Rachel Konieczny, Author at Troubled Water

Great diversion: City of Waukesha looks to receive Lake Michigan water

Posted on August 5, 2017August 4, 2017 by Rachel Konieczny

Category:Industrial Pollutants, Overview

Taggeddrinking water, EPA, lake michigan, News21, radium, troubled water, water contamination, water quality, waukesha

WAUKESHA, Wisc. – The city of Waukesha has a radium problem, and it’s looking to Lake Michigan for a solution. Although talks of drawing water from nearby Lake Michigan began in 2002, Waukesha has struggled with radium contamination since the late 1970s when the Environmental Protection Agency lowered the acceptable limit for radium in public […]

Hyannis steps up response to water contamination

Posted on July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 by Rachel Konieczny

Category:Industrial Pollutants, Overview

Tagged#contamination, #Hyannis, #polyfluoroalkyl, Cape Cod, EPA, News21, Northeastern University, troubled water

HYANNIS, Mass. – When Hyannis officials discovered that unacceptable levels of contaminants from firefighting foam had leaked into the city’s water supply, they took action. Officials immediately provided cases of water to 18,000 residents of the Cape Cod community and spent $6 million to install an activated carbon filtration system. Now, they are cleaning the […]

Author: Rachel Konieczny

Great diversion: City of Waukesha looks to receive Lake Michigan water

Hyannis steps up response to water contamination

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