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PRRS
4 cover
water, pollution, petrochemical political economy
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/toxic_coal_ash_being_dumped_in <https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/toxic_coal_ash_being_dumped_in>
"Well, what we’re seeing in Puerto Rico at the moment is really the culmination of a long-standing drinking water crisis that has in part been contributed to by these coal ash sites and by these plentiful Superfund sites. Even before Maria, Puerto Ricans had the worst drinking water quality of any state or territory in the nation: 99.5 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by drinking water in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Around 70 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by water sources that violated health base standards, so that had unlawfully high levels of contaminants or weren’t being treated in accordance with federal standards. Those contaminants included coliform bacteria and disinfection byproducts, but also the kind of volatile organic compounds that you would expect to see from leaching from these kind of Superfund sites and coal ash deposits."
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Toxic Drinking Water in Puerto Rico
Walter,
We have started to work with Waves to Water and Surfrider in Puerto Rico on this issue through the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust. We are tracking the water filter distributions throughout the island on GIS. However, we were originally providing filters that were focused on reducing exposure to biological contaminants, not chemical toxins. We may have to change our filtration strategies if our further assessments match the Democracy Now statement below.
The more we study the water problem in Puerto Rico, the worse it gets. We are working on rapid, field-based gene radar chip tests strategies now. We may also recommend metagenomic studies to understand the full range of biological pathogens we may be dealing with.
Mike
Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
Coordinator
Global Health Response and Resilience Alliance
Chairman
Oviar Global Resilience Systems, Inc.
Executive Director
Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc.
Cell: 202-468-7899
Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com <mailto:Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com>
http://resiliencesystem.org
> On Mar 13, 2018, at 8:04 AM, Walter LocalOfficeLandscape <walter@localofficelandscape.com> wrote:
>
> Perhaps we should be distributing bone char filters in addition to solar energy?
>
> https://www.uswatersystems.com/systems/filters/whole-house-backwashing-filters/bone-char-backwashing-filters <https://www.uswatersystems.com/systems/filters/whole-house-backwashing-filters/bone-char-backwashing-filters>
>
>
> Walter Meyer-Rodriguez ASLA, LEED-AP
> Professor Parsons New School
> Local Office Landscape Architecture
> 61 9th Street, Suite C3
> Brooklyn, NY 11215
> Tel 718.788.1987
> Fax 718.788.1787
> Mobile 917.940.9200
> www.localofficelandscape.com <http://www.localofficelandscape.com/>
>
> On Mar 13, 2018, at 7:54 AM, michael mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com <mailto:michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>> wrote:
>
>> PRRS
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>> 4 cover
>>
>> water, pollution, petrochemical political economy
>>
>> https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/toxic_coal_ash_being_dumped_in <https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/toxic_coal_ash_being_dumped_in>
>>
>> "Well, what we’re seeing in Puerto Rico at the moment is really the culmination of a long-standing drinking water crisis that has in part been contributed to by these coal ash sites and by these plentiful Superfund sites. Even before Maria, Puerto Ricans had the worst drinking water quality of any state or territory in the nation: 99.5 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by drinking water in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Around 70 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by water sources that violated health base standards, so that had unlawfully high levels of contaminants or weren’t being treated in accordance with federal standards. Those contaminants included coliform bacteria and disinfection byproducts, but also the kind of volatile organic compounds that you would expect to see from leaching from these kind of Superfund sites and coal ash deposits."
Toxic Drinking Water in Puerto Rico
Mike and Walter:
I am deeply concerned and agree that Puerto Rico needs clean water. I am at an NSF supported meeting focused on drinking water issues. A few attendees are from Puerto Rico. Inland Puerto Rico inhabitants are being forced to drink well and pump water in what were/are toxic dump sites.
Rita
From: michael mcdonald [mailto:michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 8:18 AM
To: Walter Meyer
Cc: content_management@m.resiliencesystem.org; Maria Rodriguez; Carissa Caban; Otto Flores; Jose@wavesforwater.org; Robert McQueen; Ethan Lovell; Antar Jutla; Rita Colwell
Subject: Re: Toxic Drinking Water in Puerto Rico
Walter,
We have started to work with Waves to Water and Surfrider in Puerto Rico on this issue through the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust. We are tracking the water filter distributions throughout the island on GIS. However, we were originally providing filters that were focused on reducing exposure to biological contaminants, not chemical toxins. We may have to change our filtration strategies if our further assessments match the Democracy Now statement below.
The more we study the water problem in Puerto Rico, the worse it gets. We are working on rapid, field-based gene radar chip tests strategies now. We may also recommend metagenomic studies to understand the full range of biological pathogens we may be dealing with.
Mike
Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
Coordinator
Global Health Response and Resilience Alliance
Chairman
Oviar Global Resilience Systems, Inc.
Executive Director
Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc.
Cell: 202-468-7899
Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com<mailto:Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com>
http://resiliencesystem.org
On Mar 13, 2018, at 8:04 AM, Walter LocalOfficeLandscape <walter@localofficelandscape.com<mailto:walter@localofficelandscape.com>> wrote:
Perhaps we should be distributing bone char filters in addition to solar energy?
https://www.uswatersystems.com/systems/filters/whole-house-backwashing-filters/bone-char-backwashing-filters
Walter Meyer-Rodriguez ASLA, LEED-AP
Professor Parsons New School
Local Office Landscape Architecture
61 9th Street, Suite C3
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Tel 718.788.1987
Fax 718.788.1787
Mobile 917.940.9200
www.localofficelandscape.com<http://www.localofficelandscape.com/>
On Mar 13, 2018, at 7:54 AM, michael mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com<mailto:michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>> wrote:
PRRS
4 cover
water, pollution, petrochemical political economy
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/toxic_coal_ash_being_dumped_in
"Well, what we’re seeing in Puerto Rico at the moment is really the culmination of a long-standing drinking water crisis that has in part been contributed to by these coal ash sites and by these plentiful Superfund sites. Even before Maria, Puerto Ricans had the worst drinking water quality of any state or territory in the nation: 99.5 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by drinking water in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Around 70 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by water sources that violated health base standards, so that had unlawfully high levels of contaminants or weren’t being treated in accordance with federal standards. Those contaminants included coliform bacteria and disinfection byproducts, but also the kind of volatile organic compounds that you would expect to see from leaching from these kind of Superfund sites and coal ash deposits."
Toxic Drinking Water in Puerto Rico
Walter and Mike:
Indeed, we must determine what pathogens we are dealing with and metagenomics is the optimum, and perhaps only, way to get this done.
Rita
From: michael mcdonald [mailto:michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 8:18 AM
To: Walter Meyer
Cc: content_management@m.resiliencesystem.org; Maria Rodriguez; Carissa Caban; Otto Flores; Jose@wavesforwater.org; Robert McQueen; Ethan Lovell; Antar Jutla; Rita Colwell
Subject: Re: Toxic Drinking Water in Puerto Rico
Walter,
We have started to work with Waves to Water and Surfrider in Puerto Rico on this issue through the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust. We are tracking the water filter distributions throughout the island on GIS. However, we were originally providing filters that were focused on reducing exposure to biological contaminants, not chemical toxins. We may have to change our filtration strategies if our further assessments match the Democracy Now statement below.
The more we study the water problem in Puerto Rico, the worse it gets. We are working on rapid, field-based gene radar chip tests strategies now. We may also recommend metagenomic studies to understand the full range of biological pathogens we may be dealing with.
Mike
Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
Coordinator
Global Health Response and Resilience Alliance
Chairman
Oviar Global Resilience Systems, Inc.
Executive Director
Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc.
Cell: 202-468-7899
Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com<mailto:Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com>
http://resiliencesystem.org
On Mar 13, 2018, at 8:04 AM, Walter LocalOfficeLandscape <walter@localofficelandscape.com<mailto:walter@localofficelandscape.com>> wrote:
Perhaps we should be distributing bone char filters in addition to solar energy?
https://www.uswatersystems.com/systems/filters/whole-house-backwashing-filters/bone-char-backwashing-filters
Walter Meyer-Rodriguez ASLA, LEED-AP
Professor Parsons New School
Local Office Landscape Architecture
61 9th Street, Suite C3
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Tel 718.788.1987
Fax 718.788.1787
Mobile 917.940.9200
www.localofficelandscape.com<http://www.localofficelandscape.com/>
On Mar 13, 2018, at 7:54 AM, michael mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com<mailto:michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>> wrote:
PRRS
4 cover
water, pollution, petrochemical political economy
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/toxic_coal_ash_being_dumped_in
"Well, what we’re seeing in Puerto Rico at the moment is really the culmination of a long-standing drinking water crisis that has in part been contributed to by these coal ash sites and by these plentiful Superfund sites. Even before Maria, Puerto Ricans had the worst drinking water quality of any state or territory in the nation: 99.5 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by drinking water in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Around 70 percent of Puerto Ricans were served by water sources that violated health base standards, so that had unlawfully high levels of contaminants or weren’t being treated in accordance with federal standards. Those contaminants included coliform bacteria and disinfection byproducts, but also the kind of volatile organic compounds that you would expect to see from leaching from these kind of Superfund sites and coal ash deposits."