Federal Water Tap, April 23: In Bay Area Earthquake Simulation, Water Off For Months
The Rundown A magnitude 7.0 quake on the Hayward fault would cut water off for six weeks or more for some residents in counties east of San Francisco. Senate Democrats ask the EPA administrator to set a legally enforceable standard for perfluorinated chemicals in drinking water. At the same time, Michigan’s federal lawmakers asked the […]
Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club’s Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton