'Simply not flushable': Thousands of pounds of wipes clog sewer system
Chelsea Robinson
CHARLESTON, S.C. —
Unbelievable images out of South Carolina show how wipes can wreak havoc on a sewer system.
Water Use Reaches Lowest Recorded Level in 45 Years
According to a new USGS report which can be accessed at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1441, 322 billion gallons of water per day were withdrawn for use in the United States during 2015, a 9 percent reduction of water use from 2010. This is the lowest level since before 1970. Tim Petty, assistant secretary for Water and Science at the Department of the Interior, said “the downward trend in water use shows a continued effort towards effi
Emerging Contaminants Project Planning Grants
The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (NYS EFC) is pleased to announce the availability of up to $1 million in grant funding to municipalities to help pay for the planning and development of eligible drinking water infrastructure projects that protect public health by removing or otherwise addressing emerging contaminants such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
Rural America’s Drinking-Water Crisis
Sparsely populated, low-income communities across the country suffer from polluted water—an injustice expected to worsen under Trump.
In A Drying Climate, Colorado's 'Water Cop' Patrols For Water Thieves
Dave Huhn is a sheriff's deputy for Montezuma County, Colo., a stretch of sagebrush mesas and sandstone cliffs bordering Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, home to Mesa Verde National Park, where ancestral Puebloans' cliff dwellings still stand.
Smoke on the wastewater
TUPPER LAKE - The fan was switched on and smoke blown through a manhole on state Route 3 started shooting from roof vents on nearby houses, leaking from manhole covers down the street and rising from the ground in a front yard.
The village water department spent the past two days smoking out leaks, illegal connections and other sources of water inflow in its sewer lines by filling the system with a non-toxic, odorless “liquid smoke” and identifying areas where rainwater and groundwater fill the system.
New York State Public Water System
New York State Public Water System
Emergency Response Functional Exercise
Thursday, November 1, 2018 ∙ 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
DEC's Request for Information from facilities within the Mohawk Watershed
Those of you in the Mohawk Watershed received a Request for Information from DEC back in July. Please note this information is due by October 9, 2018. If you have any questions or are having difficulties filling out the forms please contact your DEC inspector immediately. They can assist you, answer your questions and help you file for an extension if you need one.