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NYPD doused with water: Videos show water thrown on New York City police officers being attacked with buckets of water while responding to calls in Harlem
Videos show officers drenched with water The New York Police Department (NYPD) said Tuesday that one person is being questioned in connection with a viral video of police officers being doused with water while responding to calls. The videos caused widespread outrage in the city and online. One video, taken in Harlem over the weekend, …
Water main break damages West Ely Road in Hannibal
A road in Hannibal remains closed after a water main break over the weekend. Crews fixed the water main that broke Saturday morning along West Ely Road. Monday, the street department began working on that road after it buckled from the water main break. Traffic is being sent around the break through a side street. …
Fort Lauderdale could be without water until Friday due to water main break, officials say
The service outage will also impact surrounding municipalities that receive their water through the city, including Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors and sections of Davie and Tamarac, according to the city’s Twitter page. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said in a news conference that a 42-inch water main was damaged Wednesday by a subcontractor working …
Fort Lauderdale, surrounding cities without water until Friday…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A water main break in Fort Lauderdale has left the city and neighboring municipalities without water service at least until Friday morning. Mayor Dean Trantalis said a Florida Power & Light contractor doing construction work near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport damaged a 42-inch water main Wednesday. The water main supplies raw water …
It’s in the Water: Antimicrobial Contamination and the Environment
Global dependence on antimicrobials It is hard to imagine a world without antimicrobials. From healthcare to agriculture; antimicrobials underpin the microbiological safety of our modern world. In agriculture, antibiotics are used to control microbial pathogens and promote growth in livestock animals. In 2017, the FDA reported that over 10 million kilograms of antimicrobial drugs …
Needham Street in Newton reopened day after major water main break
0 Needham Street in Newton reopened day after major water main break NEWTON, Mass. – A major water main break that shut down Needham Street in Newton on Wednesday afternoon has been repaired. Water main under Needham St repaired. Water service restored. Needham St open to thru traffic at 7:30 for a.m. commute. Expect lane closures …
SOUTH END WATER MAIN BREAK: Large water main break floods busy street outside South End
0 Large water main break floods busy street outside South End CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Water was rushing across a busy Charlotte road Wednesday morning after a large water main break outside of South End. Officials shut down both directions of South Boulevard near Clanton Road around 10 a.m. as crews worked to make repairs. According to the …
Florida woman says dad died of flesh-eating bacteria less than 48 hours after entering water
A Tennessee man died just 48 hours after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria from waters in Florida after his daughter says the hospital he was treated at ignored her warnings that he had contracted necrotizing fasciitis. Cheryl Bennett Wiygul, a resident of Okaloosa County, said her parents had come down from Memphis to spend several days with …
Great Lakes break 100-year-old water level records
CLOSE The Detroit weather forecast for July 11, 2019. Wochit, Wochit Some Great Lake water levels hit record highs in June and are only expected to keep climbing, prompting concern from Michigan officials for waterfront communities already flooded. Lake Superior, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario set record high monthly mean water levels …
Climate change: Water and green energy produced by a single device
Image copyright Wenbin Wang Image caption How a combined solar panel and water purifier might look Researchers have found a way to purify water and produce electricity from a single device powered by sunlight. The scientists adapted a solar panel that not only generated power, but used some of the heat energy to distil and …
