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Integrity tests done on Arkansas oil pipeline that ruptured
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A company tested the integrity of a segment of pipeline that has been idle since it ruptured in 2013, spilling 5,000 barrels of crude oil in a Arkansas neighborhood and causing more than $57 million in damage. The tests that were conducted on the Permian Express pipeline from...
Rio police investigate utility, workers for malodorous water
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro police are investigating workers at a state utility after foul-smelling tap water began flowing into dozens of neighborhoods in the Brazilian city, raising health concerns and sparking a run on bottled water. Investigator Júlio Filho said police will question...
Smelly Rio de Janeiro water supply has residents on edge
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There’s a creeping sense of alarm in Rio de Janeiro after more than a week of foul tasting and smelling tap water in dozens of neighborhoods. Rumors are flying, and residents are hoarding bottled water. People in the metropolitan area have taken to social media to show glasses...
Governor calls Rio de Janeiro water problems "inadmissable"
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After days of reports of foul tasting or smelling tap water in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Gov. Wilson Witzel has called for analysis of the water's quality as well as management at local utility Cedae. “The disorder the population has been suffering due to the...
Aquifer storage well marks first for New Mexico utility
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's largest water utility has started operating its first aquifer storage well, and officials say more direct injection wells are planned within the utility's service area through Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Testing of the new system began Monday. The well will...
38K lost power in Memphis-centered county in Saturday storm
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — More than 38,000 customers in the Tennessee county that includes Memphis lost power during heavy storms Saturday, a utility said. Memphis Light, Gas and Water says that approximately 23,000 customers remained without power Saturday morning due to the high winds and lightning that...
Walz goes downs sewer to highlight need for water projects
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz went into a storm sewer Friday to call attention to his proposal for Minnesota to borrow $300 million to protect its water supplies by replacing aging infrastructure and upgrading treatment facilities. The package was the second of four installments of his public works...
Water company pleads guilty to hazardous waste violations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California company that produces Crystal Geyser bottled water pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste and agreed to a $5 million fine, federal prosecutors said. The waste was produced by filtering arsenic out of Sierra Nevada spring water at CG...
Old lead pipes pushes replacement plan in New Jersey capital
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — All 37,000 of the lead water pipes in New Jersey's capital city will be replaced over the next five years at an estimated cost of $150 million, Trenton officials said Thursday. The announcement comes about five months after the state's biggest city, Newark, said it would speed up the...
Nitrate problem shows up in Amana Colonies water supply
MIDDLE AMANA, Iowa (AP) — A private utility providing water to 850 customers in east-central Iowa's Amana Colonies has stopped using three wells because tests show a nitrate level above federal safety standards. The Amana Society Service Co. instead is using water from three other wells that have tested as...
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