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Water utilities are flushing pipes to clean drinking water after the fires. Here’s what to know

Just how much did the deadly L.A. wildfires affect the water supply? It’s an issue the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and other utility providers are learning about as they work to restore ...
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5 Scary Things That Could (Realistically) Be in Your Drinking Water

Fortunately, most drinking water is safe to drink. Here are a few contaminants to look out for, along with tips to test for ...
Newsday

Old lead pipes connect thousands of Long Island homes to drinking water. Finding and removing them is costly.

More than 11,000 houses in Nassau County and a handful in Suffolk draw their drinking water through old lead service lines, and at least 100,000 more have pipes whose material is unknown but could ...
WBEZ

Lead pipes are everywhere in Chicago. Here’s how to protect yourself.

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...
PBS

Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with harmful chemicals. Here's what to know

The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena ...
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Could your home still have lead pipes for your drinking water? How to find out and what to do

Mention lead pipes and my first thought is of the Cluedo murder weapon – something from a bygone era when guests wandered through grand country houses with billiard rooms and libraries, plotting the ...
Canada's National Observer

Asbestos is banned in Canada. Why is it in our drinking water?

For more than a decade, Julian Branch has worried about the asbestos coming out of his tap, and with good reason: where he ...
The Providence Journal

Worried about lead contamination in your water? There's now an online map for you to check

Rhode Island has launched a new online tool that allows residents to check if their homes have lead service lines. The mapping tool is part of a government effort to replace all lead pipes in the ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Proximity of drinking water pipes to sewer lines poses health concerns, watchdog warns

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These solar panels can pull clean drinking water out of the air — and they've spread to 12 countries around the world

The Arizona-based startup Zero Mass Water makes solar panels that can literally pull drinkable water from air. The team's product, Source, is already in 11 countries, and now it's expanding to ...
Colorado Public Radio

Progress on a 70-year-old promise to pipe clean drinking water to southeastern Colorado

Tens of thousands of people in Southern Colorado await the arrival of clean drinking water to their communities. They’ve been waiting for decades. The reality of that finally happening is actually ...