In 1908, Jersey City, N.J., became the first city in the United States to chlorinate its municipal tap water. Other municipalities rapidly followed suit with water filtration and purification systems, and the United States witnessed what were arguably the most dramatic and rapid improvements in public health ever achieved. (more…)
CompaniesandMarkets.com has released a new report and market analysis on the bottled water industry in the United States, according to a press release. (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The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal.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…)
Nasa satellites have weighed the water lost by the US State of California’s heartland since 2003. The Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins which support the highly productive Central Valley have shed over 30 cubic km of water in that time. (more…)
The governors of Alabama, Florida and Georgia are optimistic that they will find a solution to their three-state water dispute within one year, the Associated Press reported. (more…)
Canadian Clear Water FZC, Internationally acclaimed water technology solution provider, has set up 20 Million USD desalination plants in Egypt, Oman & Iraq to serve to meet the growing demand for potable water in respective countries. (more…)
It is an understatement to assert that water is a simple and basic resource we all need to survive. In the United States, clean, healthy water is available almost everywhere. And yet, the bottled water industry has grown tremendously in the last thirty years and has been forecasted to grow even more next year. (more…)
U.S. water and wastewater utility partners with four Netherlands-based entities on cleaner membrane research that could result in cost efficiencies. (more…)
The California water crisis is so serious it’s like an earthquake or a raging wildfire. That’s the word coming from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) of California on Friday, who has now declared a drought emergency. (more…)
20 water agencies look to ocean water as relief from imminent drought, but environnental groups decry ‘easy solution.’ (more…)