IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, YOU MIGHT NOTICE YOUR WATER LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEK THE PW ESSAY SAYS -- THE PWSA SAYS IT IS ABOUT TO ADD A CORROSION CONTROL TO THE ...

TROY (NEWS10) – On Wednesday, the City of Troy began adding orthophosphate to its water treatment process, a move mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address elevated lead levels.

Tap water from Green Bay, Wis., never exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s lead action level until 2011, when concentrations of the brain-damaging metal suddenly spiked to over 25 ppb.

"The purpose of the orthophosphate is to form, in effect, a very thin, microscopic almost, layer on the pipe, so the water, as it flows through, will not corrode," PWSA executive director Robert ...

Aurora is set to introduce a new chemical into its drinking water to help control the lead levels in certain homes. The chemical, called dipotassium orthophosphate, reacts with lead pipes to seal in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Six years after Denver Water detected elevated lead in tap water at some homes, state health officials have ordered the injection of a chemical into water ...

A pilot program to begin sometime this year will look at using orthophosphate in both Regina and Moose Jaw as a way to mitigate risks of lead service connections (LSCs) present in both cities. There ...

Aging lead-pipe drinking water systems, along with the public health measures implemented to reduce their risks, are reshaping the chemistry and health of nearby urban streams. New research from ...

High crop yields depend on the continuous input of orthophosphate (PO 4 −3)-based fertilizers and herbicides 1,2. Two major challenges for agriculture are that phosphorus is a nonrenewable resource ...