10 American Cities with WORST Drinking Water

ATLANTA, January 14, 2011 (Water Tech) — EPA orders facilities across Southeast to comply with Clean Water Act

PORTLAND, OR, January 19, 2011 (Water Tech) — Excessive turbidity forces Portland to switch to backup water supply

PORTLAND, OR, January 21, 2011 (Water Tech) — Nitrates remain a problem in Oregon’s Umatilla basin

NORMAN, OK, January 27, 2011 (Water Tech) — Norman, Okla., takes action to monitor hexavalent chromium in drinking water

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2011 (Water Tech) — Proposed bill requires drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium

10 American Cities with WORST Drinking Water
January 31, 2010

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EPA orders facilities across Southeast to comply with Clean Water Act

ATLANTA, January 14, 2011 (Water Tech) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Administrative Orders (AOs) against seven entities in North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina during the last quarter of 2010 for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), according to a press release.

Three entities — YDV Inc., Marion Retail Investments LLC and Shelby County Schools in Arlington, Tenn. — were cited for alleged stormwater-related violations of the CWA. The city of Oak Ridge, Tenn., was cited for unauthorized discharges of sewage from the wastewater collection and transmission system.

Licking River Resources, Inc. and Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company were each cited for unauthorized discharges of wastewater associated with their surface mining and/or coal processing and preparation plants in West Liberty and Phyllis, Ky., respectively. EPA also issued an AO for violations of the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations requirements of the CWA at a dairy operation known as Lee Mayer #1 in Newberry, S.C.

Excessive turbidity forces Portland to switch to backup water supply

PORTLAND, OR, January 19, 2011 (Water Tech) — Due to excessive turbidity caused by heavy rains, the Portland Water Bureau has decided to switch the city’s water to its backup supply — wells along the Columbia River, KGW.com reported.

The rainfall stirred up sediments in the Bull Run system, causing the water coming down from Mount Hood to be too muddy to drink, the article stated.

This is only the eighth time the city has had to switch to backup wells due to muddy water, according to the story.

Officials emphasized that the well water is safe to drink and that residents should not notice a difference in taste or clarity from the regular supply.

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Nitrates remain a problem in Oregon’s Umatilla basin

PORTLAND, OR, January 21, 2011 (Water Tech) — According to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), nitrate levels are still too high in the groundwater of the lower Umatilla basin despite efforts to reduce them, the East Oregonian reported.

The main sources of nitrates in the area include irrigated agriculture, confined animal feeding operations, septic systems, land application of food processing water and the Umatilla Chemical Depot’s bomb washout lagoons, the article stated.

A task force was formed in 1997 to deal with the problem, but nitrates in the groundwater remain high and are actually increasing in many wells in DEQ’s management area, according to the story.

“Looking at all the nitrogen data, I can say I’m pretty sure it’s not getting better,” said Phil Richerson, a DEQ hydrogeologist.

DEQ is in the process of forming a committee to implement a new action plan and will work with Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Umatilla County Soil and Water Conservation District to survey land practices at many of the affected wells, the story reported.

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Norman, Okla., takes action to monitor hexavalent chromium in drinking water

NORMAN, OK, January 27, 2011 (Water Tech) — The city of Norman, Okla., has formed two groups to monitor hexavalent chromium levels in the city’s drinking water, The Norman Transcript reported.

The first group consists of the city’s mayor and three council members, and the second group — the Technical Advisory Committee — is made up of experts from the University of Oklahoma, the article stated.

A report recently published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that the city of Norman’s drinking water contains the highest levels of hexavalent chromium — 12.9 parts per million — of 34 cities tested, according to the story.

“One wants to repeat the work,” said Dr. Roger Frech of EWG’s study. “I would be curious to see their data and what they did to get it. I don’t know enough about what EWG did to know how I feel.”

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Proposed bill requires drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2011 (Water Tech) — U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both California Democrats, introduced a bill Jan. 25 requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium in drinking water, the San Bernardino County Sun reported. The bill would require EPA to set a limit on the amount of hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, in drinking water within a year of enactment, the article stated.

EPA has a goal for the level of chromium in drinking water, but the bill calls for an enforceable limit, according to the story.

“There is no place for dangerous cancer-causing substances in our drinking water," Boxer said. “This bill is a major step forward in ensuring that children in California, and across the country, are protected from toxic chemicals, such as chromium 6, in the drinking water supply.”