Contaminated groundwater from the old Texfi site still a threat to PWC water ...
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Eneath an enormous storage tank, where almost 200,000 Fayetteville area residents get their drinking water, lies an elusive plume of groundwater contamination.
State officials have known about the contamination, which comes from an abandoned textile mill next to the city's water treatment plant, since the mid-1990s.
The plume contains a toxic soup of industrial solvents - called tetrachlorothylene, or PCE - that can increase the risk of cancer and liver problems if ingested over many years.
The state estimates it would cost more than $50 million to clean up the former Texfi Industries site, but there isn't enough money available to even properly monitor the contamination.
Money constraints forced state officials to reduce monitoring efforts until last year, when they were surprised to learn that the plume had sunk to 30 feet deep and bypassed a clay barrier built in 2001. The barrier, called a slurry wall, was supposed to stop the contamination's spread toward the city's stored supply of treated drinking water.
Source: Fayetteville Observer
The Bobble Jug Is Using Cuteness To Decrease Water Bottle Waste
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Water filtration may not be the sexiest retail category, but a little company called Move Collective is trying to change all that. Last year, they released Bobble, a very cute bottle that filters water as you drink it. And now they’re taking on Brita with the Bobble Jug, a 64-ounce home filtration product.
The company has sold over 7 million Bobble bottles in the last year, and they’re hoping that a little design and function improvement will help cut into the waste created each day by disposable water bottles being emptied and discarded.
The original Bobble was meant to replace the massive intake of disposable water bottles that are purchased each day. And it truly is a great little tool for travel, since the FTA forces all airplane travelers to discard their water before entering security at the airport. With the Bobble, passengers can empty the bottle and fill it up at a water fountain in the terminal instead of buying a new water bottle that will also end up in the trash.
Source: BlissTree