Yi Zheng, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern, holds a sample desalination filter made of cow manure and one made of hornet nests in his lab in the Mugar Life Sciences Building. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
by Eva Botkin-KowackiOctober 20, 2021
As most of you already know, PFOA & PFOS and Dioxane has had a serious impact on many drinking water systems in New York. These same contaminants have recently caught the attention of the DEC. They are starting to focus on PFOA, PFOS and Dioxane levels in our effluent and receiving waters. Sources may include but are not limited to; landfill supernatant and drinking water.
Governor Proposes an Additional $1 Billion be Added to Renamed "Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act"
October 2, 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A plastics company in upstate New York agreed to pay $23.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it knowingly polluted well water with a toxic chemical.
USDA announces $272M for rural water
The funds will support 114 projects through USDA's Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program, to improve rural water infrastructure for 270,000 people in rural communities.
Oct. 14, 2021
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By Jeremy P. Jacobs | 09/27/2021 12:33 PM EST