Wednesday, January 21, 2009

City of the Day - Viking, MN

Viking is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 92 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 92 people, 39 households, and 26 families residing in the city. The population density was 180.3 people per square mile (69.6/km²). There were 44 housing units at an average density of 86.2/sq mi (33.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.09% of the population. There were 39 households out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2002 shows that customers of Viking drank water containing up to 4 pollutants. Viking is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

City of the Day - Temple, OK

Temple is a town in Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,146 at the 2000 census. Temple is located at 34°16?16?N 98°14?5?W? / ?34.27111, -98.23472 (34.271175, -98.234785). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,146 people, 488 households, and 301 families residing in the town. The population density was 876.8 people per square mile (337.8/km²). There were 604 housing units at an average density of 462.1/sq mi (178.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 75.65% White, 11.34% African American, 4.89% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 4.71% from other races, and 3.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.24% of the population. There were 488 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together.

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An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2002 shows that customers of Temple drank water containing up to 8 pollutants. Temple is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

City of the Day - Little Rock, AR

Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Pulaski County. The city's population was estimated at 184,422 in 2005. Little Rock, North Little Rock and Conway are co-principal cities of the Little Rock?North Little Rock?Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area, an area with a population of 666,401 people, according to 2007 census estimates. The MSA is in turn included in the Little Rock?North Little Rock?Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 841,325 in the 2007 census estimates. As of 2007 according to the US census, Little Rock now has a population of 187,452. Located near the geographic center of Arkansas, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called la Petite Roche ("the little rock").

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Water News

An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2003 shows that customers of Central Arkansas Water drank water containing up to 18 pollutants, including one unregulated contaminant. Central Arkansas Water is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

City of the Day - Warren, MI

Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 138,247, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third most populous city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb. The city is home to a wide variety of businesses, including General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal, home of the Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), the National Automotive Center (NAC), and the headquarters of Big Boy Restaurants International, Campbell Ewald, and Asset Acceptance. The current mayor is James R. Fouts, who was elected to his first mayoral term in November 2007. In 1950 Warren was an incorporated village of one square mile within the boundaries of Warren Township, Macomb County, Michigan. It was centered on the corner of Mound Road and Chicago Road. Warren was incorporated as a city in 1957.

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Date Violation Contaminant: 2000-07-01
Failure to report information to the public or state agency in the Consumer Confidence Report

Information on violations is drawn directly from EPA's national violations database in the Agency's Safe Drinking Water Information System. Analyses by others have raised questions about the quality of the information in EPA's database. For the purposes of this investigation, EWG is not showing below or including in our analyses, those violations for individual water suppliers that occurred on days for which the total number of violations assigned by EPA to that water supplier was greater than 20. This criteria was based on common characteristics of incorrect violations data as identified by water utilities, from a review of EPA's violations data by several hundred utilities prior to the release of EWG's investigation.

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Friday, January 16, 2009

City of the Day - Buffalo, NY

Buffalo, the 46th largest in the United States. Originating around 1789 as a small trading community near the eponymous Buffalo Creek, The latter part of the 20th Century saw a reversal of fortunes: by the year 2000 the city had fallen back below its 1900 population levels. The rerouting of Great Lakes shipping by the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway was a factor in the decline of the city. The closing or relocating of many of the steel mills and other heavy industries in the area also contributed to the decline. Most popular accounts hold that the name "Buffalo" is a corruption of the French phrase beau fleuve, "beautiful river," a phrase said to have been exclaimed by French explorers upon seeing the Niagara River. This speculation, however, is contradicted by primary sources. French explorers actually referred to the Niagara River in print as Riviere aux Chevaux, "River of Horses."

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DateViolationContaminant
2002-07-01Treatment Technique (Surface Water Treatment Rule)

Information on violations is drawn directly from EPA's national violations database in the Agency's Safe Drinking Water Information System. Analyses by others have raised questions about the quality of the information in EPA's database. For the purposes of this investigation, EWG is not showing below or including in our analyses, those violations for individual water suppliers that occurred on days for which the total number of violations assigned by EPA to that water supplier was greater than 20. This criteria was based on common characteristics of incorrect violations data as identified by water utilities, from a review of EPA's violations data by several hundred utilities prior to the release of EWG's investigation.

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

City of the Day - Eugene, OR

The city of Eugene is the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 60 miles (100 km) east of the Oregon Coast. According to the official 2008 population figures Eugene is home to the University of Oregon. The city is also noted for its natural beauty, activist political leanings, alternative lifestyles, recreational opportunities (especially bicycling, rafting, and kayaking), and focus on the arts. Eugene's motto is "The World's Greatest City of the Arts and Outdoors." It is also referred to as "Track Town, USA," the "Emerald City" and "The People's Republic of Eugene." The Nike corporation had its beginnings in Eugene. Eugene is named after its founder, Eugene Franklin Skinner. In 1846, Skinner erected the first cabin in the area. It was used as a trading post and was registered as an official post office on January 8, 1850.

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Water News

An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 2000 through 2003 shows that customers of Eugene Water & Electric Board drank water containing up to 1 pollutants. Eugene Water & Electric Board is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

City of the Day - Spokane, WA

Spokane is the largest city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States, The city is located on the Spokane River in Eastern Washington and is 110 miles (180 km) south of the Canadian border, approximately 20 miles (32 km) from the Washington-Idaho border, and 231 miles (372 km) east of Seattle. Canadian David Thompson explored the Spokane area and began European settlement of Spokane with the westward expansion and establishment of the North West Company?s Spokane House in 1810. The Spokane House was the first long-term European settlement in Washington state and the center of the fur trade between the Rockies and the Cascades for 16 years. In the late 1800s, gold and silver were discovered in the Inland Northwest.

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Water News

An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2002 shows that customers of City of Spokane Water drank water containing up to 12 pollutants. City of Spokane Water is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

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