October 25, 2008

Movement Against Bottled Water Gains Municipal Adherents

Source: New York Times

LONG ISLAND residents love to stay hydrated on the go — they consumed half a billion bottles of water in the past year. The evidence is everywhere: plastic bottles stuffed in treadmill cup holders at the gym, lined up neatly...

October 23, 2008

Group: Stop water leaks instead of adding reservoirs

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

Metro Atlanta could use up to one-third less water instead of spending millions of dollars on new reservoirs, according to a report released Wednesday by a national river advocacy group.

Washington-based American Rivers offers...

October 22, 2008

Construction of Imperial Valley water reservoir begins

Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES

On a rocky patch of desert, federal and state officials Tuesday began construction on a $172.2-million reservoir that will store water from the Colorado River that otherwise would be "lost" to Mexico. The reservoir will mean more...

October 21, 2008

Science: Climate Change and Waterborne Disease

Source: WASHINGTON POST

Scientists say, it is a near-certainty that global warming will drive significant increases in waterborne diseases around the world, writes Washington Post staff writer Kari Lyderse

October 21, 2008

Dow's Reuse of Municipal Wastewater Wins 2008 ICIS Innovation Award

Source: CSRwire

(CSRwire) MIDLAND, MI. - October 21, 2008 - The Dow Chemical Company's innovative re-use of municipal wastewater at its Benelux site in Terneuzen, The Netherlands was named the winner of the Most Innovative Corporate Social...

October 17, 2008

Yale Scientist Refutes Study on Bottled Water Issued By Environmental Working Group

Source: Marketwatch

One of the nation's leading microbiologists, Dr. Stephen Edberg, professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, and the director of the Clinical Microbiology...

October 16, 2008

EPA faulted on waterway pollution from sprawl

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to stem the pollution washing into waterways from cities and suburbs, the National Academy of Sciences reported Wednesday. The report's authors urged "radical...

October 15, 2008

Bottled Water Is No Purer Than Tap Water, Group

Source: Bloomberg

Bottled water sold in markets and convenience stores may be no more free of pollutants than the water that pours from the kitchen tap at a fraction of the cost, said an environmental group that tested samples. Ten top-selling...

October 15, 2008

Bottled Water Not Always As It Appears; Some Tests Show That Toxic Content Exceeds State Law

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer

Bottled water brands do not always maintain the consistency of quality touted in ads featuring alpine peaks and crystalline lakes and, in some cases, contain toxic byproducts that exceed state safety standards, tests show.

The...

October 13, 2008

NUTRITION LAB; Bottled Versus Tap: Which Is Safer?; Your Home's Drinking Water Is Subject To More Scrutiny. And It Costs A Lot Less Too.

Source: Los Angeles Times
Elena Conis, Special to The Times

Those ubiquitous plastic water bottles have been increasingly vilified in recent years. Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, among others, have banned them from purchase with city funds. A few trendsetting restaurants,...