Fires can make drinking water, and the water pipes and tanks themselves, unsafe. A researcher who has worked with communities after several wildfires explains why, and what to do.
“Wildfires” contaminate water with harmful chemicals, not the harmful chemicals we use and concentrate like the responsible species we are.
(Tbf that’s not the only reason why water systems might get contaminated in relation to wildfires, but still a weird thing to say when it’s the materials we use.)
“Wildfires” contaminate water with harmful chemicals, not the harmful chemicals we use and concentrate like the responsible species we are.
(Tbf that’s not the only reason why water systems might get contaminated in relation to wildfires, but still a weird thing to say when it’s the materials we use.)