KEENE, NH, February 7, 2007 (Water Tech) — NH Rep. wants more info on bottled sources
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY, February 7, 2007 (Water Tech) — Nitrate spike puts NY school on bottled water
HILLS, IA, February 12, 2007 (Water Tech) — Town divided on how to remove perchlorate
NH rep. wants more info on bottled sources
KEENE, NH, February 7, 2007 (Water Tech) — State Rep. Charles Weed, D-Keene, will introduce a bill in the Legislature this session requiring companies to place clear and prominent labels listing the sources of all bottled waters, according to a February 7 story in The Eagle Tribune.
Stephen Kay, spokesman for the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), said the IBWA opposes the bill, in part because the bottled water industry wants unified federal labeling rules, not different rules for every state.
Kay also said it's the type, not the source, of water, that should be of concern to consumers, and that when the US Food and Drug Administration reviewed its bottled water regulations, it determined that a bottled water source was not "material information," according to the story.
One supporter of Weed's bill is Nancy Davis, consumer service manager for CG Roxane, Crystal Geyser's parent company, who said, "We think it's a good idea, and we're able to do it," the article reported.
Carol Stedman, who teaches nutrition to natural food workers for Pomegranate Marketing, also supports the bill and said that only by knowing of a water's source and how it was treated can consumers determine whether a water is healthy, according to the article.
Nitrate spike puts NY school on bottled water
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY, February 7, 2007 (Water Tech) — The Van Wyck Junior High School here had to switch entirely to bottled water this week after elevated nitrates were found in the well water normally used by the school, the Mid-Hudson News Network reported February 6.
Water fountains were shut off, bottled water stations for students and staff were set up around the school, and bottled water was used in kitchen food preparation, Principal Steven Shuchat said in a letter to parents, according to the story.
The head of a local citizens organization promoting clean water was quoted as saying the school water situation gives more justification for enactment of a private well testing law in Dutchess County, the story said.
According to the report, such a law has been passed by the county legislature, and County Executive William Steinhaus is considering whether to sign it.
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Town divided on how to remove perchlorate
February 7, 2007 (Water Tech) — The Van Wyck Junior High School here had to switch entirely to bottled water this week after elevated nitrates were found in the well water normally used by the school, the Mid-Hudson News Network reported February 6.
Water fountains were shut off, bottled water stations for students and staff were set up around the school, and bottled water was used in kitchen food preparation, Principal Steven Shuchat said in a letter to parents, according to the story.
The head of a local citizens organization promoting clean water was quoted as saying the school water situation gives more justification for enactment of a private well testing law in Dutchess County, the story said.
According to the report, such a law has been passed by the county legislature, and County Executive William Steinhaus is considering whether to sign it.
Multi-Pure Commentary:
Multi-Pure’s MP750 Plus RO has been certified by NSF International, under Standard 58, to reduce Nitrates.
HILLS, IA, February 12, 2007 (Water Tech) — About 100 residents met recently to try to come up with a way to rid their drinking water of perchlorate, but homeowners cannot agree on how to do it, a February 8 Iowa City Press-Citizen story reported.
Plans for a community public water system — requiring all 260 homes and businesses to stop using their private wells — upset some residents, who questioned why their wells had to stop being used if the perchlorate was only contaminating 11 percent of the 260 wells in use, the story said.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given the city until 2010 to come up with some sort of solution. Perchlorate was discovered in the groundwater in 2001, and for two years, the EPA supplied bottled water and provided reverse osmosis systems to the 30 households affected, the article said.
If the current plan for a city-wide system is approved, it will cost the city about $2.48 million in development and construction costs, according to the story.
Multi-Pure Commentary:
Multi-Pure’s MP750 Plus RO has been certified by NSF International, under Standard 58, to reduce Perchlorate.