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According to a recent study, Hudson Bayou is getting more and more polluted day by day. The main reason behind it, being that the rainwater from the 12 acre drainage system gets directly into the bayou. The water comes from single pipe to Alderman Street. The bayou has had a bad history of getting polluted, especially after a rainfall. The county is now taking steps for the betterment of the bayou. It is planning to install more filters to extract pollutants from the water.

It is assumed that the project will cost around $1.1 million. The South West Florida Management will be funding the installation of an underground “baffle box,” or screens to pull in pollutants before they get in to bayou. The filters will help catch up sediments. Nitrogen and phosphorus stick on to these sediment particles. Also these pipes with large diameters will prevent the chances of Burns Square flooding again and again. Due to these filters the nutrient runoff can decrease by 20 percent to 30 percent.

The funding cost of South West Florida Management will be around $130,000. The construction will start in April and would continue for six months. Construction will definitely affect the traffic; therefore the authorities are planning for construction work to take place at night.

To accelerate the startup of the Lake Region Water Treatment Plant in western Palm Beach, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has approved an emergency plan.

To help in completing the plant quickly by the end of the March, rather than August as originally planned, The SFWMD will provide $500,000 to Palm Beach County. The district will also assist Palm Beach County in getting operational certifications from various regulatory agencies, including the Department of Health, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the state fire marshal.

Currently, the plant which has total cost $50 million is 75 percent completed. After completion, the Lake Region Water Treatment Plant is to produce high quality treated water from the Floridian Aquifer, eliminating the need for Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay to pull drinking water from Lake Okeechobee.

Water drawn from the aquifer is to be treated using reverse osmosis filter to hyper-filtrate the water, removing impurities and improving the water’s color and taste.

SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Eric Buermann said in a news release, “When completed, the Lake Region Water Treatment Plant will bring significant environmental and public health benefits to the region.” He further added, “With a worsening water shortage hitting these communities particularly hard, it is imperative that the plant come online as quickly as possible to reduce their dependence on the lake. This agency is committed to accelerating this project to enhance quality of life in the lake communities.”

The South Florida Water Management District is providing about 21 percent of total funding with a contribution of $11.7 million toward the plant’s design in construction. Palm Beach County (provided $12.5 million in funding, or about 25 percent) Pahokee, Belle Glade and South Bay contributed the remainder.

New York, Detroit, Tampa and Atlanta are among those cities facing large increases in water and sewer bills as cities and towns try to repair aging pipes and accurate artificially low prices.

Many of the nation’s 70,000 smaller systems — from Monterey, Calif., to Charleston, W.Va. — are imposing major price hikes too.

Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the nation’s water and wastewater systems need an investment of up to $1.2 trillion over 20 years. Also, arid states such as Arizona, Texas and Utah, where water costs more to provide, have fast-growing populations.

The American Water Works Association, an industry group, reports that last year, the median residential bill was $278 for water and $276 for sewer service.

Doug Scott, a credit analyst at Fitch Ratings which evaluates the debt of municipal utilities, says, “The median rate increase was about 5%.” Average rate increases of that amount are enough to finance the industry’s capital needs, he added.

Because of the quirky pricing policy of water and sewer systems, many people will see much larger increases. And, some communities are getting scalded by price hikes of 50%, 100% or more.

The major problem is that many municipal owned systems have treated rate hikes like tax increases and avoided them for years. The Government Accountability Office estimates that 29% of water systems and 41% of sewer systems charge customers less than the cost of the service.

As a consequence, these money-losing systems have no way to finance expensive repairs without delivering a rate shock to customers.

“About the only time customers hear from water systems is when they want increases, and that makes people furious,” says Missouri Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Davis.

According to the EPA, The USA has about 54,000 community water systems and 16,000 sewer systems. Local government supplies 88% of water and 80% of sewer service. City councils and county commissioners often vote on rates every year.

“You can get all the water you need for a buck a day,” DeBenedictis says. “But many cities are charging 25 cents. When they go to 50 cents, the headline is: ‘Mayor asks for 100% rate increase.”

In Los Angeles, two reservoirs that supply drinking water to parts of eastern and central have been shut down after found responsive for cancer causing chemical, Department of Water and Power officials said.

The cause behind contamination of water can be the reaction between sunlight and chlorine, which is a rare case, utility officials added.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to drain 600 million gallons from the reservoirs, the Elysian and the Silver Lake, early next year, said a water department spokesman, Joseph Ramallo. The reservoirs will be out of use for three to four months amid drought conditions.

High levels of the carcinogen bromate were found in early October by a commercial customer who ran a laboratory test, officials said. The utility confirmed the finding, immediately removed the reservoirs from service and notified the Department of Public Health.

“The formation of bromate from the chemical reaction in the reservoirs was unusual and unexpected,” said Lea Brooks, spokeswoman for the state’s Public Health Department. And, chemical is dangerous only after long-term consumption, officials emphasized.

The two reservoirs supply the water for about one-third of 1 percent of the city’s annual consumption, or about the amount the entire city consumes in a day, Mr. Ramallo said. Some water from the reservoirs may be used for irrigation or firefighting, but none will be used for human consumption. The rest will be dumped into the Los Angeles River, which drains into the Pacific Ocean.

L.A. has the nation’s largest system of reservoirs that store treated water before distribution, but federal water regulations require the city to phase those out in favor of tanks or covered reservoirs to protect drinking water from contamination.

In past, whether you have been informed or not informed about the risks of lead poisoning, but now there is a rule change effective December 10 that will require water utility companies to test the quantity of lead more stringently and promptly and thoroughly inform consumers of any problems, the Environmental Protection Agency announced. This came after it was revealed in 2004 that lead levels in Washington, D.C.’s, water supply were intolerably high and that consumers had not been promptly informed. 

High-level quantity of lead can cause many health hazards for both children and adults. In children, too-high levels can delay mental and physical development and cause a host of health problems, including reduced IQ, attention deficit disorder, and hearing loss. Adults can end up with high blood pressure and kidney problems as a result of too much lead in their system.

It is revealed that most exposure comes from swallowing or breathing in paint chips or dust, but the EPA estimates that about 10 percent to 20 percent comes from drinking water; in formula-fed infants, the figure is 40 to 60 percent.

Since regulators have phased lead out of gasoline and other products since the 1980s, the severity of the exposure problem has dropped dramatically. In 1978, for example, 13.5 million children had elevated blood levels; in 2002, the number had dropped to 310,000.

But now many scientists argue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s current threshold of concern—10 micrograms per deciliter of blood—is too high. They worry that any level of lead exposure is harmful.

In July of 1991, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established an action level for lead in public drinking water at 15 micrograms per liter, which is the same as 15 parts per billion (ppb).

Water suppliers must routinely test household tap water to check lead levels. If lead levels in the water are above the EPA action level and can not be quickly corrected, the water supplier is required to notify homeowners and take steps to reduce lead levels in the drinking water.

By all account, water is an ideal drink to maintain good health. But drinking tap water is no longer safe. Scientific study discovered that chlorinated tap water is a skin irritant and culprit of many skin disorders including acne, eczema and various kinds of rashes. Minus, an essential vitamin —vitamin E — for healthy skin is lost by chlorinated water.

To disinfect water, chlorine is used by water supplying authority. This technique — relatively inexpensive and easy to use — has been in use for many decades to make water suitable for drinking.

For decades, researchers have studied the long-term effects of using chlorinated tap water and most have found a link between chlorinated water and an increased risk of cancer, particularly cancer of the bladder. Scientists found that chlorinated water destroys vitamin E and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Loss of these fatty acids results in acne breakouts and skin rash. It destroys intestinal flora, the useful bacteria for digestion and preparation of vitamin K in the alimentary canal and generates free radicals. Free radicals increase toxicity and clog hair follicles.

Chlorine is a halogen that damages enzymes. Recent research has suggested that Trihalomethanes— a chemical compound found in chlorinated water — reacts with naturally-found organic compounds in water to form organochlorides. Organochlorides directly affect your immune system and store within your body in fatty tissues such as breast, mother’s milk, semen and blood. Weak immune system also stimulates sebaceous glands to produce more sebum that in turn results in acne.

To eliminate chlorine and other deadly elements, people are recommended to use water filters. Water filters have the ability to eliminate chlorine from water as well as other health risks related to inhalation and skin absorption of these chemicals.

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