
Organizers say at least six more artists will be added to the concert.
Profits from food and drink sales during the weekend-long event will go towards local service clubs and Walkerton Minor Sports.
Walkerton Mayor Dave Thomson says the annual concert gives the community a "real lift."
"This event brings a lot of attention to a town which has seen some very hard times," he said.
Watershed started three years ago to help the town rebuild after the E. coli outbreak that killed seven people and made 2,300 ill.
Just think, a little glass of water and you can have them all.
Those nasty bugs are sure to make you sick in a bad way!
Most people don't realize how bad the situation is.
Definately in need of major changes throughout Africa! It's hard to believe people can live like they do.
I'm not really a water drinker, but I do drink coffee and tea or take medication. It doesn't seem liike much, but it might be.
When I fly, I think of bigger disasters, but I realize now the water is important, and could lead to bad results.
Update on airline article
In the interim, to further protect the traveling public, EPA placed 45 air carriers under Administrative Orders on Consent (AOC), which will remain in effect until tailored aircraft drinking water regulations are final. The air carrier AOCs combine sampling, best management practices, corrective action, public notification, and reporting and recordkeeping.
However, passengers with compromised immune systems or others concerned may want to request canned or bottled beverages and avoid drinking coffee, tea, and other drinks prepared with tap water. We will update this information and our advice to the traveling public as new information becomes available.
EPA Announces Drinking Water Agreements with 24 Domestic Airlines, USA
The Environmental Protection Agency has reached settlements with 11 major domestic airlines and 13 smaller airlines to ensure the safety of the drinking water used by their passengers and crew. The settling airlines have agreed to routinely monitor the quality of water on their airplanes. The action came after an EPA investigation of 327 U.S. and foreign planes at 19 airports in 2004 found total coliform contamination in the drinking water in 15 percent of aircraft.
Total coliform is an indicator that other disease-causing organisms (pathogens) could be in the water and could potentially affect people's health. The settlements require the airlines to regularly monitor aircraft water systems; notify EPA and the public when tests reveal contamination; and regularly disinfect aircraft water systems and water transfer equipment. The orders also require each airline to study possible sources of contamination from outside of the aircraft.
The information released today will help the traveling public make informed decisions. Passengers with compromised immune systems or others concerned may want to request canned or bottled beverages. EPA will update its information and advice to the traveling public as soon as new information is available at: http://www.epa.gov/airlinewater
"EPA and these airlines worked together to establish new practices for protecting the health of the flying public," said Grant Nakayama, EPA's assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance. "We will continue to monitor the safety of water on airlines that use U.S. airports while the agency develops regulations specifically for airline drinking water."
Ben Grumbles, EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Water, insisted: "The water passengers drink on a plane should be as safe as the water they drink at home. The settlements announced today show that it's time to fine-tune and upgrade EPA's water regulations to specifically address airplanes."
The settlements announced today were reached with: AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, Aloha Airlines, American Airlines, America West, ATA Airlines, Champion Air, Continental Airlines, Continental Micronesia, Falcon Air Express, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Miami Air International, Midwest Airlines, North American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pace Airlines, Ryan International Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, USA 3000 Airlines, and World Airways. The 11 major domestic airlines who have settled are members of the Air Transport Association, whose 14 members account for 90 percent of U.S. air travel.
EPA is negotiating agreements with Omni Air International and the three remaining members of the Air Transport Association: Delta Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Southwest Airlines. EPA will continue to work with smaller, regional and charter airlines to ensure drinking water quality with agreements similar to those reached with airlines that belong to the Air Transport Association and the National Air Carrier Association, and Air Carrier Association of America.
Meanwhile, EPA is developing regulations for water that is served onboard aircraft. EPA held a public meeting in June as part the development process for the airline drinking water rule.
For more information on the regulation of water supplies aboard passenger aircraft, to view publicly available testing data, and read a summary of the June 2004 public meeting, visit: http://www.epa.gov/airlinewater
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Those stats are startling. It's a wonder there aren't more deaths.
We all hope for that, and more.
With the right news, easily.
The nos. are so unbelievable.
PURO being the hottest co. sounds great to me. Go PURO!
Happy birthday, Stevo, hope you are right about PURO!
Mornin' folks, have a good PURO day!
1% of 70% is such a small amt.
50 100 crosses are always huge dfb..It is coming...
hope it does..buy a ultra-safe....;)
EPA not likely to set national perchlorate limit
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2008 (Water Tech) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, is expected to rule as early as September 22 that it will not set a drinking water safety standard for the rocket fuel and fireworks chemical perchlorate, according to a September 22 Washington Post article.
The EPA has maintained that perchlorate, which has been linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women, newborns and young children, poses developmental health risks to humans. Earlier this year, the EPA announced that perchlorate, which also is naturally occurring, was included on its most recent Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 3), as WaterTech Online™ reported. The CCL 3 includes possible drinking water contaminants that may need to be regulated to ensure the protection of drinking water.
The EPA’s efforts to help determine if regulation of perchlorate in drinking water would “meaningfully” reduce risks to human health has faced opposition from the Bush administration for years. The Washington Post reported: “According to a near-final document obtained by The Washington Post, the EPA’s ‘preliminary regulatory determination’ — which was extensively edited by White House officials — marks the final step in a six-year-old battle between career EPA scientists who advocate regulating the chemical and White House and Pentagon officials who oppose it.”
The document estimates that up to 16.6 million Americans are exposed to perchlorate at a level many scientists consider unsafe. Independent researchers, using federal and state data, put the number at 20 million to 40 million, the article said.
VOCs ruin water, mushroom farm, grower says
CADILLAC, MI, November 26, 2008 (Water Tech) — A mushroom farmer has joined a lawsuit brought by residents here who allege that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the county landfill are polluting their drinking water, a November 25 Cadillac News story said.
Mushroom grower Donald Alger has found that samples from trees on his land show that the trees are contaminated with four types of VOCs: benzene, toluene, styrene and tetrachloroethylene, according to the article. All four of the compounds are regulated as primary drinking water contaminants.
Alger’s property is located about 1 mile northwest of the Wexford County Landfill. He purchased land in Cedar Creek Township to house his shiitake mushroom operation and has owned property in the township since the 1950s, the story said.
Alger said in the article he now can’t grow the mushrooms because the trees normally serve as living hosts for the fungal organisms. He has joined a civil lawsuit against the county. Plaintiffs in the suit are mostly residents who say the landfill contaminated their drinking water.
Higher sounds good to me.
probably mad if he did sell at .18..no paychents and knows he will miss the big money to come this week..
has been many articles of late on the wars that could happen over water..
Alot of new stronger hands coming on board today,nice to see..
you just have to have it to survive and so few people do..
PURO.looking so strong and on no news yet wow!!!!
right they are in nev in prolly open later
Actually this is a matter of life and death.
The info is endless on the pollution problem.
Hopefully, the whole world will soon know about PURO.
A fact of life: industry rules.
People don't realize how bad this problem is unless they have something happen to them regarding pollution. Educatiion is necessary!
Sounds like some great news and a lot to look forward to!
Smaller-scale “Batch” unit developed and Sold
Its technology has been employed in a smaller scale “batch” version of the clarifier and is successfully operating on location. This unit produces clarified water for household use. The unit has now been serving a rural household in Canada for about three years with total success. The batch unit draws water from a lagoon (or dugout as it is sometimes called) that is overgrown by reeds, grasses and contains abundant wildlife. This raw water has a green color and a strong “wild” odor making it unfit for human use.
The water is drawn into the unit, clarified and stored in a cistern. The clarification process removes all color, and nearly all of the suspended solids to produce a clear, clean odorless product. No further treatment is required for its use in laundry, toilets and bath use. For drinking, this clarified water is then polished by means of a Reverse Osmosis system to produce high quality drinking water that is then passed through an Ultra-violet sanitizer to assure sterility.
The capacity of the batch clarifier unit is 1000 gallons (4000 liters) per day. The unit is fully automatic and requires only about $20.00 CDN per month in in-puts.
The product was able to out-compete regular filtration methods proposed by other companies and has proven its effectiveness over several years of trouble-free operation.
Contaminated water at schools
By Bruce McDougall and Kelvin Bissett
The Daily Telegraph
September 08, 2008 12:01am
292 schools found to have unsafe drinking water
High lead levels
Parents not aware of problem
BOTTLED water and filtering costing $150,000 a month is being provided to hundreds of public schools across New South Wales after tests found lead levels at nearly 12 times safe maximum levels in their water supplies.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal recorded lead contamination levels were worse than those publicly confirmed last year when this newspaper first reported the scare.
At Gresford Public School in the Hunter Valley there were recorded lead levels of 0.118 milligrams per litre, documents released under Freedom of Information show.
The National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines state drinking water lead levels should not be higher than 0.01 milligrams per litre.
At Numeralla Public School near Cooma levels of .106 were recorded and at Jerrys Plains Public School, in the Hunter there was a .084 reading.
Ebenezer Public School recorded levels of .029. Cawdor and
Bottled or filtered water is being provided at 292 schools as a result of lead content results recorded by NSW Health. All the schools had bubblers linked to rainwater tanks.
Most are in regional areas or on urban fringes.
High lead levels can lead a series of health problems, including neurological damage, affecting IQ.
Some 110 schools are getting bottled water, 182 have had filtration installed, 16 have been linked to town water and two will be connected later this year.
Up to the end of April, $2,383,652 had been spent on bottled water and filtering, up from $2,219,882 in March.
Professor Jack Ng from the National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, said last night water with lead levels above .03 or .04 should "definitely be avoided".
Professor Ng said lead blood levels above 15-20 micrograms per 100ml of blood was linked to a reduction in IQ of between two and five points.
"Have they done any blood tests?" he asked.
A NSW Health spokesperson said it had not tested students.
Meanwhile, parents at Gresford Public School said no information had been given about the lead results.
Renee Russell, whose six-year-old son, Harmon, is in Year 1 at Gresford Public School, said she was concerned.
She said that at the start of the year, students had been told to bring a bottle of water to school each day.
Ms Russell said she was under the impression the bottles were required simply so children would not get attack on an Afghan army base overnight.