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SO. DAKOTA RESEARCH TEAM: ALARMING INCREASE IN STOCK DAM SALTWATER DURING 2021 DROUGHT

Rapid City, SD - A team of research faculty and students at South Dakota Mines has been tracking salinity content in 70 stock dams across 12 watersheds in two northwestern South Dakota counties over the past two years. Their study, funded by the Bureau of Land Management, shows an alarming trend of increasing salinity in the stock dam water during the ongoing drought of 2021. In some cases, the salt concentrations of the water is high enough to cause adverse health effects for livestock and wildlife. In a handful of stock dams, the salinity is high enough to be lethal.

"We hope the information will help the people who matter the most, and that's the livestock producers in this scenario," says Lisa Kunza, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, biology, and health sciences at South Dakota Mines. "Our producers need decent water to give to their cattle and this trend could exacerbate the water shortages they are already facing. We hope our students can foster this collaborative effort to help local ranchers and land managers understand this problem, know their options, and find solutions."

https://newjersey.news12.com/heat-alert-customers-in-30-towns-to-be-under-water-conservation-order-for-days-following-water-main-break

Neighbors in nearly 30 towns across New Jersey are having to handle the extreme heat, while also dealing with issues with their water following a large three-foot water main break in Somerville.

New Jersey American Water is asking residents in the impacted areas to limit water use to essential purposes.

The long list of the towns impacted includes Bridgewater, Kingston, Princeton, Raritan, West Windsor and Bedminster.

According to officials, it’s going to take at least three days for everything to get back to normal after the break.

As crews work in the extreme heat, residents may experience low water pressure or discolored water.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-water-quality-monitoring-devices-market-to-reach-4-1-billion-by-2026–301322531.html

Global Water Quality Monitoring Devices Market to Reach $4.1 Billion by 2026

As the world searches for sustainable solutions for an increasingly thirsty planet, growing in prominence are alternative sources of deriving fresh water supplies for agriculture, domestic as well as industrial applications. Water quality monitoring devices have elicited specific interest in this regard. In several parts of the world, usable water needs are no longer met by natural sources such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and underground wells. Increased health consciousness in recent years, especially for high quality water, coupled with stringent regulatory environment is increasing demand for water quality monitoring devices. Eutrophication represents a predominant water quality problem which is mainly due to high-nutrients loads including phosphorus and nitrogen. These contaminants mainly stem from agricultural runoff, domestic sewage, and industrial effluents. Personal care products and pharmaceuticals such as birth control pills, antibiotics, painkillers also impact the aquatic ecosystems. Routine testing of drinking water supplies, and environmental waters is important for general public health as infections contracted from contaminated water supplies represent a major cause of illness and death worldwide.

sanctions must be working

https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/06/30/2530464/rouhani-biden-s-failure-to-honor-jcpoa-betrayal-of-us-voters

Speaking at a cabinet session on Wednesday, Rouhani said although US President Joe Biden had in his election campaign frequently slammed Donald Trump for the mistake of pulling Washington out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and admitted that the sanctions on Iran are futile, the new US administration has maintained Trump’s policy of crimes and economic terrorism against Iran.

If Biden procrastinates, even to a small extent, in carrying out the JCPOA, he will betray the votes of American people, the Iranian president added.