On AlterNet: drinking water
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "drinking water"
Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger. October 28, 2009.
This concept design, modestly called the Savior Bud, is one idea to help gather up moisture from a tree's respiratory process and create drinking water.
Environment News ServiceOctober 8, 2009.
Action was prompted by an EPA inspection that found all aircraft public water systems were out of compliance with the national primary drinking water regulations.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. October 1, 2009.
Have the necessary precautions been put in place by the state to safeguard drinking water for 9 million people?
Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. August 24, 2009.
One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water.
Environment News ServiceApril 10, 2009.
While California's Sacramento-San Joaquin river system took an unfortunate first place, rivers from Alaska to South Carolina made the list.
Environment News ServiceApril 1, 2009.
The chemicals used to disinfect drinking water and swimming pool water react with organic material in the water with toxic consequences.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. February 27, 2009.
The state has done little to study the impacts drilling might have on water supplies and is unprepared to treat the waste water it produces.
David Corn, Mother Jones. February 23, 2009.
In the fight over perchlorate in drinking water, Richard Bryan has oddly enough been on both sides.
Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica. January 26, 2009.
Jackson was confirmed despite questions about her failure to regulate contaminants in drinking water and other concerns.
Richard Girard, Polaris Institute. October 29, 2008.
New buildings are being constructed without water fountains, and existing buildings are decommissioning older fountains.
Christy Leavitt, AlterNet. October 28, 2008.
McCain's actual record on what comes out of our kitchen faucets would leave a bad taste in the mouth of most Americans.
Carl Pope, Huffington Post. September 25, 2008.
Even though the pollutant perchlorate has been found to cause health risks, EPA doesn't mind that its in your drinking water.
Elizabeth Royte, AlterNet. September 20, 2008.
More and more cities are implementing "toilet to tap" programs as the answer to our water crisis. But is it the best and safest option?
Michael B. Farrell, Christian Science Monitor. August 13, 2008.
The strangest thing about Orange County's facility that turns wastewater into drinking water, is that there was no public resistance.
Joshua Frank, AlterNet. May 12, 2008.
The U.S. has a grossly corrupted health protection system.
Barbara L. Minton, Natural News. May 8, 2008.
Tuscon residents may soon be drinking treated wastewater as part of a growing national trend to offset diminishing freshwater sources.
Brita Belli, E Magazine. May 7, 2008.
An initiative to charge diners $1 for tap water and donate it to UNICEF to provide clean drinking water is taking off.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 25, 2008.
An AP journalist who helped lead an frightening investigative report considers the dangers posed to the country's drinking water.
Khalil Abdullah, New America Media. March 17, 2008.
A group of organizations that implement clean water projects in varying regions of the world have some ideas.
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch AlterNet: Water. March 11, 2008.
Contaminants in drinking water are a national problem that need a national solution.
