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Q. My house had a fire, and everything is being replaced. While doing all this, we were told that the boiler, which partially blocks our basement stairs, could be replaced with a much smaller one . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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10/20/17
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This August, two broken wells in Tanguin Dassouri, a town in central Burkina Faso, were successfully restored, thanks in part to the fundraising and awareness campaign of a group of passionate …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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8/17/17
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Whether it’s the shimmering water of a backyard pool, a lake or the ocean, having fun there necessitates a cautious approach to help ensure that children and adults remain safe. Year after year . . .
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6/22/17
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New York state will soon begin implementing changes that will alter the way drinking water is protected and monitored for the better.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/1/17
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The New York State Public Service Commission announced last week that it had lowered New York American Water Company’s requested rate increase, granting a first-year increase of $3.63 million — less than half of the $8.7 million requested by the company.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/25/17
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New York state’s new $163 billion budget passed last week, including an allocation of $2.5 billion for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which aims to improve water distribution systems’ safety and quality.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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4/20/17
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As a young girl in Burkina Faso, Georgie Badiel walked for three hours each morning to fetch clean water. After moving to the United States about a decade ago, she went back to her home country in Western Africa to visit her pregnant sister, who still had to get up between 2 and 4 a.m. to retrieve the scarce resource.
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By Ben Strack
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3/7/17
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Research from the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, compiled from three years of publicly available water quality reports, found high levels of 1,4 dioxane in water serviced by the 39 water districts, including the Water Authority of Western Nassau, the Franklin Square Water District, New York American Water’s Lynbrook and Merrick Operations Districts, and the Town of Hempstead Water District.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/28/17
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Q. We came home from vacation to find water damage from frozen pipes in our new second floor, added last summer. We never expected this, but called the contractor who referred us to the plumber who, frankly, was no help. After 12 tries . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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2/17/17
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The sweep of history has ushered in the first woman ringmaster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and, at the same time, swept out the entire circus, which will close in May. After 146 years in business . . .
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2/3/17
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