Working for the Water

04/21/2017

Just to spice things up with a little comedy...

04/21/2017

04/20/2017

Facts about Water...

• The Mississippi River carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year, creating a “dead zone” in the Gulf each summer about the size of New Jersey.
• Tens of millions of people in Bangladesh have been exposed to poisonous levels of arsenic from contaminated groundwater.
• In developing countries, 70 percent of industrial wastes are dumped untreated into waters, polluting the usable water supply.
• More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas.
• About 10% of America’s beaches fail to meet the federal benchmark for what constitutes safe swimming water.
• Federal authorities estimate that the headwaters of 40 percent of Western rivers are tainted with toxic discharge from abandoned mines.
• More than 70 percent of China’s rivers and lakes are polluted, government reports have said, and almost half may contain water that is unfit for human consumption or contact.
• Every year, more people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war.

04/14/2017

Did you know that Flint Michigan is not the only place with contaminated water. Spills releasing PCE, the cancer-causing chemical used in dry cleaning​ and metal degreasing, have produced at least 86 undergroundPlumes across Colorado that are poisoning soil and water and fouling air inside building perchloroethylene or PERC. Is Grand Junction one of those places effected by Plumes? Like our page for more information and find out whether Grand Junction is effected by Plumes.

04/13/2017

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Lake Okeechobee runoff pollutes Florida’s Atlantic Coast

04/07/2017

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