Tag Archives: water

California water wars: Man vs. fish (and the fish are winning)

“If You Give A Mouse a Cookie”… well, you know what happens. Chaos. It reminds me of what happens when you give a little power to a federal agency. It’ll run amuck and do its best to ruin lives and livelihoods. Take the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which was …

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California considers adding treated wastewater to drinking supply through new proposal

When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places — the ice in a skating rink, the manufactured snow on ski slopes, in pipes providing irrigation for farmland. And — coming soon — in your drinking glass. California regulators on Tuesday are …

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The hidden reason scientists say bottled water may not be the cleaner choice

Microplastics are a known threat to overall health — and eating and drinking from plastic containers, like water bottles, could be a great offender, researchers suggest. A new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials analyzed 141 existing scientific papers on microplastics and nanoplastics from single-use plastic water bottles …

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