Drinking Water

Join the Kill the Drill Campaign

Scott Stringer | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Scott Stringer

Kill the Drill is a campaign to voice opposition to any hydraulic fracturing in the city's upstate watershed, which supplies 90 percent of New York City's drinking water.

Getting More Out of the Men's Room

Steve Fleischli | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green


Steve Fleischli

The Metropolitan Water District is considering two competing projects -- with two very different approaches -- to provide Southern California an extra fifty million gallons of freshwater per day.

Clean, Safe Water For Two Cents A Day -- Not Bad, But Not Happening

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green


Joseph B. Treaster

Some experts think the number of people with unsafe drinking water could easily be 2 billion -- maybe even more. The statistics are fuzzy and no on really knows how bad it is. They just know it is bad.

Exxon Mobil Contaminated Drinking Water Wtih Gasoline Additive, Owes NYC $105 Million: Jury

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A jury has found Exxon Mobil liable for contaminating New York City's groundwater with a gasoline additive and has awarded the city $...

The Legacy of Erin Brockovich: Chromium Contamination in Drinking Water

Gina Solomon | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Gina Solomon

Almost ten years after Julia Roberts played the title role in the movie, the saga about chromium contamination in drinking water continues.

Drinking Water: The Next Campaign Issue?

ProPublica | Abrahm Lustgarten | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York


A preliminary report from a consultant hired by New York City warns that "nearly every activity" associated with natural gas drilling could potentiall...

In Reversal Of Bush Policy, EPA Launches New Study of Atrazine's Health Effects

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green


The Environmental Protection Agency today reversed its stance on the potential hazards of atrazine, one of the most commonly-used herbicides in the co...

Barbara Boxer Tackles Toxic School Drinking Water

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green


FRESNO, Calif. — A California senator called on the head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to disclose how the agency plans to ad...

Pennsylvania Faces A Tainted Wastewater Onslaught Due To Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green


Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Stee...

Rocky Mountains' Best Water Found In Aurora: American Water Works Association

The Denver Post | Posted 09.21.2009 | Denver


What city or town has the best tasting water in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming? Aurora, of course....

Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Neglected At A Cost To Health

The New York Times | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va. In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact wit...

Fruit Water - Can I or Can I Not?

Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Stefan Aschan

Walk into any supermarket and you will be bombarded with the smarter, better, or life changing water. You walk down the ale and then you don't know what makes sense.

Syngenta, Maker Of Weed-Killer Atrazine, Wants Lobbying Documents Excluded From Class-Action Lawsuit

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green


Lawyers representing the maker of the herbicide atrazine are asking that documents related to the company's lobbying and trade association activities ...

Water Utilities Lack Proper Filters For Weed-Killer

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green


Results from a federal drinking water monitoring program show that many public water companies are ineffective at removing a widely used weed-killer f...

Women Prefer Sleep, Water To Sex, Survey Says

cookinglight.com | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living


When it comes to health, drinking the recommended daily amount of water is more important to women than having enough sex, according to a national sur...

Water Contamination In Wyoming Could Be From Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination [1] near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three...

Another Gift to the Bottled Water Industry

Elizabeth Royte | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green


Elizabeth Royte

We must fix our municipal systems -- upgrade treatment plants to remove contaminants, repair pipes and better protect our watersheds from pollution.

Unplug and Recharge: A Refreshing Summer Elixir

Sara Avant Stover | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


Sara Avant Stover

Cucumber water is so refreshing on hot summer days and looks quite elegant simply sitting on the kitchen counter or table, too.

Our Drinking Water Under Siege

Jessica Lappin | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York


Jessica Lappin

In New York and across the country, hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) is used to access underground natural gas deposits. The prospects for pollution and contamination of our water supply, in an effort to get to the gas, are real and dangerous.

Burning Up at My Bachelor Party

Chris Kyle | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living


Chris Kyle

For goodness sakes, if my grandfathers could survive World War II, surely I can survive my bachelor party.

Energy Industry Uses Shady Data To Mislead Congress On Drinking Water

ProPublica | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green


The two key arguments that the oil and gas industry is using to fight federal regulation of the natural gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturi...

America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green


Steve Fleischli

By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.

Find Water Everywhere You Go in NYC

Scott Ballum | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green


Scott Ballum

The folks behind the TapIt Water initiative are taking the 'convenience' excuse out of the case for bottled water.

Think Before You Drink...Water

Hedrick Smith | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green


Hedrick Smith

Chemicals in consumer products are finding their way into sewers, storm drains, and eventually into our drinking water. Millions of people are drinking endocrine disruptors in their tap water.

Don't Take Your Drinking Water for Granted this World Water Day

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Scott Dodd

Where does your drinking water come from? Natural historian Sidney Horenstein has been asking that question around New York City for decades. The ans...