Tapped out. In 2013 and 2014, 42 drinking water–associated outbreaks resulted in more than 1,000 illnesses and 13 deaths, based on reports to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

In the 50,000 water systems surveyed in the study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) between 2021 and 2023, there were ...

Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more ...

Tap water at over 10% of tested Aurora homes was found to have high levels of lead, according to results released by the city ...

Thousands of Americans have been warned that their drinking water has elevated levels of a contaminant, lead, posing a ...

Approximately 1,650 drinking water plants and 1,000 wastewater plants still report extremely hazardous substances, primarily chlorine gas, under the EPA’s Risk Management Planning program. For ...

In a real water treatment plant, additional steps are taken to ensure the water is safe to drink and not contaminated with dangerous things that we cannot see. Pour all your solutions down the drain.

Within the U.S., tap water sources are heavily regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. Because of this bill, the EPA is able to set ...

"At the the drinking water treatment plant, they can have ozone there that can kill the bacteria in the surface water coming in," Elmore said. "Some systems use Lake Michigan water, ...

Faced with a water-quality crisis, Iowa grapples to find a solution: Is it more treatment, voluntary conservation, regulation ...