water tect news oximorone end of article 12-22-09

RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — The state of California has sent a 10-person delegation to Australia in order to study the country’s coping strategies for drought and water supply crises, The Press-Enterprise reported.

Australia has been suffering from a 13-year dry spell and rising temperatures, which have caused drought, wildfires and agricultural turmoil, according to the report.

Wendy Martin, California’s drought coordinator at the Department of Water Resources, was among the delegation that toured Australian cities in order to better understand how the country has addressed its water shortages.

Martin said, “We have a lot of room to improve, that was one of the striking messages.”

According to Martin, one of the many realizations the delegation encountered was that daily water use in Australia is about 40 gallons per person, while California’s per-capita average is five times that number, the article stated.

She added that Australians use technologies — rainwater tanks that capture water for gardens, dual flushing toilets and dual house plumbing for recycled water — that are rare in the United States.

Australia also utilizes desalination in most of its major cities, according to the report.

But environmentalist Terry O’Day was not convinced that desalination is the right answer for California’s water problems.

O’Day cited desalinization plants’ high environmental costs as one of his concerns. He said, “I’m most interested in making sure we learn the right lessons. It would be easy to walk away and say ‘Desal is great, they’re doing it all over Australia,’ but miss the nuance of it being well thought out, not anything goes.”

While the group took much from its trip, the experts believe Australia could learn from California as well, including groundwater management and advanced wastewater recycling methods.

Australian and U.S. experts are scheduled to meet in Century City on Jan. 14 to exchange more ideas on water conservation and management, the article reported.

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12-18-09 Water tect news Mery Christmass

MONTGOMERY, ALA. — The governors of Alabama, Florida and Georgia are optimistic that they will find a solution to their three-state water dispute within one year, the Associated Press reported.

The three states have been engaged in a fight over water sharing for almost 20 years, but the states’ governors agreed that the problem will be resolved before they leave office, according to the article.

The governors have made a similar prediction before.

After a meeting in Tallahassee in December 2007, the state chief executives emerged confident that a deal soon would be in place, but court decisions went against the interests of Georgia and the conflict was never resolved, the story reported.

But the governors contend that this time is different because of the tight deadline they are facing.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist commented, “We only have so much time left as governors of our respective states to accomplish this mission, and that’s why we are as optimistic as we are that it's going to happen.”

The governors are also up against a legal timetable, the article reported.

In July, a federal judge ruled that Georgia does not have sufficient legal rights to Lake Lanier, a reservoir on the Chattahoochee River and Atlanta’s main water source. The judge gave the states until 2012 to make a compromise, according to the story.

The governors expect to have a plan ready for approval by their state legislatures in the spring. After that, the plan will be submitted for the approval of Congress, according to the story.

“If we do that, I think each one of us can look back and say this was a successful venture that took too long, but we ultimately crossed the goal line,” Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said.

Alabama, Florida and Georgia have been engaged in legal battles since 1990 over the allocation of water from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in all three states and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin in Georgia and Alabama, the article reported.

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12-18-09 Water tect news

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — New Jersey state officials plan to expand a study of cancer cases in a town where a DuPont munitions plant was once located, the Associated Press reported.

A previous report by the state Health Department showed increased rates of kidney cancer among women and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in men in a neighborhood near a plume of polluted groundwater, but could not conclusively link the cancers to the toxins in the groundwater, the article stated.

The solvents that are polluting the groundwater had been used at the DuPont factory, which was closed in 1994, the story reported.

DuPont is currently studying groundwater cleanup methods, company spokesman Robert Nelson said.

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12-16-09 interesting water tect news

Las Vegas’ drinking water among worst in nation	<<>
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
LAS VEGAS – The water provided by the Las Vegas Valley Water District ranked 98th out of 100 cities studied, reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Riverside, California and Pensacola, Florida were the only two cities to rank below Las Vegas, according to a study by the Environmental Working Group, based in Washington, D.C. Las Vegas’ drinking water contains trace amounts of 30 different chemicals, including arsenic, bromate, lead and radon, the article noted. According to the story, although the water delivered to 1.3 million valley residents contains a “chemical cocktail” of regulated and unregulated substances, it does meet all federal safety standards. “This water is considered legal and safe, and that’s because we consider all these chemicals individually,” said Richard Wiles, senior vice president of policy for the group. “Over the long haul, it raises serious questions about the quality of the water if you're going to be drinking it over a lifetime.” The environmental watchdog group spent the last three years compiling an online database of water quality reports and sampling data from 48,000 communities across the United States, the article noted. The water utilities of Arlington, Texas, Providence, Rhode Island and Fort Worth, Texas were ranked the highest. To read the entire article, click here. For related information, click here.

god help us all 12-11-09

i seen to day that theirs a Glen Beck sucks club this is great you need to look at the poeple that belong to it. God help them all . so i hope they like the ussa
they passed another bill to and are happy about it to regulate your credit cards and salary o but not ours only the bad guys ha ha GOD HELP HELP US
when is going to end when will are soldiers lives mean something again
when will i be able to say apple pie again GOD HELP US ALL
PEOPLE BELIEVE O'BOMA IS DOING SOME THING GOOD god help us all
i'm sick of it all

Drinking water violations examined by NY Times water tect 12-9-09

NEW YORK —Regulatory and water system data analyzed by The New York Times show that more than 49 million people in the US have consumed polluted drinking water since 2004, according to a report in the December 8 print edition of The New York Times.

Pollutants of concern included concentrations of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as bacteria often found in sewage, the report said.

Analyzing data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulators and water systems, the New York Times reported: “More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.”

Fewer than 6 percent of the water systems that broke the law were ever fined or punished by state or federal officials. According to the article, which quoted current and former EPA enforcement officials who wished to remain anonymous, federal regulators were informed of violations, but in many cases, unless the violations would make sensational news stories or target big money, pursuing the violations were overlooked.

EPA spokeswoman Adora Andy, in response to questions regarding the agency’s drinking water enforcement, told the New York Times: “This administration has made it clear that clean water is a top priority. The previous eight years provide a perfect example of what happens when political leadership fails to act to protect our health and the environment.”

The article also noted that drinking water contaminants “are linked to millions of instances of illness within the United States each year.”

In response to the article, Water Quality Association (WQA) Executive Director Peter J. Censky said in a December 8 association statement, “Filtering systems in the home provide the highest technology available to treat drinking water. Home filtering systems act as a final contaminant barrier and can further purify water for drinking.” WQA is urging the public to consider installing home treatment systems.

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YOU JUST HAVE TO LOVE IT

Recycled wastewater enters wrong pipes	<<>
Monday, December 07, 2009
COOMERA, AUSTRALIA — Recycled wastewater suitable for car washing, toilet flushing or outdoor irrigation was pumped into about 630 homes in this Gold Coast suburb for several days until residents began complaining about the water’s foul taste and smell, The Gold Coast Bulletin reported December 5. The new $80 million Pimpama Wastewater Treatment Plant had pumped “Class A-plus recycled water” into the wrong pipes since the plant’s December 1 opening until residents voiced their concerns on December 4. Residents were told during the December 5-6 weekend to avoid drinking their tap water. Cases of nausea and diarrhea have been reported at Coomera, and some residents worried about the safety of the water in area theme parks, swimming pools and spas. Some also voiced concern about the effects the tainted drinking water will have on their children and pets. City of Gold Coast Deputy Mayor Daphne McDonald said in a December 6 report by Australia’s ABC News network that the mix-up is under investigation and that the system has been flushed and disinfected. She also said, “We suspect at this point in time that there was an incorrect connection that occurred when the pipelines were constructed; however, as soon as we were informed that there was an issue, the water had been turned off.” Meanwhile, residents are considering filing a class-action lawsuit, which may seek compensation for everything from sickness to the cost of draining and testing swimming pools, the Bulletin reported in its December 8 edition. To read the full December 5 Bulletin story, click here. To read the full report by Australia’s ABC News, click here. To read the December 8 Bulletin report, click here. For related information, click here.

AND THEY WANT US TO RECLAIM WATER FROM OUR SHOWERS LAVS. AND WASHER TO FLUSH OUR TOILETS

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Wastewater contamination from organic chemicals in consumer products such as soaps, antimicrobial compounds and insect repellents is polluting drinking water sources in the state, according to a newly released report by nonprofit research organization The Iowa Policy Project, the Globe Gazette said December 1.

The report, released December 1, notes that federal and state regulations do not require regulators to monitor such chemicals, which now are showing up in trace quantities in drinking water supplies.

“These go well beyond the well publicized issue of water contamination by pharmaceuticals,” report author William Wombacher said in a conference call with the Globe Gazette. “Neither are there processes that target these chemical compounds for removal or do a very good job of removing them.”

Wombacher said a recent study by University of Iowa scientists found low concentrations of two synthetic fragrance compounds known as AHTN and HHCB in both the Iowa River and in the University of Iowa’s drinking water.

Iowa Policy Project researcher Teresa Galluzzo said regulatory action in the United States that would require better testing and tracking of organic wastewater contaminants is now needed. She noted that the European Union recently imposed tougher testing standards for the manufacturers of such products.

Galluzzo said California’s Proposition 65, which was passed in 1986 and creates an updated list of chemical compounds that are found harmful to human health and are banned from discharge into any water, could serve as a framework for national regulation.

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it is time for them to go we started this by letting them do any thing

Amendment 28
Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.
Let's get this passed around, folks -
these people have brought this upon themselves!!!

Please, vote everyone of them out next election.

water tect 12-1-09 this is why you should own a ro unit DON'T DRINK THE WATER

MARIETTA, OH — High levels of nitrates have been detected in a portion of the water supply for Devola, affecting more than 900 homes and businesses, according to a November 30 Marietta Times report.

The Putnam Community Water Association on November 26 issued a warning about the situation in Devola, a farming community in Washington County.

Putnam Community Water Association Manager Jay Huck said a November 18 water sample recorded nitrates at 13.8 parts per million (ppm), slightly above the federal safe drinking water maximum contaminant level of of 10 ppm. Another test was performed on November 24, and that test came back at 7.2 ppm. “We have to average those two numbers which left us at 10.55 ppm, over the limit by 0.55 ppm, and prompted the water warning to be issued,” Huck said in the story.

Water high in nitrates that is ingested by infants, pregnant women, adults with low stomach acidity or people with a certain enzyme deficiency can cause methemoglobinemia, or “blue baby syndrome,” as the ingested nitrates are converted to nitrites in the body. This reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, and severe cases result in brain damage or death.

Huck said in the story that there were no reported illnesses associated with the recent event. He noted there was a similar warning issued in the water system about two years ago. The current warning will remain in effect until at least the end of this week.

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water tect 12-1-09 it's coming heath care cap and trade and now water

ATHENS, GA — Two University of Georgia (UGA) researchers were awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense to study water conflicts between nations, the university announced in a November 20 press release.

The two-year project, conducted by UGA School of Public and International Affairs professors Jaroslav Tir and Douglas Stinnett, will determine how to prevent and manage water conflicts between nations who share sources of freshwater. The researchers will focus on the role of international institutions and the efficacy of treaties in governing the use of international rivers.

Due to population growth, pollution, development and climate change, there is considerable concern about the increasing demand on freshwater sources, and the conflicts that will emerge as a result, according to the university release. Already a topic of high-level national security debates around the world, the prospect of conflicts arising over shared water sources has been recognized in U.S. strategic planning documents.

“The practical importance of this project is hard to overstate,” Tir is quoted as saying. “Finding effective ways to manage the use of rivers through international institutions would not only address an emerging global security issue, it would be a natural response to the growing problem of water scarcity.”

This project investigates the extent to which international institutions might be able to promote cooperation and discourage conflicts between countries that share rivers.

Tir and Stinnett are scheduled to present their initial research findings next summer at a conference on climate change and security organized by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.

To read the full release, click here.

water tect 12-1-09 water ?

ISIOLO, KENYA — Former neighboring tribes now are warring over dwindling water supplies and pasture, and the United Nations estimates at least 400 in northern Kenya have died this year, a November 29 Chicago Tribune report said.

The government is accused of fueling the war by taking sides and replacing combatants’ spears and arrows with more sophisticated weapons.

According to the report, “Tales of conflict emerging from this remote, arid region of Kenya have disturbing echoes of the lethal building blocks that turned Darfur into a killing ground in western Sudan.”

Expert Richard Odingo, vice chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a global scientific body that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore, referred to Darfur, saying, “Every dry area has the potential to be a flash point if we are not careful.”

The story noted that as deserts encroach in Sudan, rainfall declines in the Horn of Africa and freshwater evaporation in the south continues.

“Climate change amplifies and escalates vulnerability. It doesn’t mean that conflict is inevitable, but it’s much more likely,” Achim Steiner, director of the UN Environment Program, said in the story.

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water water every where how much will you pay

AMESBURY, MA — Some families here may see as much as a $450 increase in their water bill over the course of next year as the town struggles to repay bonds it issued for construction of its new water treatment plant, The Daily News of Newburyport reported November 21.

The town recently proposed an immediate rate hike of about $72 annually for residents fitting the “typical” usage profile, the article said. Town officials also have said another increase between $172 and $230 annually for typical usage will be necessary within six months after the first increase. Residents who don’t fit the typical usage profile — such as a family of four — may see an initial rate increase of $216 instead of $72, Department of Public Works Director Rob Desmarais said in the story.

Construction on the treatment plant is scheduled to begin January 1. Desmarais said the first of the bond payments comes due in spring 2010, and the town must have money in reserve to make payments.

“What we don’t want to do is raise the rate 40 percent (immediately). Part of the advantage of raising the rate now is banking that money,” Desmarais is quoted in the story as saying.

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could it be

NORTH POLE, AK — Residents and business owners, grappling with how a chemical used to make fuel entered their city water supply and private well water, learned during a November 23 public meeting that the contamination stems from a sulfolane spill in the year 2000 at the Flint Hills Resources oil refinery, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported November 24.

The city of North Pole was forced to shut down one of its two drinking water wells after it found trace levels of the contaminant in its supply, as WaterTech Online® reported.

Residents who rely on now-contaminated private wells for drinking have made the switch to bottled water, as have some residents and businesses that receive publicly supplied water. Tracy Harmon, a restaurant manager whose family is on the public water system, said in the story that his family has switched to bottled water, despite the city’s assurance that its supply now is safe.

Sulfolane is not a regulated drinking water contaminant and “some uncertainty exists about the health risks posed by the chemical,” according to Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

According to the DEC’s Cindy Christian, the chemical bonds easily with water, which is how the spilled chemical leached into the water table near the refinery, contaminating supplies.

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YOU ALL THINK I'M CRAZY BUT !! water tect news

MILWAUKEE — Lawyers for several environmental groups have notified the US Environmental Protection Agency of their intent to sue the agency for failing to protect Wisconsin water from phosphorus and nitrogen pollution that can cause toxic algae blooms and threaten drinking water quality, according to the Journal Sentinel’s “Nature’s State” news blog.

The EPA said in 1999 that it would start to regulate the pollutants, which come from farm fields, manure, lawns and municipal wastewater treatment plants.

The state of Wisconsin has been tracking phosphorus loadings in state waters, and that is one reason why the law firms, the Chicago-based Environmental Law & Policy Center and Madison-based Midwest Environmental Advocates, selected Wisconsin.

Albert Ettinger of the Environmental Law & Policy Center told Journal Sentinel reporter Lee Bergquist, “The science is farther ahead in Wisconsin.”

According to the blog, the threat of a potential lawsuit could set the stage for new regulations of phosphorus and nitrogen.

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WATER WARS ARE STARTING HERE NOW IT'S ONLY TIME

ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta is poised to lose up to 280 million gallons of water a day — costing businesses up to $39 billion a year — if the city is cut off from its main water source, Lake Lanier, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) reported November 23.

This news was delivered to Georgia’s water task force during a November 23 meeting at Gov. Sonny Perdue’s mansion. The group, which met for the second time, is working to develop an alternative plan to using the lake.

Georgia has been embroiled in a decades-long water-rights fight with the neighboring states of Alabama and Florida. In July Georgia was told by a federal judge that metro Atlanta and the rest of the state had three years to find a new source of drinking water or to gain congressional approval after the fact for use of the lake as a drinking water supply. The judge said use of the lake should be returned to the original uses for which it was created: controlling floods, allowing downstream navigation and generating power, as WaterTech Online® reported.

If Lake Lanier's use for drinking water discontinued, GPB reported, the hardest-hit Georgia counties would be Gwinnett, Forsyth and Hall.

Georgia’s water task force also discussed conservation measures such as graywater recycling, and finding additional source water via groundwater or seawater desalination.

Georgia is continuing its appeal of the federal judge’s decision about the use of Lake Lanier for drinking water. The state has hired Seth Waxman, a former US solicitor general, to lead its appeal, GPB reported November 21. The state will pay Waxman $855 an hour.

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CORK, IRELAND — More than 50,000 residents here, who have been struggling with flood conditions and without running water since November 20, may not have their tap water restored for another full week, local and international news agencies recently have reported.

Cork, along with other cities in southwest and midwest Ireland and the Lake District in England, have been inundated with heavy rains that have caused historic flood conditions. In Cork, the Republic of Ireland’s second city, officials have referred to the flooding as the worst the country has experienced in nearly a millennium. Ireland Minister for the Environment John Gormley, who this week was touring the hardest hit parts of the country, is quoted in a November 23 BBC News article as saying: “We are talking about events which have been described as once-in-800-years.”

Local media initially reported that the Cork water treatment plant was shut down as a precautionary measure to protect pumps and the water system, as WaterTech Online® reported. Later it was determined that the plant had been flooded and that vital equipment was under 7 meters (about 23 feet) of flood water.

City manager Joe Gavin said in a November 21 IrelandOn-Line report: It is “a very serious crisis.”

Local businesses, including restaurants and other food businesses, also have been impacted by the flood conditions, and those that have been able to reopen are doing so under national health department rules. The rules require that food businesses wishing to operate during the water treatment plant’s shutdown have a reliable potable water supply from either bottled water or by boiling water supplied by the municipality in tankers, IrelandOn-Line reported November 24.

Police and armed forces have been delivering water to locations throughout the city and directly to the sick and elderly. Local officials are preaching conservation.

The city of Cork also is struggling with maintaining sanitation, and the Cork City Council on November 23 warned of a sanitation crisis with 18,000 homes unable to flush toilets or operate hygiene facilities, according to a November 24 Independent report.

In England’s Lake District, the flooding claimed the lives of at least three, and searches for missing individuals continued. According to a November 23 story in The New York Times, among those dead are an environmental contractor, a canoeist and a police constable.

Officials there are estimating months of cleanup, and England’s Environmental Secretary Hilary Benn said that the “relentless rains” were expected to continue.

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[More Environment]

this will be the next BIG WAR or levrage water tect news11-25-09

MOSCOW — Russia has said that within the next decade it could begin the export of drinking water to needy countries, according to a November 24 report by news agency Press Trust of India.

Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the State Duma (lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the parliament of the Russian Federation), said during Pure Water 2009, a November 25 international water forum here, “Our country has enough potential for this, and our many neighbors have need for water.”

Gryzlov said during the event, slated to run through November 25 at Moscow’s International Trade Centre, that global shortages have put water in the category of other key resources like oil and natural gas. “I presume that after five years, maximum 10 years, the export of water could become a reality for Russia,” he is quoted as saying.

The news agency also reported that Gryzlov said as part of the diversification of its national economy, Russia also could provide cutting-edge technology for water conservation and purification to its needy neighbors, primarily Kazakhstan and other Central Asian republics.

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pay to get votes

So now bribery is called horse trading .
So the next time your in court or pulled over by a cop do some horse trading
evidently it's legal the senate can do as well as the congress it's called HORSE TRADING

11-24 -09 water tect when will it end no one /city spends the money where it needs to for maintance

NEW YORK — In the last three years, nearly 40 percent of the nation’s sewage systems — including those in major cities like New York — have reported violating federal clean water laws by releasing untreated or partially treated human and industrial waste into waterways, according to the latest of New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg’s series of articles on the state of America’s waters and regulators’ responses.

In his report, “As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways,” Duhigg examines data that reveals how outdated combined sewer/stormwater treatment systems fail, especially during heavy rainstorms, creating overflow discharges into the environment as well as violations of the Clean Water Act of 1972.

Duhigg reports: “Fewer than one in five sewage systems that broke the law were ever fined or otherwise sanctioned by state or federal regulators, the Times analysis shows. It is not clear whether the sewage systems that have not reported such dumping are doing any better, because data on overflows and spillage are often incomplete.”

The report also examines how untreated sewage ends up in drinking water sources, and how academic research suggests that as many as 20 million people each year become ill from drinking water containing bacteria and other pathogens that are often spread by untreated waste.

Duhigg quotes the US Environmental Protection Agency, which said in a statement that officials agreed that overflows posed a “significant environmental and human health problem, and significantly reducing or eliminating such overflows has been a priority for EPA enforcement since the mid-1990s.”

In October, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, said the agency was stepping up its efforts on Clean Water Act enforcement, as WaterTech Online® reported.

“The public has no clue how important these sewage plants are,” said Bob Connaughton, a plant engineer at the Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Owls Head plant is overwhelmed during half of all rainfalls occurring in the city, the report said. Connaughton added, “Waterborne disease was the scourge of mankind for centuries. These plants stopped that. We’re doing everything we can to clean as much sewage as possible, but sometimes, that isn’t enough.”

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[More Regulatory Matters]

News Items

When someone develops an infection at a hospital or other patient care facility that they did not have prior to treatment, this is referred to as a healthcare-associated (sometimes hospital-acquired) infection (HAI).

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a global crisis affecting both patients and healthcare workers.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at any point in time, 1.4 million people worldwide suffer from infections acquired in hospitals.

A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report published in March-April 2007 estimated the number of U.S. deaths from healthcare associated infections in 2002 at 98,987.

The risk of acquiring healthcare-associated infections in developing countries is 2-20 times higher than in developed countries.

Afflicting thousands of patients every year, HAI often leads to lengthening hospitalization, increasing the likelihood of readmission, and adding sizably to the cost of care per patient.

Financially, HAIs represent an estimated annual impact of $6.7 billion to healthcare facilities, but the human cost is even higher.

Until recently, a lack of HAI reporting requirements for healthcare facilities has contributed to less-than-optimal emphasis being placed on eliminating the sources of healthcare associated infections. However, growing public anxiety regarding the issue and resulting legislation on state and local levels demanding accountability is serving to accelerate initiatives to combat HAIs.

To learn more about the impact of healthcare-associated infections for both medical professionals and patients, please visit www.haiwatch.com.

11-23-09 water tect news

Colo. tightens stance on chlorination	<<>
Friday, November 20, 2009
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has revoked chlorination waivers from as many as 72 public drinking water systems in the state as part of its response to an unprecedented Salmonella poisoning event in Alamosa last year, The Denver Post reported November 19. In March 2008, there were 442 reported cases of sickness and one death associated with the outbreak in Alamosa, a community of 8,900. State health experts released a report on November 18 confirming their suspicion that a decrepit infrastructure allowed the bacteria into the Alamosa supply. They also said that up to 1,300 people may have been ill from the bacteria, the Post article said. Symptoms of the infection typically include vomiting and diarrhea. The state’s report said that if the city had used chlorine to disinfect its supply, the bacteria might not have grown. The Post reports: “That finding has now prompted the state to redouble its efforts to require chlorine treatment in most places where the public shares a water supply.” The report also cited other Alamosa water system defects, including poor maintenance, incorrect bacteria testing and inadequate supervision by a chronically short-staffed state drinking water program. To read the full article, click here. For related information, click here.

11-10-09

So the congress passed health care
will the senate do the same in a month or so
what is wrong with this country do not want to work for any thing ,Do we expect every thing with
a out lay . Did our fathers not teach us to respect or to work . Will we just give up and let country be taken by the progressives and die or fight back and pull are boot strap up and take it back
GO Mike Pence

11-10-09

Rainwater safe to drink: study	<<>
Thursday, November 05, 2009
ADELAIDE, Australia — A study investigating the health effects of rainwater consumption has concluded that untreated rainwater is safe to drink, Monash University reported in a November 4 news release. The research was led by Karin Leder, an associate professor in the university’s Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, in conjunction with Water Quality Research Australia (previously the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment). Three hundred households in Adelaide participated in the one-year study. All the volunteers in the study were given a filter to treat their rainwater; however, only half the devices were real while the rest were “sham” devices that looked real but did not contain filters. Participating households did not know whether they had a real filter. Families recorded their health over the 12-month period, after which time the health outcomes of the two groups were compared. “The results showed that rates of gastroenteritis between both groups were very similar. People who drank untreated rainwater displayed no measurable increase in illness compared with those who consumed the filtered rainwater,” Leder said in the release. Leder said the study confirms the low risk of illness associated with drinking rainwater, but noted that the results may not be applicable in all situations. Other experts in rainwater catchment say, for example, that rainwater collected off roofs can be assumed to be contaminated by bird droppings, insects and other debris, and they recommend that roof-harvested rainwater intended for drinking receive some kind of disinfection treatment. “Expanded use of rainwater for many household purposes can be considered and in current times of drought, we want to encourage people to use rainwater as a resource,” she said. The study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and Water Quality Research Australia. It is scheduled to be presented at the American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on November 11. To read the full release, click here. For related information, click here.
[More Technology]

It does not hurt to read this several times. Born 1776, Died 2008 Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul , Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning last November'sPresidential election: Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29 Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000 Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1 · Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low incometenements and living off various forms of government welfare. Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase. ; If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years. If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message. If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom. IN GOD WE TRUST

WHEN DOSE IT STOP

This is guaranteed to get your blood pressure soaring

Anyone who is not convinced our current President or administration is
about to offer the US to a global world government, should watch this
video.

A book several thousands of years ago spoke of things to come. Never
before in our history could it come to pass... Until now. This is
inevitable, it needs to be a wake up call that Christ, the bible and the
word of God is true. I pray that this opens the eyes of those lost in
the world.

America is one nation under God, we are soon to become, one nation under
man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMe5dOgbu40

On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton gave a presentation in St.
Paul, MN on the subject of global warming. In this 4-minute excerpt from
his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the
United Nations Climate Change Treaty that is scheduled to be signed in

Copenhagen in December 2009.

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When I read the newspaper or surf the web for news I see very clearly that conservative ideas are under assault by the Democrats in Washington:

1) Government takeover of health care.

2) Repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act

3) Cap and Tax

4) The Sanctity of Life

The list goes on and on.

We cannot, and as conservatives will not, stand by and let them succeed. Today, we are officially launching a new online headquarters for our team of volunteers in Indiana. I hope you will take a moment now to visit our headquarters and become more involved locally.

We have set a goal of registering 100 members in our headquarters by Friday at midnight. We are 81 members away from reaching that goal. Membership is free and by joining our team of volunteers our grassroots leaders will be able to keep you informed of our efforts in Indiana and nationally and give you the opportunity to pitch in when you can.

We are also launching a new Facebook Fan Page for Team Huck Indiana today. We have set a goal of 250 new supporters on Facebook by Friday midnight. If you are a Facebook user, please join today!

Republicans are on the move and it's time we all get involved.

Over the last few weeks Huck PAC has launched a petition drive to bring fiscal responsibility to Washington. As of the date of this message we have collected 139,000 signatures and that number is rising.

We have also launched a Pro-Life Team that should finish with 1,000 Founding members by the end of the month. Our grassroots volunteers are clearly excited and looking for ways to fight back.

Today, our third effort online hits closer to home for you. I hope my fellow conservatives in Indiana will be just as excited by this new online headquarters and consider signing up today.

http://teamhuckindiana.ning.com

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Mike Huckabee

You may use this link to learn more about our new headquarters today:

http://teamhuckindiana.ning.com

And you may use this link to become a fan of our new Indiana page today:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Team-Huck-Indiana/156028477509?ref=ts