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ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (KDKA) – The City of Aliquippa is taking a big step towards a better quality of drinking water thanks to a new filtration plant. From the ashes will rise a phoenix. That’s how the mayor of Aliquippa described it. But more literally, from debris will rise a new facility pumping out clear drinking water. READ MORE: Pa. Nurses Association: Graduates Left Waiting As Board Of Nursing Works To Process Licensure Requirements “Six years ago, if you would have said that the MWAA was going to build a $14 million water filtration plant, everybody would have laughed,” said Matthew Mottes, the chairman of the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. Tonight on @KDKA : Its a new day for residents in Aliquippa, they say. Water authority leaders are promising no more brown water due to high iron or manganese after they erect a water filtration plant. https://t.co/PEsoIXedJg — MEGHAN SCHILLER (@MeghanKDKA) February 25, 2021 Mottes and his crew didn’t necessarily … [Read more...] about Demolition Makes Way For New Aliquippa Water Treatment Plant

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The wearing of masks has been a hot topic recently and now that topic has reached the world of high school sports. Last November, the state issued a mandate requiring anyone inside a public place to wear a face covering. READ MORE: Pa. Nurses Association: Graduates Left Waiting As Board Of Nursing Works To Process Licensure Requirements “Our instructions to the schools was to check with their school solicitors, medical professionals and school boards to make their local decisions on that,” said WPIAL Executive Director Amy Schueneman. School districts seem to disagree over who qualifies for an exemption to that policy and that’s why some athletes are wearing masks and others are not. “You don’t have to have a doctor’s excuse, the schools can decide,” said Post-Gazette high school writer Mike White. “So the athletic director, principal and superintendent can say ‘Hey, do you have trouble breathing with a mask on when you play’? ‘Yes, I do’. ‘All right, … [Read more...] about Exemptions From Mask Wearing Creates Confusion For High School Sports

Telangana High Court on Thursday ordered the government to conduct another survey at the earliest to monitor the situation on an ongoing basis. While examining a case pertaining to Covid-19 situation in Telangana, the court asked the government to implement the measures suggested in the previous and the future surveys. The government submitted that three sero surveillance surveys were conducted between June 3 and December 2020. Between January 25 and February 12 this year, 1,03,737 RT PCR and 4,83,266 antigen tests were conducted in the state, the government said. Citing the examples of Maharashtra , Karnataka and other places where a second wave of Covid-19 is creating panic, the court directed the government to be cautious about the danger of the virus that is still looming large in Telangana. Release Corona bulletin on daily basis Taking a serious objection to the discontinuation of Corona bulletin, the court directed the government to resume it on a daily basis … [Read more...] about Telangana High Court directs government to take up fresh sero-survey soon

Pet owners are being warned not to release unwanted animals into the wild after an Eastern water dragon was seen swimming in the waters near Lake McLaren. Bay of Plenty Regional Council biosecurity manager Greg Corbett said releasing a pet into the wild was a lose-lose for both the pet and the environment, and many pets released to the wild did not survive. “Domesticated animals seldom learn the necessary hunting skills to survive, while other more exotic pets require certain climatic parameters – such as temperature – in order to live in the wild. “In the case of the Eastern water dragon they are a cold-blooded lizard native to warmer climates and when temperatures are cooler they are unable to move quickly and their diet is limited.” READ MORE: Auckland parrot, reptile breeding ban sparks backlash Exotic reptile living wild on Taranaki beach Australian dragons loose in Levin lake, DOC warns The footage received was a stark reminder that pets released to the wild … [Read more...] about Warning not to release pets into the wild after Eastern water dragon seen in Bay of Plenty lake

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 23 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Millions of Texans are grappling with boil water notices and other water-related issues Tuesday as the state is still reeling from last week’s deadly blast of wintry weather. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at one point Monday estimated that 8.7 million residents were under notices to boil their water before consumption – but that figure has fallen as of Tuesday as major cities such as San Antonio and Austin began lifting their warnings. "As of 6 a.m. CT Tuesday, more than 1,300 public water systems have reported disruptions in service due to the weather, many of them leading to Boil Water Notices," Gary Rasp, a spokesperson for the agency, told Fox News. "This is affecting more than 7.9 million people, in 204 Texas counties." Volunteers load vehicles with food and water at a … [Read more...] about Millions in Texas facing water issues as state still reeling from effects of deadly winter storm