Aug 7, 2019 | ENPRESS NEWS
For the first time since 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to make changes to the standards for lead in drinking water. According to this Bloomberg report, the biggest change of the EPA’s overhauled lead rule would be that it will no longer...
Aug 1, 2019 | ENPRESS NEWS
A recent article in The New York Times paints a bleak picture of a small community in California where the water comes out of the tap brown and residents who drink it have complained of stomach pains and itching skin. That water district is just one of many in the...
Jul 24, 2019 | ENPRESS NEWS
Over the past several years there have been a lot of stories about lead contamination in drinking water. From New Jersey to Illinois to California, this problem has spanned communities across the United States, impacting many homes, schools and businesses. You may be...
Jul 18, 2019 | ENPRESS NEWS
PFAS contamination has been a hot topic across the nation in 2019. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has created an interactive map showing PFAS contamination sites in the United States. The map breaks down PFAS contamination into three categories: “drinking...
Jul 9, 2019 | ENPRESS NEWS
A recent article from WQP provides new testing numbers out of California that reveal 1,166 out of 6,595 schools were found to have lead in drinking water at levels greater than 5 parts per billion (ppb). That means approximately 17.5% of schools in the state have at...
Jun 25, 2019 | ENPRESS NEWS
According to The Hill, a group of bipartisan senators filed an amendment as part of the annual defense policy bill on Thursday, June 13, in response to the growing concern about water contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The article notes...
