Water Better, but Not Drinkable
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By Zheng Lifei in Wuxi and Zhao Huanxin in Beijing  The worst of the Wuxi water crisis appears to be over, authorities said Friday night.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ARTICLE on Feb. 27, 2007 "Is additive to water really safe?" Ever since the addition of chloramine in our water, my skin is dry and itchy and I have not been getting enough sleep because I need to continually scratch my face, neck and body.
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By Sandra Barrera\\ Staff Writer  Drinking fluoridated water may ruin your baby's smile.
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The chemicals go down the drain, but in the environment they remain. Researchers have found that a complex brew of everyday compounds &#151; from products as ubiquitous as shampoo, bug spray and even that morning cup of coffee &#151; lingers in Minnesota waters even after they're showered off or dumped down the sink.
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By ED WHITE  SALT LAKE CITY - A wilderness-survival school where a hiker died of thirst is now allowing campers to carry a 32-ounce water bottle instead of a smaller cup during a grueling course in the Utah desert.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 12--GULFPORT -- A broken water main has forced the city to issue a boil water notice along Curcor Street between Cowan Road to Grubbs Avenue.
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Life & style: How healthy can something be with eight teaspoons of sugar in it? Emine Saner on the unpalatable truth about flavoured water.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald  Feb. 3--Two years after a mysterious chemical contamination shut down two-thirds of the pumps tapping Miami-Dade's largest source of drinking water, county engineers are preparing to put them back on line.
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Pure H2O, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PURH), a provider of innovative wastewater  treatment systems, is pleased to announce that it has successfully  completed a series of agricultural tests, using its water treatment  systems.  Mr.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 7--More people moving to North Carolina means more water usage in homes, businesses and industrial plants.
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In its Water Indicator Report, the agency says the pollution of groundwater supplies has worsened in many areas over the past 12 months, reversing the trends reported in recent years.  However, there has been a slight improvement in the pollution levels in some rivers.
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A chemical from rocket fuel that has seeped into drinking-water supplies nationwide is safe at higher doses than federal environmental officials had concluded, according to a report released Monday.
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By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 25--When the Petersens' well ran dry in June, the family dealt with the lack of water the best they could.   The Prunedale residents spent hundreds of dollars for thousands of gallons of water to be trucked to their home.
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Turning salt water into drinking water is not a solution to tackle global water scarcity, a WWF report says.
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By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 10--BLOOMINGTON -- The city may be looking for short-term solutions that may increase Bloomington's water supply and improve its quality.
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By The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 1--LIQUID, expensive, necessary and controversial. Water is the new oil in Oklahoma. We talk about it, fight over it and look apprehensively toward a time when we might have less than we need.
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Asking for bottled water or a canned drink aboard an airliner might be the safest way to fly. Coliform bacteria are showing up in more airliners than last summer when the government first took steps toward requiring sanitation improvements.