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High water pressure in Montpelier drinking water system prompts multi-day outage for apartment building
In Montpelier, the pipes that carry water through the streets — from homes to restaurants and government buildings — have been breaking often. City and state officials say it’s a combination of the city’s old pipes and unusually high pressure of the water running through them.
New law requires farmers and others to keep records of surface water withdrawals
In the face of climate change, lawmakers and state officials want to understand how much water businesses divert from streams and rivers. Farmers were required to start recording their usage on July 1.
Herbicide treatment for invasive weed in Lake Bomoseen spurs big opposition
More than 1,300 people have signed a petition opposing spraying herbicides in Lake Bomoseen as a treatment for invasive milfoil, but a leader of the lake association says it isn’t planning to spray anytime soon.
With federal funding, Vermont towns look to finance water infrastructure projects this Town Meeting Day
Flush with federal dollars, towns in Vermont are getting ready to put millions toward water infrastructure projects, which will help keep water clean and bring it safely in and out of homes and buildings.
A long history of building for cold weather may have consequences as the climate warms
Burlington was recently found to have an exceptionally high level of trapped heat compared to other cities. That could be partly due to building design intended for colder climates.
Fish & Wildlife to post signs warning against baitfish use in ponds home to brook trout
Wild native brook trout face competition for food from baitfish released by anglers. Vermont Fish & Wildlife hopes new signs will help protect the state’s cold-water fish.
Proposal to sink ferry in Lake Champlain is scuttled by public opposition
The plan was to scuttle the ferry Adirondack at the bottom of the lake in 2022, both to preserve the vessel and to give divers a new site to explore about a mile off the Burlington waterfront.
Vermont’s rural fire districts hope federal cash will stabilize ailing water systems
As discussions build in Vermont about how to spend an influx of federal money, water access advocates hope to direct the money to underfunded rural water systems.
Most water utilities left out of aid program to help consumers with late bills
“I see this a lot with the Legislature. They don’t understand the universe of what a public water system is.”
Robby Porter: Water is everything
Prodded by the chance to spend a father-and-son week road-tripping across this magnificent country, I flew to Los Angeles.
Tests on taps find lead in water of some older Vermont schools
With the results in for eight of the 16 schools involved in the pilot project, four schools reported elevated lead levels in the tap water of at least one, and sometimes more, faucet or drinking fountain.
Paddling in protest: Boaters call attention to water pollution
Paddlers in a river-borne protest called for an end to “combined sewage overflows,” in which city wastewater systems send untreated sewage to rivers and lakes in heavy rains.
Then Again: When water was the cure for what ailed you
Nearly every community seemed able to find a spring to charge people for using. Guests — who included Harriet Beecher Stowe — liked their water fetid. The smellier, the stronger the curative powers.
