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Local Topic Humble/Kingwood has Chromium 6 in Their Drinking Water

Local Topic Humble/Kingwood has Chromium 6 in Their Drinking Water

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by: TEXASGIRLMAMMA Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 10:21pm  
Which Houston Area Communities Have Chromium 6 in Their Water — And How Much?http://patch.com/texas/houston/what-s-your-water-new-report-suggest-it-s-chromium-6 4951
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TEXASGIRLMAMMA Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 10:25pm  
The City of Houston Utility District No. 5 has 20 samples tested with 12 of those testing positive for Chromium 6 with an average of .22 ppb. The highest readings for Chromium 6 registered at 1.2 ppb at Kingwood’s Mills Branch plant.That's a little too close to home for me.  How can I find out which plant in Kingwood my water comes from? 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 10:34pm  
Chromium-6, the cancer-causing chemical best known for its role in the Erin Brockovich story, has been found at higher-than-recommended levels in the tap water supplying two-thirds of all Americans, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.EWG, a nonprofit research organization, analyzed Environmental Protection Agency data on more than 60,000 samples collected at water utilities in all 50 states between 2013 and 2015. They found chromium-6 at levels deemed unsafe by public health officials.RELATED CONTENTThis lab uses coffee grounds to extract lead and other toxins from waterHow to Get Chromium-6 Out of Your Water“Americans deserve to know if there are potentially harmful levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their tap water,” David Andrews, a senior scientist at EWG and co-author of the report, told the PBS NewsHour.Chromium-6 occurs naturally in the environment, but high quantities are also produced by industrial projects. Pollution can occur when these industrial sites fail to follow proper waste disposal methods, such as with unlined coal ash ponds.“The difficulty with chromium-6 is how to set a standard to protect human health during windows of development,” Andrews said.Even in small amounts, chromium-6 can cause skin burns, pneumonia, complications during childbirth and stomach cancer..... I'm now less fearful of the genetically modified mosquitos. Emoticon  4951
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TEXASGIRLMAMMA Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 10:40pm  
I'm now less fearful of the genetically modified mosquitos.
@elguapo:  I know!  The mosquitos aren't that bad now.  
 
 
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 5:29am  

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>> I'm now less fearful of the genetically modified mosquitos.
@elguapo:  I know!  The mosquitos aren't that bad now.  
 
 

@TEXASGIRLMAMMA: Except the disease carrying ones.
 
 
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 6:32am  
The City of Houston Utility District No. 5 has 20 samples tested with 12 of those testing positive for Chromium 6 with an average of .22 ppb. The highest readings for Chromium 6 registered at 1.2 ppb at Kingwood’s Mills Branch plant.That's a little too close to home for me.  How can I find out which plant in Kingwood my water comes from?

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Go here, to page 8.  There may be a 2015 or more recent one.https://www.publicworks.houstontx.gov/sites/default/files/images/utilities/wq2014.pdf 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 6:42am  

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>> The City of Houston Utility District No. 5 has 20 samples tested with 12 of those testing positive for Chromium 6 with an average of .22 ppb. The highest readings for Chromium 6 registered at 1.2 ppb at Kingwood’s Mills Branch plant.That's a little too close to home for me.  How can I find out which plant in Kingwood my water comes from?
 
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Go here, to page 8.  There may be a 2015 or more recent one.https://www.publicworks.houstontx.gov/sites/default/files/images/utilities/wq2014.pdf

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Also, there is somewhere else on the Houston public works site that shows the locations of the water wells that source the Kingwood system.  I just don't remember where or would post it. 4951
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ZMAN Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 7:15am  
#FAKENEWSLOLDidn't most of you vote to get rid of the EPA? May want to second guess that. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 7:22am  
#FAKENEWSLOLDidn't most of you vote to get rid of the EPA? May want to second guess that.

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I didn't get to vote on repealing the EPA.  If that was an option, I would vote against repealing it.  That doesn't mean it can't be made more efficient and effective, as with any bloated government agency.  4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 7:47am  
Don't drink water, do you know what fish do in it?? 4951
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sweetie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 Forum Moderator
~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 7:55am  
Old guy posted yesterday that water has poop in it , E. coli. He posted that it's safer to drink wine. Lol 😆 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 8:17am  
Old guy posted yesterday that water has poop in it , E. coli. He posted that it's safer to drink wine. Lol 😆
 
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It's the damn fish. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 8:35am  

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>> Old guy posted yesterday that water has poop in it , E. coli. He posted that it's safer to drink wine. Lol 😆
 
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It's the damn fish.
 
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Yuck.. makes me think about when you have a goldfish and you see his string of poop. No one would pour that goldfish water into a cup and drink it. Gag. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 9:27am  
In the 80s lake Houston was known to be the nastiest lake in Texas. Don't tell me they don't use that water to sell on KW system. 4951
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buffaloglenn Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 7 years ago   Mar 30, '17 9:42am  
In the 80s lake Houston was known to be the nastiest lake in Texas. Don't tell me they don't use that water to sell on KW system.

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They don't.  The systems are not even connected.  Kingwood is on its own.  4951
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TEXASGIRLMAMMA Active Indicator LED Icon 10 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Mar 31, '17 11:18am  
Go here, to page 8.  There may be a 2015 or more recent one. www.publicworks.hous tontx.gov/sites/defa ult/files/images/uti lities/wq2014.p
@buffaloglenn: Thanks for that link!  I think they should filter out all the contaminants before it is pumped to our homes.  Isn't that their job and part of what we are paying for when we pay our water bill?  I guess I need to get a water filter and filter all the drinking/cooking water through it.  What is the best kind of water filter for the whole house?  Does anyone know of a group who is working to make the city do their job?  We should be able to drink the water out of the faucet without further filtering.
 
 
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