Drinking Water
June 19, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One in eight people – 884 million worldwide – lacks access to safe water. Because of this, 1.8 million children die each year from diseases
Read More
June 12, 2012
DALLAS — Speaking before an estimated crowd of 2,000 water professionals during the opening general session of the American Water Works Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition in Dallas yesterday,
Read More
June 5, 2012
WASHINGTON — To mark the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) hosted a panel discussion on May 31 about the urgent
Read More
June 5, 2012
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) is accepting pre-proposals under its 2012 Unsolicited Research Program. The program aims to fund pioneering research that significantly advances understanding
Read More
May 22, 2012
DENVER — Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, who is leading a group of Texas mayors in building support for vital new watering restrictions, will share his leadership insights with elected
Read More
May 22, 2012
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Many residents in the San Angelo, Texas-area are raising concerns about the health effects of drinking water from the Hickory Aquifer, which is contaminated with
Read More
May 15, 2012
KONA, Hawaii — Bottled-water company Koyo USA has agreed to pay the Hawaii department of health $2 million as part of a settlement in an enforcement case, KHON2 reported.
Read More
May 15, 2012
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last week announced the launch of a new National Water Quality Initiative committed to improving one to seven impaired watersheds in every U.S.
Read More
May 8, 2012
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a list of 28 chemicals and two viruses that approximately 6,000 public water systems will monitor from 2013 to 2015 as
Read More
May 8, 2012
VOORHEES, N.J. -- American Water, the nation’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, today announced its nationwide participation in National Drinking Water Week, May 6-12, 2012. Throughout the
Read More