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A Tall, Cool Drink of ... Sewage?

When you flush in Santa Ana, the waste makes its way to the sewage-treatment plant nearby in Fountain Valley, then sluices not to the ocean but to a plant that superfilters the liquid until it is cleaner than rainwater. The "new" water is then pumped 13 miles north and discharged into a small lake, where it percolates into the earth. Local utilities pump water from this aquifer and deliver it to the sinks and showers of 2.3 million customers. It is now drinking water. If you like the idea, you call it indirect potable reuse. If the idea revolts you, you call it toilet to tap.

City of Seattle won't buy bottled water

Good move. Shoulda happened a long time ago. We have one of the best municipal water supplies in the country; we should be proud to drink "Seattle's finest, straight from the tap."

Scientist who invented virtual water wins Stockholm Water Prize

"For a single hamburger, an estimated 2,400 liters of water are needed. In the USA, the average person consumes nearly 7,000 liters of virtual water every day." It said that was more than three times the average consumption of a Chinese person.

Meds lurk in drinking water

And while researchers do not yet understand the exact risks from decades of persistent exposure to random combinations of low levels of pharmaceuticals, recent studies which have gone virtually unnoticed by the general public have found alarming effects on human cells and wildlife.

Would you like some sparkling clear sewer water with your meal?

Orange County is putting reverse-osmosis treated sewer water back into the county's aquifer, and residents are going "Ick!" Their response speaks to ignorance of the fact that nearly every drop of water they've ever drank was once something's toilet.

More than 40 percent of Chinese rural drinking water unfit: report

More than 40 percent of drinking water in rural China falls short of government standards, state media said Monday, citing a health ministry study.

Second Thoughts about Fluoride, reports Scientific American

Fluoride, long believed to be a safe cavity-fighter, may be neither.

Redesigning Holland To Deal With Global Warming

With the exception of the major highways, it feels like you can't drive more than a mile or so in the Netherlands without running into water. It could be the sea; it could be a river; it could be a canal.

Imagine Atlanta Without Fresh Water: Georgia Lake Dries Up

Three states are fighting over dwindling water supplies. Imagine a modern industrialized nation like ours unable to provide clean and fresh water to its cities.

abc11.com: Fluoridation fears

For years, cities and towns have added fluoride to water supply. We've been led to believe that fluoride is supposed to make our teeth stronger. But now some scientists are pointing to a growing body of evidence suggesting fluoride could be damaging our teeth, causing cancer and possibly leading to other health problems

Atlanta Is Running Out of Water - OhmyNews International

Atlanta grew faster than kudzu as investors helped attract residents to the area's low cost of living and warm climate. But the arms of expansion extended well beyond the glass towers of downtown, sprawling out some 60 miles in either direction, presenting infrastructural challenges common to uncontrolled growth. Still, construction and bigger highways kept Atlanta's economic engine churning. That is, until a once in a lifetime drought threatened the region's most precious natural resource

The Future Is Drying Up

In-depth story about global warming, decreasing snowpack, and the threat to US cities.

Paying for the last drop

When there's no water, you can do only two things: pray for rain, or pay more. And it looks like more and more people will be forced down the second route. In this interview, Paul Butler, managing director of South East Water in the UK says people will have to pay more for water.

The bottled water lie

An embarrassing week for Pepsi after it was forced to admit that the H2O it puts into Aquafina comes from the same source as tap water. Bottled water is the perfect symbol of our culture and comes a huge cost to the environment. Now the bottled water companies are fighting back and taking out full-page ads in The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle .

US military officials knew about contaminated water at Marine base

As many as 1 million people were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, a US Marine Corps base in North Carolina, according to the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in a document revealed at a hearing convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington June 12. The figure is far higher than previous estimates.