Water In The News - Berkey ®
May 2008:
1. Rising water threatens New Brunswick legislature and homes - Canada (05/01/08)
2. Stalking a Stream Killer - NJ (05/01/08)
3. Contaminated water plume outlined - OH (05/01/08)
4. Big Creek blamed for pollution in Sunset Bay - OR (05/01/08)
5. Tainted water plagues community - PA (05/02/08)
6. Union Pacific finds contaminated water on Grand Island site - NE (05/02/08)
7. New N.B. flood worry: boil water advisory in action - Canada (05/03/08)
8. Small-town residents living on deadly ground - FL (05/03/08)
9. Muskegon Lake's water quality rebounding - MI (05/03/08)
10. Duke Energy plans to use river water for new nuclear plant - NC (05/04/08)
11. Come summer and city invites disease, death - India (05/04/08)
12. Best drinking water right here, say students - Trinidad (05/04/08)
13. Vietnamese government throws polluted rivers a lifeline - Vietnam (05/04/08)
14. Disused mine leak is killing life in river - Australia (05/05/08)
15. Water firm loses Sh12m to fraudsters - Kenya (05/05/08)
16. Families have lived for decades with TCE - PA (05/05/08)
17. Hanford molasses results sweet, so far - WA (05/05/08)
18. Warner officials refute rumors of contaminated water - OK (05/06/08)
19. Branchport Creek polluted, but remedial steps taken - NJ (05/06/08)
20. Iowa pollution perils lurk among buried fuel tanks - IA (05/06/08)
21. EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking water - DC (05/06/08)
22. Court Ruling On Water Sets 'Global Precedent' - South Africa (05/06/08)
23. Singapore water makes global waves - Singapore (05/06/08)
24. Plans to deal with water shortage - UK (05/07/08)
25. Health experts warn of looming crisis after Myanmar cyclone - Myanmar (05/07/08)
26. Action call on polluted creek - New Zealand (05/07/08)
27. Drink tap water, not bottled, city urges - WA (05/07/08)
28. DEQ to review contaminated water - WY (05/08/08)
29. Brooklyn Residents Argue For Gowanus Canal's Potential - NY (05/08/09)
30. Family Says Clinic's Water Put Man In Critical Condition - FL (05/08/08)
31. Welshman tells of Patagonia ordeal - Chili (05/09/08)
32. Chevron, other oil companies settle MTBE cases - USA (05/09/08)
33. Waterborne diseases biggest risk - Myanmar (05/09/08)
34. Company at sinkhole accused of pumping too much water - TX (05/09/08)
35. Garrett blocks water release to protect rare fish - Australia (05/10/08)
36. 40% Pakistanis have no access to safe drinking water - Pakistan (05/10/08)
37. Keibi sees red over green water - India (05/10/08)
38. Water and Soil Where Chemical Spilled Still Being Tested - CA (05/11/08)
39. Pesticide DDT shows up in penguins - Antarctica (05/11/08)
40. Rivers of poison - Bangladesh (05/11/08)
41. Black Sea resorts face long summer - Bulgaria (05/12/08)
42. Environmentalists say state standards fail to protect water - NJ (05/13/08)
43. Threat of contaminated water draws wary eye of lawmakers - MA (05/13/08)
44. Church holy water 'from drains' - UK (05/13/08)
45. Health officials resume water advisories - PA (05/13/08)
46. The painful cost of booming growth - WA (05/14/08)
47. Pieces are in place for New England red tide - USA (05/14/08)
48. Dr. Collins: Wash hands and filter water to prevent Giardia - FL (05/14/08)
49. Cooperstown Wants Answers to Contaminated Wells - WI (05/14/08)
50. Quake-hit city dispels rumors of polluted water, chemical blast - China (05/15/08)
51. L.A. prepares massive water-conservation plan - CA (05/15/08)
52. Evolution Goes Wild in Once-Polluted Lake - WA (05/15/08)
53. Teck Settles Alaskan Zinc Mine Lawsuit With Eskimo Villagers - Alaska (05/15/08)
54. Tunnel Drilled to Drain Metal-Contaminated Water - CO (05/16/08)
55. Wildfires May Have Contaminated Water - FL (05/17/08)
56. Residents of Hutchinson Island sue over arsenic-tainted land - FL (05/18/08)
57. Stop fresh water loss to sea: SA Opposition - Australia (05/18/08)
58. Water Shortage Anticipated due to Climate, Water Pollution - Israel (05/18/08)
59. Colby Village residents, abutters blame developer for flooding - MA (05/19/08)
60. Joint working group to ensure safe drinking water - Pakistan (05/19/08)
61. Sinkhole Puts Spotlight On Oil, Gas Drilling - TX (05/19/08)
62. Hold your breath on Natoma Street - CA (05/20/08)
63. 300 to cross once-polluted bay - PA (05/20/08)
64. Samoa Water Authority defends water pipe conditions - Samoa (05/20/08)
65. Motorola, Siemens, Glaxo to Pay $500,000 EPA Penalty - AZ (05/20/08)
66. Cameco confident plan will stop contamination flow - Canada (05/21/08)
67. Proposed change to water law riles landowners - USA (05/22/08)
68. Health Ministry investigates norovirus infection in Aksaray - Turkey (05/22/08)
69. Million-litre Alberta wastewater leak kept secret for months - Canada (05/22/08)
70. Diesel-tainted creek water at toxic levels - CA (05/22/08)
71. EPA issues emergency order to ensure cleanup of gasoline spill - MT (05/22/08)
72. Corrosive ocean water moving inland - WA (05/22/08)
73. Britain's dirty beaches treble after pollution caused by storms - UK (05/23/08)
74. River seriously polluted by council treatment plant - Ireland (05/23/08)
75. Produce Irrigated With Tainted Water May Be Hazardous - FL (05/23/08)
76. Water cleanup begins at plant - AR (05/24/08)
77. EPA tests plans to protect water from terrorists - OH (05/24/08)
78. Ocean testing no day at the beach - NJ (05/24/08)
79. Officials Say Not To Worry Over Contamination - WI (05/25/08)
80. Gaza sewage crisis threatens Israel as waste flows north - Israel (05/25/08)
81. On tap in space: Urine will not go to waste - USA (05/25/08)
82. Maui taro farmers protest in push to get more water - HI (05/25/08)
83. Quake-damaged dams could burst - China (05/26/08)
84. Southern water providers raise rates despite conservation - GA (05/26/08)
85. River commission: Mine drainage needs to be fixed - PA (05/26/08)
86. Mistake sends raw sewage into Ravenna Creek - WA (05/27/08)
87. Second disaster in China: water - China (05/27/08)
88. Chicago's Oak Street Beach Contaminated With Asbestos - IL (05/27/08)
89. Water at Myrtle Beach's former Air Force base still contaminated - SC (05/27/08)
90. Grits find leak report - Canada (5/28/08)
91. Fed report says climate change risks crops, water - USA (05/28/08)
92. What's in your water? - GA (05/28/08)
93. Global Warming Will Cause Lake Waters to Drop - USA (05/29/08)
94. Lake County tries to avert water shortages in the decades to come - IL (05/29/08)
95. Mercury water test called faulty - CA (05/29/08)
96. FORT SMITH : Plating plant cleanup averts danger to river - AR (05/29/08)
97. States stake claim to Great Lakes - MI (05/29/08)
98. Ambitious Project Aims To Get Peace River Flowing Again - FL (05/30/08)
99. Deadly Brain-Eating Amoeba Strikes - USA (05/30/08)
100. Resident Says Warren County River Polluted - TN (05/30/08)
101. Water quality board to weigh selenium limits - UT (05/30/08)
102. Lifestyle: Keep pools, spas free of micro critters - CA (05/30/08)
103. After record snowfalls, a deluge of water and insurance claims - Canada (05/31/08)
104. Just Add Water - TX (05/31/08)

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