Water In The News - Berkey ®
October 2008:
1. Governor signs into law sprawl and water supply measures - CA (10/01/08)
2. Difference of Opinions for MO Water Quality - MO (10/01/08)
3. Judge: No group lawsuit against DuPont over water - WV (10/01/08)
4. Langston residents cautioned about contaminated water - OK (10/01/08)
5. Water quality in NZ worsening - NZ (10/02/08)
6. Bend's tap water isn't filtered, but it still measures up - OR (10/02/08)
7. Louth water contaminated by lead - Ireland (10/02/08)
8. Community fights mine for water - Peru (10/02/08)
9. DOE to clean up Hanford groundwater - WA (10/3/08)
10. Boil water advisory in effect in Scranton - PA (10/04/08)
11. EPA Won't Regulate Rocket Fuel Toxic in Drinking Water - D.C. (10/06/08)
12. Tests show excess lead in Bay area drinking water - MI (10/06/08)
13. 136 villagers poisoned by water in southern China - China (10/07/08)
14. Water woes leave residents feeling high and dry - NC (10/07/08)
15. Court puts kibosh on subdivision - VT (10/08/08)
16. Residents to buy water during PCB dredging - NY (10/11/08)
17. The problem - WA (10/11/08)
18. Cleanup on the corridor - PA (10/12/08)
19. Report: Water agency kept mum about uranium levels - CA (10/12/08)
20. Water board postpones use of water with high uranium levels - CA (10/14/08)
21. Some bottled water toxicity shown to exceed law - USA (10/15/08)
22. Drinking Water Polluted in the Rio Grande Valley - TX (10/15/08)
23. Residents hear advice on tainted well water - CA (10/15/08)
24. EPA announces clean-up plans for Evor Phillips site in Old Bridge - NJ (10/15/08)
25. EPA detects polluted groundwater in Dayton - OH (10/17/08)
26. Palm Beach to test drinking water from West Palm Beach - FL (10/17/08)
27. Victor Copes With Contaminated Ground Water - NY (10/17/08)
28. Officials outline cures for tainted water woes - NC (10/18/08)
29. Boil Water Order for City of Fulton - NY (10/18/08)
30. Boil Water Notice Issued - FL (10/19/08)
31. Island water source turning salty - SC (10/20/08)
32. Autumn brings yucky water - SC (10/22/08)
33. DEP seeks cause of river pollution - PA (10/22/08)
34. Belle Fourche, Butte County seek study feedlot area water - SD (10/23/08)
35. Residents not happy with the latest plans for water treatment facility - OH (10/23/08)
36. Man in Fresno hospital contracts Legionnaires' - CA (10/23/08)
37. Winthrop to update residents about ground-water cleanup - ME (10/24/08)
38. Cholera epidemic spreading quickly in Guinea-Bissau - West Africa (10/24/08)
39. URI students taking to the water - RI (10/24/08)
40. Resident concerned about bacteria in water system - MO (10/24/08)
41. Dallas joins water fight - TX (10/25/08)
42. Study suggests drinking water may cause norovirus outbreaks - Canada (10/26/08)
43. Businesses wilt under water bans - Australia (10/27/08)
44. More Itoham Products Being Recalled for Use of Tainted Water - Japan (10/27/08)
45. Boil water order for Potrero General Store - CA (10/27/08)
46. PCB project threatened - NY (10/27/08)
47. Dirty water taken from landfill site - New Zealand (10/28/08)
48. SAWS customers no longer being asked to boil water - TX (10/28/08)
49. Contractor hits pipe, water contaminated - TX (10/28/08)
50. EPA Orders Water Systems To Decrease Arsenic In Drinking Water - CA (10/28/08)
51. Iraq: millions at risk from polluted water - Iraq (10/29/08)
52. Contaminated well water in Lee County - GA (10/29/08)
53. Flush then drink in the Sunshine State - Australia (10/30/08)
54. Residents fear sewage may have contaminated water - Canada (10/30/08)

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