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ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Some county residents here are taking measures to reduce their exposure to the fluoride that was recently added to the water supply, a recent Orange County Register story reported. County resident Blythe Fair said in the story, “I feel bad that there isn't a choice – there isn’t a way around being poisoned.” Among other things, Fair said she has been practicing Jin Shin Jyutsu to strengthen her bones and has changed the way she showers to limit exposure. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Orange County California residents saying ‘no thanks’ to fluoride FIND A FLUORIDE REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

ATLANTA — Unsanitary water conditions are to blame for 88 percent of all diseases, and agriculture is endangering groundwater worldwide, CNN reported on December 18. The CNN report, a review of the world water-health situation, relays information from various global sources, such as the World Bank, which reported that water-related problems are responsible for 88 percent of all diseases. Other sources quoted in the CNN report include UNICEF, the US Geological Survey, UNESCO, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Global Environment Outlook-4, the Natural Resources Defense Council and others. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Most global illness linked to poor water — CNN FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health (DEH) issued a boil-water advisory for the Sun Island Resort, a nudist resort in El Cajon, after tests confirmed the presence of total coliform bacteria in the water, according to a December 17 10News story. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Tests confirm bacteria in California nudists’ water FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

PORTLAND, OR — Officials here are preparing a report that justifies a petition they’ll make to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking a variance to federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulations relating to Cryptosporidium treatment, according to a December 10 article in The Oregonian. City officials say their water is healthy and does not need to be treated for the parasite. SDWA regulations state that public water systems must either cover all reservoirs or treat the water once it leaves uncovered reservoirs. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Portland Oregon to seek Cryptosporidium variance FIND A CRYPTOSPORIDIUM REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

BLACKSBURG, VA — Lead in drinking water is a growing problem across the United States, says Marc Edwards, an expert in drinking water safety who recently was interviewed by Earth & Sky Radio. Edwards, a civil engineering professor at Virginia Tech and a MacArthur Fellow for 2007, said Americans most likely take safe drinking water for granted, but that they should not, noting that aging water-delivery infrastructure contributes to lead levels in tap water. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Lead is growing problem — drinking water expert FIND A LEAD REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

STACY, MN — The tap water here is high in chlorine and is sickening families’ pets, an October 31 story in The Post Review said. Resident Ken Cummings, who has spent about $385 on water filters over the past three years, was told to stop giving his family’s pet rabbit tap water after it became ill. When he started giving it bottled water, it regained health. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE MN city water sickened families’ pets FIND A CHLORINE REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

BOZEMAN, MT — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently told the Manhattan Christian School, a private school located in nearby Manhattan, MT, that its new well contain levels of arsenic that are above the federal maximum contaminant level of 10 parts per billion (ppb), according to a November 27 Bozeman Daily Chronicle article. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE EPA tells MT school: Arsenic levels are too high FIND AN ARSENIC REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

WICHITA, KS — Seventy cases of Cryptosporidium illness have been reported here, and officials say the outbreak is getting worse, an October 13 KSN story reported. Sally Rogers says her daughter became ill in August with Cryptosporidium after using a city’s park fountain. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE 70 Crypto cases reported in KS city FIND BACTERIA AND CYST REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

FULTON COUNTY, PA — One family in this rural south-central Pennsylvania county is frustrated not only by the brown-tinged, manure-smelling water flowing from their faucets, but also by the slow response their calls to the state have received. The Clevengers first noticed the brown, manure-smelling water in the early-morning hours of October 5. Their son, Bill Clevenger, told the Public Opinion that within an hour of the time his parents first noticed the problem, he placed a call to the county soil conservation district, which fields local manure spill and soil erosion reports for the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE family finds manure-tainted water from faucets FIND BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

MERCED COUNTY, CA — Merced County employees who worked or work at the John Latorraca Correctional Facility are suing the county for $400 million as a result of arsenic being found in the facility's drinking water, an October 12 Modesto Bee story reported. Attorney Barry Bennett said the county failed to act after knowing the drinking water at its jail and juvenile hall was contaminated. Bennett said employees may have consumed food made with the contaminated water. According to Bennett, county employees have gotten sick with symptoms attributed to arsenic consumption. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Arsenic water leads to $400M lawsuit against county FIND AN ARSENIC REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

JUNEAU, AK — A 61 percent majority of residents here voted “no” earlier this week to fluoridating the city’s water supplies, an October 3 Juneau Empire story said. David Ottoson, a member of the anti-fluoridation group Juneau Citizens for Safe Water, said in the story, “There’s a lot of smart people in Juneau, and they understood the issue very well, and it was reflected in the result at the polls.” Ottoson said that there are better ways to for people to get fluoride. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AK city voters say 'no' to fluoride FIND A FLUORIDE REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

OLYMPIA, WA — About 8,000 Bethel School District students were told their schools were closed on October 4 after the Spanaway Water Co. detected E. coli in two routine water samples and total coliform in a third, according to an October 4 King5 report. The water company issued a boil-water alert to 20,000 customers in Pierce County on October 3. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE E. coli closes 10 schools in WA FIND AN E. COLI REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

A new book, The Blue Death, by Seattle epidemiologist Dr. Robert Morris, may not be easy reading for some water industry professionals: It chronicles waterborne epidemics, millions of miles of leaking water mains, evolving microorganisms, and bioterrorism threats that are all related to drinking water, according to the Web site of HarperCollins, the book’s publisher. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE The Blue Death: No fail-safe water system FIND BACTERIA AND CHLORINE REDUCING FILTERS HERE H2oFilters.Com

LETCHER COUNTY, KY — Vandals cut through three locks at this county’s main water tank and contaminated the water supply, according to a September 26 WKYT story. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Vandals contaminate KY water tank FIND BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

GREAT BEND, KS — Chemicals are getting close to public water wells here after they leaked through a nearby factory’s ventilation system, a September 20 KWCH story reported. The Plating Inc. plant ran for 20 years and has now been closed for a month. Dan Wells of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said chromium vapors came out of its ventilation pipe and got into the soil. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Chromium leak from factory near public wells FIND CHROMIUM REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

BYRON, WI — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has identified “very bad” E. coli contamination in residential drinking water wells here, according to a September 23 article in The Reporter. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE E. coli ‘off the charts’ in Wisconsin town FIND AN E. COLI REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Unless you're stationed in the rapidly disappearing Arctic, you've probably heard about the evils of bottled water these past few months. I've watched this whole slow-news-season "controversy" unfold with great interest, as it spoke to my own fraught love-hate relationship with bottled water. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Message in a Bottle FIND A GREAT WATER BOTTLE HERE H2oFilters.Com

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — This city has a ticking time bomb on its hands because a 48-inch water main is failing, and if it ruptures, the city’s water supply will be cut off, a September 19 Appen Newspapers story said. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Georgia city’s water supply has a ‘ticking time bomb' FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

RALEIGH, NC — This city has a four-month water supply left, and if it doesn’t get any rainfall, the supply will be depleted by January 2008, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Four months of water left for Raleigh, NC FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

SAN DIEGO — Mayor Jerry Sanders is opposing a plan to supply residents with treated sewage for drinking water, saying, “I’ll oppose any effort to bring about toilet-to-tap. There is neither the money nor the public will to support such a program,” according to a September 13 10News story. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE San Diego mayor opposes ‘toilet-to-tap’ proposal FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

A backlash is brewing against bottled water. The next trend? Tap water in reusable bottles. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE It's the bottle, not the water FIND A GREAT TAP WATER FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA — Private wells in a subdivision near Lake Tahoe’s South Shore are contaminated, but the groundwater contamination is localized, according to a September 14 Tahoe Daily Tribune article. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Private wells near Lake Tahoe contaminated FIND A HEAVY METAL REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

GAMBRILLS, MD — For eight years, Irene Carr drank water contaminated with cadmium and thallium, and now Constellation Energy, an energy supplier, is providing her and her neighbors with a weekly delivery of bottled water, a September 12 story in The Capital reported. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ‘Cocktail of metals’ in MD woman’s water FIND A HEAVY METAL REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

APPLETON, WI — This city’s 6-year-old water treatment plant, which receives passing grades for the quality of water it produces, has been dogged by production problems since it began operating, according to a September 9 Appleton Post-Crescent article. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Wisconsin water plant set for temporary fix FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

CINCINNATI — A sub-type (H5N1) of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is “readily inactivated” by chlorination of drinking water, according to a new study, as first reported September 7 on Effect Measure, a health-related Web site. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Study: Chlorination inactivates avian flu strain FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

TUCSON, AZ — A new draft of a 50-year water plan calls the reuse of wastewater for drinking water as the most significant way to respond to Tucson's expected growth, a Dec. 8 article in Tucson Weekly said. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE "Toilet-to-tap" best Tucson option FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

WELLS, ME — A week after heavy rains flooded much of New England, many residents in York County, ME, are still without clean drinking water, according to a May 24 article in the Portland Press Herald. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Maine well water still flood-contaminated FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — Water here will have a chlorine taste and smell for another month as officials await the delivery of equipment that will better monitor water quality. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Chlorine taste and odor lingers in TX city water FIND A CHLORINE REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

GREENVILLE, MI — Birds nesting on top of a water tower here are being looked to as the source of the E. coli detected in the water supply in August, a September 5 Grand Rapids Press story reported. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Birds being blamed for E. coli in MI city water DON'T LIKE BIRD POOP IN YOUR WATER?? FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — City Water Director Danny Ybarra has been put on administrative leave with pay and has admitted to knowing the city water supply was contaminated with E. coli days before the public found out, an August 25 KRISTV story said. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE TX director put on administrative leave after E. coli issue FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Legionella-tainted water may have killed one GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Legionella-contaminated water at a hospital here may be to blame for the death of a 37-year-old leukemia patient, according to an August 31 article in The Grand Rapids Press. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Legionella-tainted water may have killed one FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

‘Manure’-smelling water upsets residents WEST PLAINS, MO — Residents here are claiming a nearby large, indoor dairy farm is contaminating their water supply, although health officials are not sure if that is true, a September 4 Associated Press story from High Plains Journal reported. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ‘Manure’-smelling water upsets residents FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Cross-connect snafu: NC families drink wastewater CARY, NC — A man whose family drank and bathed in treated wastewater for about five months due to a public works department snafu told WRAL News that it never occurred to him that such a situation could happen here. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE NC families drink wastewater FIND A BACTERIA REDUCING FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Professionals urge Congress: Stop fluoridation NEW YORK — Over 600 medical, dental and other professionals asked Congress to put an end to water fluoridation until hearings are conducted, citing new scientific evidence that raises questions about the value of fluoridated public water, an August 9 PR Newsire press release reported. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Professionals urge Congress: Stop fluoridation FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Some readers angered by news Aquafina comes from same source as tap PepsiCo Inc's announcement that it would more clearly disclose that its Aquafina bottled water comes from the same sources as municipal tap water prompted hundreds of readers to debate the merits of buying a plastic bottle versus filling a glass at the kitchen sink. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Source of water reveals bottled-up controversy FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Drinking bottled water is one of those "green" things lots of people do. Here are some numbers that shape our lives: how much we drink, and what we do with the bottles when we're done. Think you're living green? Don't throw them away. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE DRINKING BOTTLED WATER FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

San Francisco is cracking down on the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles. This week, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning the use of city funds to purchase single-serving plastic water bottles. The order also prohibits the sale of such water containers on city-owned property. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE San Francisco is cracking down on the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

ID city wants to blend water to reduce arsenic TWIN FALLS, ID — This city’s drinking water has tested positive for arsenic, with levels as high as 18.1 parts per billion (ppb) in some samples, above the US Environmental Protection Agency’s allowable level of 10 ppb, a June 6 Times-News story said. A water quality report revealed the amounts last week, although the samples were taken in 2006. The city said it is working with the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to reduce the amount of arsenic. The DEQ has given the city until January of 2011 to bring arsenic levels down to 10 ppb. The city wants to blend arsenic-containing water with water from Blue Lakes Springs. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ID city wants to blend water to reduce arsenic FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Newsweek examines ‘emerging contaminants’ NEW YORK — The June 4 issue of Newsweek tackles the subject of how compounds known as “emerging contaminants,” such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and antibacterial soaps, are impacting drinking water supplies nationwide. In the article, author Anne Underwood notes how new technology is making it possible for scientists to screen for traces of compounds at levels that were previously undetectable — and that scientists are finding traces of just about everything for which they are looking. Scientists are concerned with endocrine disruptors, chemical compounds that mimic hormones when they enter the body, the article said. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Newsweek examines ‘emerging contaminants’ FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Nitrates pose potential threat to Lake Superior MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, MN — Nitrate levels continue to rise in Lake Superior, which contains 10 percent of the Earth’s supply of surface fresh water, and push lake water closer toward being considered unsafe to drink, according to a May 31 University of Minnesota press release. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Nitrates pose potential threat to Lake Superior FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Chromium plume threatens big L.A. water source LOS ANGELES — A well supplying drinking water to Los Angeles has been turned off due to the spreading of a contaminated groundwater plume that threatens an aquifer supplying 15 percent of the city’s supply, a May 28 MyFOX Los Angeles story reported. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Chromium plume threatens big L.A. water source FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Study: ‘Advanced’ treatment grows at healthy clip LONDON — The US market for advanced municipal drinking water treatment technologies — defined generally as membrane filtration, ozonation, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection and “novel oxidation processes”— is growing at an average annual rate of 10.7 percent, according to a new study quoted in a May 21 report Newswire Today. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Study: ‘Advanced’ treatment grows at healthy clip FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

Tap Water Might Be Making a Comeback The newest wave in dining chic is something as common as dirt. It's water -- and not just any water. Tap water. This accessible liquid is back and is being served at some of the finest tables in America. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Tap Water Might Be Making a Comeback FIND A FILTER HERE H2oFilters.Com

TX city reconsiders fluoride removal DEL RIO, TX - Some health care professionals and members of the community are asking city leaders to reverse an earlier decision to discontinue fluoridation of Del Rio's water supply, according to a recent report in Del Rio News-Herald. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE TX city reconsiders fluoride removal