Expenses a company has when it drills for oil or natural gas. Intangible drilling costs are sometimes convenient for a company's tax purposes because it can deduct intangible drilling costs in one year when the company perhaps found little or no oil from profits made in a different year when the company does find oil.
Bruce Lanphear, a professor at Simon Fraser University and also an expert in lead toxicity, said Edwards not only studies the impact of lead in water, but he makes his testing available to communities in need, like he did in Flint.
Thus, total coliforms are used to determine the vulnerability of a system to fecal contamination.. This is the area in which a boil water advisory is in effect on the west side of the city of Flint.Fecal coliform and E. coli are bacteria that indicate water may be contaminated with human or animal feces.LINT, MI -- A second water sample in an area where residents have been told to boil their drinking water has tested positive for total coliform, meaning owners of businesses and residents there should continue to boil water until further notice -- at least until Wednesday, Aug. 19. We don't know yet what caused this.