Water quality
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"We'll be doing this forever." Understanding the impact of PFAS
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UW Madison researcher launches new PFAS study in Wisconsin as concerning picture emerges ---Category: Water quality
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EVERY DROP MADISON poll closes soon!
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Click here to take the poll --- We’ve had a great response to the EVERY DROP MADISON poll so far, but there are still a few days left to give your input on the next phase of water conservation and sustainability in Madison.Category: Sustainability, Water quality
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Imagine a Day Without Water
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Madison uses 26 million gallons of water a day. Can you imagine one day without it?Category: Our People, Serving the Community, Water quality
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Widely used chemicals detected in two Madison wells
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Questions about your water quality? Call our water quality department: (608) 266-4654 (Photo: Sample bottles for perfluorinated compounds testing) ---Category: Water quality
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Saving Madison from salt
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Updated Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 8:43am MWU looks for solutions as road salt infiltrates a major West Side drinking water well (Photos: About half of the road salt used in Madison is spread on parking lots, sidewalks and driveways.)Category: Water quality
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Into the bore hole: Tackling the road salt problem at a west side well
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Photo: A camera moves deep into the bore hole beneath Well 14 off University Ave. --- About five years ago, Madison Water Utility started getting complaints from people living in the Spring Harbor neighborhood, and they centered around one issue – taste.Category: Water quality
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Saving Madison from salt
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New WI Salt Wise campaign looks to educate the community about road salt as concerns grow over water contamination ---Category: Water quality, Sustainability
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Madisonians cite safety and conservation as top water issues
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Why add chlorine? The story behind water disinfection
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"...one kid every 8 seconds is dying because a simple thing like chlorination of drinking water is not there." -Dr. Marty Kanarek, UW Madison ----Category: Water quality
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Water main flushing puts Madison "on the forefront"
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--- It’s a tall order. Every spring, Madison Water Utility crews set out to clear mineral sediment from some 800 miles of water main. They spend months moving from neighborhood to neighborhood, opening up more than 2,500 fire hydrants to flush iron and manganese out of the city’sCategory: Water quality