The first large-scale desalination plant to turn seawater into drinking water for homes and businesses in the UK will open today in the latest sign of growing concern about water stress in the country’s most populated regions. (more…)
Up to 77 million Bangladeshis have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from contaminated drinking water, and even low-level exposure to the poison is not risk-free, The Lancet medical journal reported. (more…)
When the Babson drinking water treatment plant reopens this summer after months of state-mandated emergency repair work, it will employ a new chemical disinfectant system intended to prevent a repeat of last year’s bacteria crisis. (more…)
Water saving is likely to play an important part in the future of our nation’s capital, according to London Assembly member Darren Johnson. (more…)
Everyone needs water, and in much of the developed world, they get it—virtually for free. Yet companies have made a big business out of selling water products to people with ready access to safe, clean tap water. (more…)
Hundreds of millions of people that the UN declares have gained access to safe water and sanitation are still struggling with polluted supplies and raw sewage, a leading expert has told the Guardian. (more…)
The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. (more…)
Handle food in a clean environment, don’t buy frozen food unless it’s new stock and boil all drinking water. (more…)
If you are afraid because your tap has been running dry lately, then it is time you braced yourself for worse times to follow. Terrifying times, in fact. (more…)
Water quality engineering firm Panton McLeod has agreed a new deal with utility giant Scottish Water that will help keep drinking water supplies across Scotland at their purest levels. (more…)