Water In The News - Berkey ®
December 2009:
1. Vail Valley: Water discolored but safe to drink - CO (12/01/09)
2. 6,000 Galway homes without water - Ireland (12/01/09)
3. Independence advised to boil water - LA (12/01/09)
4. Boil water order lifted for Chemainus - BC (12/02/09)
5. Dorchester forced to boil water after upgrade - New Brunswick (12/02/09)
6. Boil water order for community near Winnemucca - NV (12/02/09)
7. Police seeking funding for reservoir's protection - NJ (12/02/09)
8. Sawgrass Water Main Break Causes Boil Water Advisory - FL (12/03/09)
9. Backup well in Lansdowne polluted with E coli bacteria - Ontario (12/03/09)
10. Water Line Break Causes Columbia Boil Water Advisory - SC (12/03/09)
11. Wausau ready to share water with nearby communities - WI (12/04/09)
12. Radioactive water identified in Wise County town - TX (12/04/09)
13. Boil Water Advisory Issued for Part of Fort Gay - WV (12/04/09)
14. High lead levels in water cause High Bridge to issue warning - NJ (12/04/09)
15. Another water contamination warning - Australia (12/06/09)
16. Boil Water Alert Issued For Pine Hills - FL (12/06/09)
17. Tests on specks in water prove inconclusive - SC (12/06/09)
18. Brown water safe to drink? - OK (12/06/09)
19. Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show - USA (12/07/09)
20. Northwest DC Residents Asked to Boil Water as Precaution - DC (12/07/09)
21. Boil advisory issued for certain water customers in Terre Haute - IN (12/07/09)
22. Boil Water Advisory Issued for Several Lincoln County Residents - WV (12/08/09)
23. DNR issues boil order for drinking water in Early - IA (12/09/09)
24. Boil water advisory for some St. John's residents - Newfoundland (12/09/09)
25. Potential Permanent Boil Water Advisory in Store for Vader - WA (12/09/09)
26. Group urges 4 states: 'Think outside the bottle' - VT (12/10/09)
27. Salinas boil-water order lifted for some - CA (12/10/09)
28. Boil water order issued in Bull Shoals - AR (12/10/09)
29. Water woes hit Coal Grove - OH (12/10/09)
30. More tainted wells found near North Pole - AK (12/11/09)
31. Cancer Cluster Claims Lives in NJ - NJ (12/12/09)
32. Boil-water advisory issued for West Bank of Jefferson Parish - LA (12/12/09)
33. Louisville north-side residents told to boil water - OH (12/13/09)
34. Kalama under boil-water advisory - OR (12/14/09)
35. Port Townsend eateries closed after break in water main - WA (12/14/09)
36. Boil-water order issued for customers along Main in Edwardsville - IL (12/15/09)
37. Boil-water advisories: Fayette, Wyoming - WY (12/15/09)
38. R.I. finally draws drinking water from wells at Big River - RI (12/15/09)
39. Snow Lake water advisory should be lifted by week's end - Manitoba (12/16/09)
40. Audit finds much of Camden's water supply missing - NJ (12/17/09)
41. Seagull likely cause of reservoir E. coli - OR (12/17/09)
42. City of Pharr issues boil water notice - TX (12/17/09)
43. Report: Unsafe Tap Water Still Legal - USA (12/17/09)
44. New report about harmful "scum" in Iowa lakes - IA (12/18/09)
45. Boil water advisory for Jefferson County - KS (12/18/09)
46. Oakland Water Works customers placed under boil order - MS (12/18/09)
47. Highland Range water service interrupted - TX (12/18/09)
48. Storm knocks out power, prompts boil water advisory - KY (12/19/09)
49. San Carlos Island Florida Water Outages - FL (12/19/09)
50. Officials: Valley water clean enough for humans - but not fish - CA (12/19/09)
51. Power Outages Cause Several Boil Water Advisories - WV (12/21/09)
52. Not fit to drink - Ireland (12/21/09)
53. Boil water notice for some Pflugerville residents - TX (12/21/09)
54. Many boil water advisories issued - WV (12/21/09)
55. Hen Hud High resumes classes today; broken water pipe fixed - NY (12/22/09)
56. Potentially deadly bacteria found in water bores - Australia (12/22/09)
57. Raspberry Falls residents face pipe failure - VA (12/22/09)
58. Area well driller broke law - MO (12/22/09)
59. Water problem at school to be solved - CT (12/23/09)
60. Still in the dark - VA, TN, and WV (12/23/09)
61. Parts of town of Warsaw under boil water advisory - NY (12/23/09)
62. Living Without Tap Water - PA (12/23/09)
63. Boil alert in Willoughby - OH (12/24/09)
64. Durham health department declares water safe after spill - Ontario (12/24/09)
65. Ketchum officials baffled over water complaints - ID (12/25/09)
66. Nebraska, other states' water worries flow in watchdog analysis - NE (12/25/09)
67. Boil Water Notice affects some families in Kirbyville - TX (12/25/09)
68. Mt. Washington issues boil water advisory - KY (12/25/09)
69. Boil water advisory expanded due to break - NY (12/27/09)
70. Boil Water Advisory Issued In Prince George's Co. - MD (12/27/09)
71. Part of Aylmer faces boil-water advisory - Ottawa (12/27/09)
72. Second burst water main affects supply - UK (12/28/09)
73. Water Problems in Bowie Likely Caused by Storm - TX (12/28/09)
74. ECUA issues boil water notice - FL (12/28/09)
75. Whitewater family worried about drinking water - WI (12/28/09)
76. Chill hits water to 400 Northern Ireland homes - Ireland (12/29/09)
77. Environmental group plans to sue over coal ash at San Juan mine - NM (12/29/09)
78. Barton water under 'boil order' - AR (12/29/09)
79. Boil order issued in Carbon Cliff - IL (12/29/09)
80. Pregnant Women And Infants Asked Not To Drink Water - OK (12/30/09)
81. Much of capital loses water due to main break - VT (12/30/09)
82. Water main break in Aberdeen - OH (12/30/09)
83. Henryville under boil water advisory - IN (12/30/09)
84. Main break in Orwigsburg leads to boil water advisory - PA (12/31/09)
85. Sidney Mobile Home Park Ordered To Boil Water - OH (12/31/09)

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