Tag: drinking

City to apply for revolving loan for drinking water improvements

Jun. 12—The city of Meridian is looking to the state’s Drinking Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund to help fund improvements at the north freshwater treatment plant as the City Council is set to vote on approving the application for the loan in its next regular meeting. In a work session Tuesday, Jason Gault of […]

A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis

Andrew Halter delivers water 1,200 miles by rail to the Navajo Nation from Mississippi. Navajo Nation residents struggle with water scarcity, with 30% lacking reliable drinking water. Halter hopes water-by-rail can be a solution for other Western communities and in natural disasters. Andrew Halter had been in the railroad business for 25 years, mostly in […]

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, study says

Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the US, according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades. Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook high-frequency drinking, said the study’s author, Jonathan Caulkins, […]

Toxic chemical found in drinking water in Wyoming County

TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A concerning water problem in part of the Poconos. Officials say a toxic chemical has been found in the water impacting thousands of customers. 28/22 News Reporter Gianna Galli was in East Stroudsburg Sunday to look into the water problem. Toxic levels of manganese were found in the water at […]

Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in hearing room

Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, says it’s “worth investigating” whether lawmakers were drinking during Thursday’s explosive hearing, after rumors circulated that noncommittee members were intoxicated. “I didn’t see the drinking by the gentlelady from New Mexico, Melanie Stansbury raised it, she said there are members drinking […]

Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in hearing room

(The Hill) – Rep. Jaime Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, says it’s “worth investigating” whether lawmakers were drinking during Thursday’s explosive hearing, after rumors circulated that non-committee members were intoxicated. “I didn’t see the drinking by the gentlelady from New Mexico, Melanie Stansbury raised it, she said there […]