PFAS in Baltimore-area school drinking water By Paul Katula • Nov 14, 2024 PFAS, a.k.a. "forever chemicals," have been detected in the water in 17 Baltimore-area schools. Remediation is needed.
Houston ISD closes due to boil-water notice By Paul Katula • Nov 28, 2022 Houston's schools were closed Monday due to a boil-water notice triggered by a power outage at a water purification plant.
2 suburban districts retest for lead in the water By Paul Katula • Oct 15, 2016 Lead and copper in the drinking water at 2 K-8 districts in Chicago's western suburbs has given school officials an urgent need to fix the water problem.
Concerns over lead in Newark school water By Paul Katula • Mar 13, 2016 Fears of lead in drinking water at schools have spiked after the Flint water crisis and a realization that lots of schools have old pipes.
Lead in the water supply in Flint, MI By Paul Katula • Jan 14, 2016 Dire situation in Flint, Mich.: The water supply is contaminated with lead from cheap pipes. Schools ask for help in the form of clean water.
Water, water, everywhere water — even in space By Paul Katula • Apr 9, 2015 NASA scientists have been looking for water (and life) on other worlds, and they've found evidence of liquid water in some of those distant worlds.