200,000 in New Jersey without clean water for days as local congresswoman lands in Israel
Paterson, NJ — A burst 30-inch water main in Paterson has left nearly 200,000 residents across multiple municipalities grappling with low water pressure and service disruptions, prompting GOP congressional candidate Billy Prempeh…
Baltimore CBP Officers Seize Shipment of 29,000 Counterfeit Water Purifier Filters from China
BALTIMORE – To borrow from the 1960’s rock band The Standells, I want to tell you a story about what Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found down by the Patapsco River,…
Former Project Manager of the El Reno Wastewater Treatment Plant Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Violating The Clean Water Act
OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, KENNETH FULTON, of Bartlesville, was sentenced after pleading guilty to knowingly falsifying, tampering with, and rendering inaccurate, a monitoring device and method required to be maintained under the…
US ‘Gift’ Sparks Protests In Nepal, Tear Gas And Water Cannons Fired
Nepali police fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters objecting to a U.S.-funded infrastructure program presented to parliament on Sunday for ratification, witnesses and officials in the capital told CNN. The…
Atlantic City Police Officers Jump in Frigid Water to Rescue Dog
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – On February 19, 2022, Atlantic City Police Department Officers Cynthia Rongione and Michael Oldroyd entered frigid bay waters to rescue a dog that was in distress after being…
Tucson Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Attempting to Smuggle Noncitizens in Water Tanker Truck
TUCSON, Ariz. – Last week, Sean Christopher Hale, 33, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised…
Camera Caught Black Student Writing Racist Graffiti Over Water Fountains: REPORT
Video surveillance revealed the alleged perpetrator behind racist graffiti over water fountains in a California school. The words “White” and “Colored” had been written over water fountains by a black female student,…
Body discovered in water near Boot Key
MARATHON, FL – Police in Marathon have discovered the body of a man floating in the water of Boot Key Harbor on Saturday. Authorities at this time do not know the cause…
South River issues emergency water alert
SOUTH RIVER, NJ – Due to emergency water main break repairs taking place on Levinson Avenue, area residents may experience low water pressure and/or discolored water. In addition, residents in the immediate…
Landlord stabs tenant with icepick over water shut off
COLUMBUS – A landlord allegedly stabbed his tenant during an argument that broke out as he tried to shut off water to the victim’s home. On February 6, 2022, at 8:40 pm,…
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Apple iPhone water resistance claims
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Apple Inc of misleading consumers about how resistant its iPhones are to water exposure. Apple’s…
In the 1980s, shooting tourists with water pistols and drive-by water gun shootings was a big problem in Seaside Heights
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – Imagine when the biggest disturbance for police officers in a seaside resort town was the local teenage and young adult population shooting people randomly with water pistols, mostly…
U.S. unveils plan to improve cyber defenses for water utilities
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON – The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation’s water sector, an extension of its efforts to thwart attacks against critical…
Clean Water Act Settlement Resolves Sewer Overflow Violations in Bucks County
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection filed a civil lawsuit against the Bucks County Water and…
Seymour Manufacturing Company Pleads Guilty to Violating Clean Water Act; Agrees to Pay $2.4 Million
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Tyler Amon, Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division for New England, and Commissioner Katie Scharf Dykes of…
Former Greenfield Township Sewer Authority Manager Found Guilty Of Clean Water Act Violations And Wire Fraud
SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Bruce Evans, Sr., age 68, and Bruce Evans, Jr., age 40, both of Greenfield Township, were found guilty on…
Orange County deputy charged for dousing hot water on mentally ill inmate
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy has been charged with two felonies in connection with throwing scalding water on a mentally ill inmate, causing first- and second-degree burns…
Water main break causes delays, damage in Columbus
COLUMBUS, OH – On Saturday morning, police reported the road buckled on N. 4th St. north of E. 17th Ave. Police advised residents to stay out of the area. (The Ohio State…
Navy Says It Found Fuel In Military Families’ Drinking Water
The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that fuel was contaminating military families’ drinking water at a well near the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. Rear Adm. Blake Converse told reporters at a press…
Border Patrol Agents Rescue Man from Water Crossing
YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol camera operators initiated the rescue of a migrant who attempted to swim across the Yuma Salinity Canal but then struggled with the swift current and…
Federal-State Clean Water Act Settlement Resolves Sewer Overflow Violations in Berkeley County, West Virginia
WASHINGTON- The Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District in West Virginia will pay a $518,400 penalty, make extensive improvements to its sewer and stormwater systems, and implement a state-directed supplemental environmental project…
Shelby County Man Pleads Guilty to Discharging Oil in Violation of Clean Water Act
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Shelbyville, Kentucky, man, John Affourtit, 65, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, to knowingly discharging a harmful quantity of oil into a waterway of…
AOC votes against clean drinking water for disenfranchised communities, says Biden sold out to Republicans, moderates
Congresswoman Sandy Cortez, of New York this week checked U.S. President Joe Biden’s claim that all American children will be provided clean drinking water, free of lead under the bipartisan infrastructure deal.…
DeSantis Announces More than $114 Million for Wastewater Treatment Grants to Improve Water Quality Across the State
MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Shawn Hamilton and local officials to announce the awards for the Wastewater Grant Program, which was established…
Shipping Company Fined $2M in a Multi-District Case for Concealing Illegal Discharges of Oily Water into the Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON – Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM), a Cyprus-based company that operates several commercial vessels, was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in Norfolk, Virginia,…
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