Water In The News - Berkey ®
January 2009:
1. First tainted wells, now illegal dams - WA (01/01/09)
2. Metal Levels Found High in Tributary After Spill - TN (01/01/09)
3. Coal-Sludge Risks Disputed as a Tennessee Mayor Sips the Water - TN (01/02/09)
4. Drinking water safe despite extra storm water runoff - MO (01/02/09)
5. Boil Order Still In Effect - IA (01/03/09)
6. Water flowing again at Morris Brown - GA (01/03/09)
7. Tainted water discovered - CA (01/04/09)
8. Boil water notice lifted - FL (01/05/09)
9. Toxic leak upsets Beachwood homeowners - CA (01/06/09)
10. Shadyside residents await word from DEP on water - PA (01/07/09)
11. Diesel fuel taints Sundance water - WY (01/07/09)
12. World Bank: drinking water shortages in Gaza - Middle East (01/07/09)
13. CH urges private well owners to conduct testing - Canada (01/08/09)
14. Flushing of Water System Halts While More Water is Processed - IA (01/08/09)
15. Sundance water restrictions remain in effect - WY (01/09/09)
16. Water main breaks in Ironwood; minor flooding - MI (01/09/09)
17. Uranium still present in Madison water - CT (01/09/09)
18. Water arsenic levels high at Gadsden schools - TX (01/09/09)
19. Boil Water Advisory Lifted, Easton Schools Closed - PA (01/09/09)
20. Legionella Bacteria Found At City Hospital - MD (01/09/09)
21. Yakima River hits flood level Friday - WA (01/10/09)
22. Waters recede, boil orders issued in some regions - WA (01/10/09)
23. Officials say water not contaminated - SC (01/10/09)
24. Contaminated well a hardship for tiny Armstrong County town - PA (01/10/09)
25. Studies show SE. Ind. site high in mercury levels - IN (01/11/09)
26. Rye still forced to boil water for last 8 months - CO (01/11/09)
27. A Second TVA Waste Spill - AL (01/12/09)
28. Monroe squelches rumor about safety of city water - WA (01/12/09)
29. Contaminated water kills 27 children - Nigeria (01/14/09)
30. Low levels of toxic metal found in Sunnyvale's groundwater - CA (01/14/09)
31. Thousands without water - Fiji (01/15/09)
32. Bush Moves to Okay Toxic Teflon Pollution in Tap Water - USA (01/15/09)
33. Some Rankin Residents Under Boil-Water Alert - MS (01/16/09)
34. MLGW finds trace amounts of benzene in tap water - TN (01/16/09)
35. Eastern Arizona water deal struck with Apaches - AZ (01/16/09)
36. Water Main Breaks Hit Area - MD (01/18/09)
37. Arsenic poisoning continues to threaten the people of Poibrene - Bulgaria (01/20/09)
38. 23% of samples in one area tainted - Ireland (01/20/09)
39. Water cuts for west residents - Fiji (01/20/09)
40. Nogales'water tanks to get long-needed care - AZ (01/20/09)
41. Some Woodland Park Residents Under A Boil Order - CO (01/21/09)
42. County backs towns in suit against EPA - NY -(01/21/09)
43. Cleaner water sought at mobile-home parks - NJ (01/21/09)
44. Boil water advisory issued on South Side - NY (01/22/09)
45. Oregon town urged to test well water for industrial solvents - OR (01/22/09)
46. Boil Advisory Issued For Three Spencer County Towns - IN (01/23/09)
47. Low-income renters in Armstrong struggle with water woes - PA (01/23/09)
48. Wastewater to tap water - CA (01/23/09)
49. Clifton Park boil water advisory may be lifted today - NY (01/24/09)
50. Group forms to save artesian well - WA (01/24/09)
51. Tainted water found in nine Henrico homes - VA (01/24/09)
52. Scranton water-main break knocks out service - PA (01/25/09)
53. Calif farmers idle crops, veggie prices may rise - CA (01/25/09)
54. Dying La. marsh may be dyeing water orange - LA (01/26/09)
55. Everybody's business - and no one's job - South Africa (01/27/09)
56. Water-cleanup experiment caused lead poisoning - DC (01/27/09)
57. Legionella bacteria found in water at Scottish Parliament - Scotland (01/28/09)
58. Bacterium discovered in water at Galveston facility - TX (01/28/09)
59. State urges water conservation for some areas - KY (01/28/09)
60. Residents thirst for a clean drink - DE (01/29/09)
61. Youth group puts polluted water on eBay - Canada (01/29/09)
62. Water contaminated at high school - WV (01/29/09)
63. Beshear tours storm damage in western Kentucky - KY (01/29/09)
64. Study to support link between town's toxic water and cancer - Quebec (01/30/09)
65. Residents Urged To Stay Away From Standing Water, Flood Waters - KY (01/30/09)
66. Dangerous chemicals on move under ammo plant - WI (01/31/09)

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