Drinking Water

September 25, 2009--Water at some U.S. schools unsafe (Denver Post)

Over the past decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins An Associated Press investigation found that contaminants have surfaced at public and private schools in all 50 states — in small towns and inner cities alike.

August 13, 2009--Bottled water boom appears tapped out (Washington Post)

The recession has finally answered the question that centuries of philosophers could not: The glass is half-empty.

August 11, 2009--Salazar to highlight West's water challenges at forum (Pueblo Chieftain)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday that the West’s limited water supplies face growing pressure from agricultural uses, changing demographics and climate change - underscoring the need for mor

August 9, 2009--Some fear hydraulic fracturing will harm the drinking water (Grand Junction Sentinel)

A Halliburton Energy Services representative defended hydraulic fracturing Saturday as a practice needing no more regulation, while a researcher said analysis of health concerns is hampered by a lack of di

August 7, 2009--Suit to halt Calif. desalination plant dismissed (Denver Post)

A judge has dismissed an environmental lawsuit challenging what is being billed as the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere in Carlsbad. San Diego Superior Court Judge Judith F.

August 5, 2009--EPA reviews risk to children of percholorate in drinking water (Environmental News Service)

Perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel, fireworks and safety flares that contaminates water supplies in 35 states, may come under federal regulation after a scientific review, the U.S.
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