What is E. coli?
E. coli is an oblong rod-shaped bacterium. E. coli is a microbial that is a part of the normal flora of the gastrointestinal tract. It is naturally found in the large intestine of humans or animals. When E. coli is present inside the large intestine, it doesn’t usually cause any problems or illness.
You may have heard of E. coli from recent reports of illness due to exposure to the bacteria through eating contaminated vegetables or meat. Some strains of E. coli produce toxins and cause food poisoning …

The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Lead Program is committed to keeping our kids safe from lead exposure. The EPA recently commended the work conducted by the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Lead Program by featuring the project on their webpage. Sonia Corleto, Environmental Protection Specialist, heads the Lead Program for the Tribe. The program utilized EPA tribal lead grant funding to identify potential lead-based paint hazards at pre-1978 tribal housing and pre-1978 child-occupied facilities.
>> Click here to go to the EPA Lead Website.

Many places in the United States get their drinking water from surface sources such as rivers, streams, and lakes. Here at the FPST we have a single source of water to draw from. We get our drinking water from a single groundwater source, an aquifer. Because this is our only source of drinking water in this dry land, protecting that source is critical.

The 2009 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report is now available for download.
The Annual Drinking Water Quality Report is provided as a federal requirement of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires that all water utilities produce an annual report to inform customers about the quality of their drinking water.

Are you confused about what you can toss into your recycle bin? Use this quick reference to determine if we can take your items for recycling. Post this reference on your fridge or recycle bin as a reminder when sorting your recyclables.

It’s the land that water flows across or under on its way to a stream, river, lake, or wetland. A landscape is made up of many watersheds. Within each watershed, all water runs to the lowest point. On its way, water travels over the surface and across the farm fields, suburban lawns, and city streets, or it seeps into the soil and travels as ground water. Everyone lives in a watershed. You and everyone in your watershed are part of a watershed community. You influence what happens in your …

The Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program began seasonal water sampling of the Tribal water system in May of this year.

Keeping plastic bottles out of our landfills is an important mission. 8 out of every 10 plastic water bottles used ends up in a landfill. There is one little problem lurking in the recycling shadows though. Bottle caps, believe it or not, are a problem when it comes to recycling. When you recycle your plastic bottles, please remember remove caps and rinse out the bottles.

A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used to kill a pest. Although there are benefits to the use of pesticides, there are also drawbacks, such as potential toxicity to humans and other animals.
Did you know that these common household products are pesticides?

Lead is such a well-known health hazard that it came as a shock to discover that toys handled by children could contain this toxin. Just how dangerous is this exposure? That’s the question physicians are being asked by parents who find a lead-tainted Elmo, Dora, or other toys among their child’s possessions. Millions of toys, lunch boxes and pieces of jewelry manufactured in China have been recalled because they contain lead either in the paint that coats them or as a component of the plastic used to make the …