{"id":1863895,"date":"2023-02-28T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1863895"},"modified":"2023-02-28T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:07:37","slug":"fundraiser-launched-to-provide-water-filters-for-east-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fundraiser-launched-to-provide-water-filters-for-east-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser Launched to Provide Water Filters for East Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffundraiser-launched-to-provide-water-filters-for-east-palestine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1863895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/original_EPA.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p> Residents of East Palestine continue to face potential dangers as Ohio continues to help them. <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/biden-admin-pauses-removal-of-contaminated-waste-from-east-palestine-after-destination-states-complain\">contaminated<\/a> drinking <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-trump-gives-east-palestine-thousands-of-bottles-of-water\">water<\/a>, self-proclaimed &#8220;Water Bro&#8221; Augustus Doricko has set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/waterfilters\">GiveSendGo fundraiser<\/a> to provide filtration systems to those in need.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 5,000 people in the community are at risk of drinking toxic water, and the government has not acted, despite it being over three weeks since the chemical-carrying <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/revealed-east-palestine-toxic-train-derailment-100-preventable-report\">train<\/a>\u00a0first derailed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Authorities have yet to improve municipal or residential water filtration,&#8221; Doricko wrote on Twitter, &#8220;so we&#8217;ll do it ourselves.&#8221;<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Doricko explained that &#8220;when toxic chemicals settle into the soil and rivers, they seep through the ground and into the aquifer,&#8221; noting that &#8220;the only source of water in East Palestine is their aquifer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without filtration systems,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;they will be at risk of drinking the toxic chemicals from the industrial accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Donations will assist with the &#8220;acquisition, distribution, and installation of whole-house granular activated carbon filters for everyone in East Palestine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doricko noted that while the goal is to provide safer drinking water to all of East Palestine, the &#8220;first milestone is to install a reverse osmosis filter in 100 residences,&#8221; at a cost of $50,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>He explained that carbon filters are capable of removing around 97 percent of contaminants from water used for bathing, drinking, and washing dishes. The units $320 each, and while fitting typically costs between $40 and $100, local plumbers agreed to install them for $50, which Doricko called &#8220;a huge discount.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Doricko said that he currently had five local plumbers lined up, and that if he could find another twenty-two, 100 filters could be installed in a week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Upgrading the municipal filtration system is expected to cost around $600,000, a price Doricko hopes to bring down via grants and leftover money from the residential fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of East Palestine continue to face potential dangers as Ohio continues to help them. contaminated drinking water, self-proclaimed &#8220;Water Bro&#8221; Augustus Doricko has set up a GiveSendGo fundraiser to provide filtration systems to those in need. 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