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Latest Drinking Water News

Children’s Safe Drinking Water Wins American Express Members Project Contest
(August 10, 2007)
U.S. Congress Examines Drinking Water Crisis in Africa
(June 1, 2007)
Partnership Brings Clean Drinking Water to Ethiopian Schools
(December 4, 2006)
Preparedness Month Awareness Focused on Water Storage Tips
(September 11, 2006)
Membrane Filtration for LT2 Rule in New EPA Manual
(March 10, 2006)
Ground Water Awareness Week Begins March 12
(March 10, 2006)
Agreement on Three New Drinking Water Rules
(December 5, 2005)
Economic Development Costly to Chinese Water Sources
(November 11, 2005)
Study Provides Link Between Drinking Water and Noroviruses
(November 11, 2005)
Drinking Water Worry Tops Chinese Environmental Concerns
(August 8, 2005)
Committee Approves 2006 Funding for Clean Water State Revolving Fund
(August 8, 2005)
New Research Finds No Link Between Drinking Water and Pregnancy Risk
(August 8, 2005)
Walkerton - Five Years After
Lessons learned in the aftermath of Canada's worst E. coli Contamination
(August 4, 2005)
 

Tips/Factsheets

Water Storage Tips To Assist In Emergency Preparedness
- Water Quality & Health Council
Chlorine and Drinking Water: Here's to Your Health
-Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council
Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
-Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water
Glossary of Water Disinfection Terms
-Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council
Facts about Chlorine and Drinking Water
-Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council
Calidad Del Agua: Desinfección Effectiva (Spanish language)
-Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council
 
Articles/Studies
A Public Health Giant Step: Chlorination of U.S. Drinking Water
(May 20, 2008)
The Precautionary Principle Under Fire
(June 10, 2005)
Unsafe Water and Sanitation Issues - a 'Silent Humanitarian Crisis'
(March 4, 2005)
Drinking Water Chlorination White Paper: A Review of Disinfection Practices and Issues
-Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council
The History of Disinfecting Drinking Water with Chlorine
-Water World
What Lies Ahead for Chlorine Disinfection
-Water World
Groundwater Disinfection: Chlorine's Role in Public Health
-Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council
Safe Water Delivered Safely
-Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council
Water Disinfection Manual
-Pan American Health Organization
Seeking Safe Drinking Water
-Harvard University Press

Highlights From Our Newsletter

Disinfecting Private Wells
September 2005
Airlines Agree to New EPA Drinking Water Tests
(Winter 2005)
EPA Issues New Lead and Copper Guidance
(Winter 2005)
Balancing Competing Drinking Water Risks: EPA Preparing Final Microbial and Disinfection Byproduct Rules
(Summer 2004)
Reducing Lead Levels in Washington, D.C. Drinking Water -- A Progress Update
(Summer 2004)
Water in the Balance - A Boiling Crisis for the Nation's Water Supply
(Winter/Spring 2004)
Delivering Drops of Life: Restoring Water and Sanitation Services in Iraq
(Fall 2003)
New International Partnership Announced at 3rd World Water Forum To Promote Safe Household Water Treatment and Storage
(Spring 2003)
Field Evaluation of Emergency Well Disinfection for Contamination Events
(Spring 2003)
U.S. Waterborne Disease Statistics 1991-2000
(Spring 2003)
New International Partnership Announced at 3rd World Water Forum To Promote Safe Household Water Treatment and Storage
(Spring 2003)
 

Drinking Water and Health: Telling A Story

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