Workers in Tuluksak installed a system with extra filtration to provide cleaner water intended for drinking. But up until mid-April, most people in Tuluksak didn’t get to drink the water from this second system.
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Tuluksak gets access to running water 45 days after fire destroyed its only clean water source
On March 2, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation was finally able to restore continuous access to drinking water in Tuluksak with a reverse osmosis water filtration system.
In Haines, crews work to clear roads and storm drains, restore power and water treatment
City and state workers are busy protecting and restoring roads, the water supply and the electrical grid in Haines after heavy rainfall and numerous mudslides.
Juneau residents asked to conserve water as dry conditions persist
The conservation notice applies to residents from Lemon Creek to Tee Harbor, including all of the Mendenhall Valley, who get their drinking water from the Salmon Creek Reservoir water station.
If you’re drinking tap water, you’re consuming plastic pollutants
A first of its kind study shows plastic contamination in tap water from sources around the world. Scientists say they don’t know how plastic fibers reach household taps — or, what the health implications might be. Experts are concerned these fibers may transfer toxins, acting as a kind of shuttle for dangerous chemicals from the freshwater environment into the human body.
Climate change hits Alaska’s rural water and sewer systems
Communities around the state seem to be dealing with new threats to water and sewer systems from environmental changes linked to global warming.
Lack of water drove Alaska island mammoths to extinction
Scientists say that one of the last surviving populations of woolly mammoths was likely driven to extinction by lack of drinking water.
Piping problem leads to dry taps, brown water in Haines
“It came out incredibly brown, super dark, almost looked like coffee,” said Pilotlight Restaurant owner Eric Forster of his restaurant’s tap water on Sunday.
Avoiding A Future Crisis, Madison Removed Lead Water Pipes 15 Years Ago
The water crisis in Flint, Mich., raised an alarm about the dangers of lead in our water supply, but it is not new knowledge. Madison, Wis., knew about it and removed all its lead pipes 15 years ago.
Unpaid Water Bills In Flint Could Hinder Repairs
Michigan’s governor wants to spend $30 million to pay water bills in Flint. A lawsuit is seeking five times that in refunds and damages for people who paid for lead-tainted drinking water.