John Sullivan of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission testified that since September 11 the nation's drinking water utilities have been on a heightened state of alert to protect against the potential disruption of water service and biological or chemical contamination of drinking water.
The project involved the installation of a water purification system capable of producing up to 20, 000 liters of drinking water per day and currently supplies over 600 residents with clean drinking water.
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Last year, a city in Orange County, California, started turning toilet water into drinking water.
Despite severe drought shortages in California, the general public has resisted converting waste water into drinking water.
Last summer, we started over 100 clean water and drinking water projects nationwide.
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The idea of turning waste water into drinking water may see repulsive to some, but experts say it's already being done elsewhere on a smaller scale.
The technology came out of funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a super capacitor to desalinate ocean water into drinking water for the troops.
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The water system provides drinking water for 42 million people and is a defining characteristic of the states and provinces along its borders.
Governments should encourage the capture of rainwater for use in washing and lavatory flushing, without the need for all water to achieve drinking water purity.
His Charity: water has brought clean drinking water to over 1 million people in the 3rd world.
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The Clean Water and the Safe Drinking Water Acts have significantly reduced threats to our environment and our health.
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And she was still going back and forth with the state department of water resources for her drinking water sampling and testing plan.
If it gets into the water, into the drinking water, and the heavy metal leaches out of the ash that can be hard to deal with.
Paget says Belu -- derived from the word blue and the Italian word for beautiful, "bella" -- takes a three-pronged approach to its clean water projects, by not only providing a clean water source for drinking but water for washing hands and education about the importance of hygiene.
Sullivan's group is a nonprofit organization representing the nation's largest publicly owned water utilities, which provide drinking water to about 160 million people.
It aims to establish a platform for exchange of knowledge with respect to methods for characterisation of colloidal and particulate matter in these systems and to cover the technological aspects of particulate matter in different water treatment processes such as drinking water, wastewater and landfill polluted waters.
As regards human consumption, the main source of demand comes from urban communities requiring water for drinking, sanitation and drainage.
In many unserved rural areas, people still fetch water for drinking and mix it with infant formula to feed their babies.
The birds need open water for drinking and to preen their feathers.
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Used water is treated and then either safely disposed of, reused for industrial purposes or air-conditioning, or mixed with reservoir water for drinking.
Those served by the reservoir were warned to boil their tap water before drinking or using it to prepare food, brush teeth or bathe babies.
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This is definitely worrisome to environmentalists, , nature lovers and the populations on either coastline, who depend on the water for irrigation of crops and drinking water.
There is still no sign of contamination, White said Sunday, but he asked that residents continue to drink bottled water or boil tap water before drinking it.
Yet there is a shortage of safe water for drinking and sanitation in many places, not least in the cities to which so many people are now flocking.
Other sound but basic advice is for people to use sand to fill pools where mosquitoes might breed, to empty and bury any containers that might fill with rain, and to store water for drinking, cooking and washing in covered containers.
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While the walls of the Inspiration Mars spacecraft will initially be lined with water-filled bags to guard against cosmic rays, their contents will be gradually replaced with er, byproduct that will be dehydrated through the bag (possibly using polyethylene) to reclaim and purify water for drinking.
President Obama and the White House Council on Environmental Quality are committed to clean water, and want to reduce contaminants in drinking water, including contamination from improperly disposed medications.
Improving water resource management, increasing access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and promoting hygiene can improve the quality of life of billions of individuals, as well as reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and cut the incidence of waterborne diseases.
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