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Only The Begining "60 Minutes features segment on turning wastewater into drinking water"

Back in 2015 Water Technology Magazine published an article about a 60 minutes segment on turning wastewater into drinking water.  Since then more and more municipal water system are looking into direct waste water into drinking water.  My question is the concentration of pharmaceuticals, disinfection by products, and other non-organic waste in the waste water will cause a greater health risk if not diluted. pbd www.waterpros.net

City Issues Notice Of Disinfection Byproducts In Its Water System

"The City of Flint Michigan stated that an excess level of disinfection byproducts has been present in the city's water system. " This headline was in an article published by Water Technology Magazine February 2015. Since then several articles have address this situation.  Reverse Osmosis drinking water filters have to be consider a standard appliance in the home.

Drinking Water Contamination

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Another Municipal Water Contaminant, From Chlorination as a By-product News Feature  | September 22, 2017          Environmental Group Calls Attention To Widespread Chloroform Contamination From Water Online By  Peter Chawaga , Associate Editor, Water Online   An environmental research group with a penchant for uncovering widespread drinking water contamination has released a report pointing to a surprising toxin.   The Environmental Working Group (EWG) recently reported that chloroform, the compound most recognizable for knocking people out in the movies, is a common contaminant in the  drinking water of 220 million Americans  around the country. It gets there as a byproduct of chlorination.   “The chloroform found in tap water is one of the trihalomethanes, a class of contaminants that form as byproducts when chlorine or other disinfectants are added to drinking water,” EWG reported. “Water utilities add chlorine because bacteria get into tap water fro

PFC's In your Drinking Water

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PFC's the latest emerging contaminate in U.S. drinking water! Publisheded on  September 3, 2016 A Lack of Information Regarding the Emerging Contaminate, PFC's and PFAS's                                                                            More than 16 million Americans get their drinking water from public systems contaminated with industrial chemicals known as PFASs or PFCs, and at levels high enough to concern the  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  because of the risks to public health.                                                                                    Although the problem is spread across 30 states (and three territories), three-fourths of the contaminated systems are in just 13 — including Minnesota. For more than 6 million people, the concentrations are at or above the EPA's recommended safety maximum. Those are the sobering conclusions of new research from the Harvard School of Public Health that attracted significant if scat

Drugs In Your Drinking Water

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Is your drinking water on drugs? By  Deirdre Imus   Published December 18, 2013      Fox News Facebook   Twitter livefyre   Email   Print    (AP) You may not have high blood pressure, chronic pain or acid reflux, but with every sip of tap water, you’re ingesting small doses of medications used to treat each condition – along with a slew of other pharmaceutical byproducts, according to an extensive new study conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and  reported on by The New Republic . And the bad news doesn’t stop there: it turns out health officials have pretty much no clue how long-term, low-level exposure to these chemical compounds affects human health or the environment. What they do know is how the drugs wind up in the water (our bodies release them when we urinate or flush old drugs down the toilet); how they can affect aquatic life (small amounts of estrogen in some medications cause male fish to develop eggs); and that they are

Your Drinking Water

  Stacey Colino Apr 17 2017, 9:30am An Article from  TONIC   Let's face it: In the western world, people expect their drinking water to be safe, which is why the 2016 lead-contamination water crisis in Flint, Michigan, elicited such widespread public and political outrage. (And rightly so.) But often overlooked is the reality that in addition to the possible presence of toxic metals, there are likely pharmaceuticals in our water supply. In fact, 47 different pharmaceutical drugs were detected in source water samples that feed into drinking water treatment plants, and 37 different drugs were found in the water after it was treated at 25 drinking water treatment plants across the US, according to a February report.   On National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, the Drug Enforcement Administration encourages all pharmaceutical users to check the National Take-Back Initiative website for instructions on how to return your pills rather than let them get into our water supply.

Your drinking water

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http://www.governing.com   A new report documents what environmental advocates say has been happening for decades: The federal government fails to protect Americans from potentially cancer-causing chemicals. And they have little hope that will change anytime soon. BY  NATALIE DELGADILLO   |  SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 (Shutterstock)                1,4-dioxane is an unregulated industrial solvent often found in shampoos, bubble bath, cosmetic products -- and tap water. Across the U.S., 7 million people in 27 states are drinking water with elevated levels of the chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency classifies as a "likely carcinogen," according to a   report   published last week by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG). Despite decades-long concerns about the chemical’s connection to cancer, liver and kidney damage, the EPA does not regulate 1,4-dioxane levels in drinking water. That leaves millions of people exposed, with no know

Hard Water / Stains on Plumbing and Fixtures.

Stains on Plumbing Fixtures What causes discoloration on sinks, tubs, and toilets?  If the stains or water are blue-green in color, then most likely, corrosion of copper is occurring within the household plumbing. Stains that are various shades of yellow, tan, brown, black, orange, or red can indicate the presence of metals other than copper. Two other metals that are typically to blame for staining are iron and manganese. While these minerals serve as essential nutrients for your body, they aren’t so kind to plumbing fixtures, appliances and even clothing. Reddish and yellow-tan discoloration is often caused by iron, while black or dark brown discoloration points to manganese. Due to their similarities and their frequent occurrence in tandem, iron and manganese are generally treated in much the same way. Discoloration usually results from the exposure of these metals to oxygen, known as oxidation. In your plumbing, water often has limited exposure to oxygen, keeping

Symptoms Of Hard Water

Symptoms include: Stiff, dingy laundry Mineral deposits on dishes and glassware  High soap usage & need for fabric softeners  Dry, itchy skin and scalp  Unmanageable hair  Extra work to remove soap curd on bathtubs & shower stalls  High energy costs, possibly due to scale build-up in pipes and on appliances Scale build up in sinks, tubs, faucets & appliances more information can be found at www.wqa.org www.waterpros.net

Hard Water

Scale deposits are a typical indicator of hard water. Hard water is a common quality of water which contains dissolved compounds of calcium and magnesium and, sometimes, other divalent and trivalent metallic elements. The term hardness was originally applied to waters that were hard to wash in, referring to the soap wasting properties of hard water. Hardness prevents soap from lathering by causing the development of an insoluble curdy precipitate in the water; hardness typically causes the buildup of hardness scale (such as seen in cooking pans). Dissolved calcium and magnesium salts are primarily responsible for most scaling in pipes and water heaters and cause numerous problems in laundry, kitchen, and bath. Hardness is usually expressed in grains per gallon (or ppm) as calcium carbonate equivalent. The degree of hardness standard as established by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (S-339) and the Water Quality Association (WQA) is: Degree of Hardness Grains per

Community Water

From The Web Site www.wqa.org     Municipal Water Raw and untreated water is obtained from an underground aquifer (usually through wells) or from a surface water source, such as a lake or river. It is pumped, or flows, to a treatment facility. Once there, the water is pre-treated to remove debris such as leaves and silt. Then, a sequence of treatment processes — including filtration and disinfection with chemicals or physical processes — eliminates disease causing microorganisms.When the treatment is complete, water flows out into the community through a network of pipes and pumps that are commonly referred to as   the distribution system .  Approximately 85% of the U.S. population receives its water from community water systems. Community water systems are required to meet the standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).

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