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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