Tag: water
Tired of the rain? Save some before it goes away
July 8, 2015With all the rain we’ve had recently, saving some water for a (non-) rainy day is probably the last thing on your mind. Yet it’s actually the perfect time to think about it, because waiting until your garden is dry and the plants are wilted and brown is too late. A rain barrel is the…
A tail of a water-testing method that relies on common scents
June 4, 2015There’s a new reason to love man’s best friend, and it’s pretty doggone awesome: A company is training rescued dogs to sniff out contamination in water. According to a story from Water Online, a Maine couple’s company — Environmental Canine Services — is the first company to use “scent-trained canines” to discover and track down…
Articles point out importance of quality water, wastewater services to region’s economy
March 17, 2015Lehigh County Authority is in the news! The Morning Call did a series of articles over the weekend as part of their LV Outlook 2015 section, which focused on the beverage manufacturing boom in LCA’s service area. As our customers may know, we provide water and wastewater services to many of the beverage and food manufacturing…
These are a few of our favorite things
November 30, 2014As we wrap up the long Thanksgiving weekend, we’d like to mention a few things we’re thankful for at LCA. This is by no means a complete list; we’d run out of room long before we even got close. In no particular order, then, here are a few of them: 1.) The Clean Water Act …
Got leaks? Here’s how to find out
October 15, 2014Don’t let a little leak add up to big charges on your water bill. We sometimes get requests from customers seeking a discount when they’ve lost water because of a leak in their home. Unfortunately, we cannot provide discounts for water lost because of leaks, because our nonprofit business model requires that we charge for…
Study: Are pharmaceuticals giving fish the munchies?
September 30, 2014Back in 2013, we posted about a finding by Swedish scientists that showed drugs in water were affecting fish: “Scientists in southern Sweden found that fish living near a sewage treatment plant have low levels of psychoactive drugs — benzodiazepines — in their systems. Further study has scientists speculating that these anti-anxiety drugs are having an…
In California, brown is the new green
September 10, 2014We’ve written several times about the problems posed by watering a lawn as the heat increases and the summer wanes. In California, the Santa Clara Valley Water District is taking it a step further. They’ve just introduced a new campaign called “Brown is the New Green.” The goal, organizers say, is to persuade residents “to…
World Water Week 2014 begins Sunday
August 28, 2014As August ends and summer draws to a close, World Water Week 2014 kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by the Stockholm International Water Institute since 1991, World Water Week serves as a platform for discussions about anything and everything that have an impact on our Earth’s water supply. The SIWS website says the annual…
Lake Meade levels paint a frightening picture
August 21, 2014We’ve experienced drought in the Lehigh Valley: crops have shriveled, lawns turned brown, sometimes wells even went dry. But the drought in the Southwest is like nothing we’ve seen here; at least not in our lifetimes. They’ve had 14 years of a dry so severe it’s left Lake Meade – the largest reservoir in the…
40 years of the Safe Drinking Water Act
August 10, 20142014 marks an important date for the water coming out of your tap: Four decades of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Signed into law by President Gerald Ford in 1974, the Safe Drinking Water Act was, quite literally, a watershed moment for public health and safety. It set federally mandated standards regarding the quality of…