U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.) asked the government to provide $3 million to develop the technology to remove chromium 6 from contaminated water wells.
A recent article in the Neiro Toxicology Journal reports evidence that public drinking water treated with sodium silicofluoride or fluosilic acid, known as silicofluorides (SIFs), is linked to higher uptake of lead in children.
A group of water well contractors, suppliers and others in the industry recently voted to form the North East Florida Water Well Association and elected officers.
Organizations representing hundreds of agricultural and urban water agencies have called on President Bush to reverse years of declining budgets for the Bureau of Reclamation.