Drinking Water (Print Version)

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Drinking Water

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Latest News

High Levels of Bacteria Found in Bottled Water (11/01/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21018.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/01/2004)
Microbes Can Kill Arsenic in Groundwater (10/27/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20900.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/26/2004)
EPA Makes Passenger Aircraft Water Testing Information Available (09/20/2004, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water) - http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/7e2abf89b0f3b24385256f150063ec69!OpenDocument

Overviews

Do You Know Where Your Drinking Water Comes From? (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd_dbmd_john_snow_2004.htm
Drinking Water and Health: What You Need to Know (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwhealth.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/agua/apsalud.html
Ground Water and Drinking Water: Frequently Asked Questions (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/faq.html
Tox Town (National Library of Medicine) - Requires Flash Player - http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
Water on Tap: What You Need to Know (Environmental Protection Agency) - Links to PDF File - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/wot/

Pictures/Diagrams

Arsenic in Ground Water of the United States (U.S. Geological Survey) - http://co.water.usgs.gov/trace/arsenic/

Related Issues

Actions You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead/leadfactsheet.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/agua/plomo.html
Airline Water Supplies (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/airlinewater/questions.html
Arsenic in Drinking Water (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/epahome/hi-arsenic.htm
Bottled Water: Better Than the Tap? (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/402_h2o.html
Drinking Water Contaminants (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/hfacts.html
E. Coli in Drinking Water (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ecoli.html
Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/emerg.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/agua/desinfeccion.html
Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Day Care Centers (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead/schoolanddccs.htm
Local Drinking Water Information (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo.htm
Locating Safe Drinking Water [After a Disaster] (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - http://www.fema.gov/rrr/waterf.shtm
MTBE in Drinking Water (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw000/mtbe.html
Perchlorate: Questions and Answers (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) - http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/clo4qa.html
Preventing Cryptosporidiosis: A Guide to Water Filters and Bottled Water (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/cryptosporidiosis/factsht_crypto_prevent_water.htm
Private Drinking Water Wells (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/pwells1.html
Private Well Resources (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/healthywater/privatewell.htm
Private Wells: Guidance for What to Do After the Flood (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/consumer/whatdo.htm
Radon in Drinking Water: Questions and Answers (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/radon/qa.html
Risks from Food and Drink: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/travel/food-drink-risks.htm
Sulfate in Drinking Water (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sulfate.html
Water Fluoridation: Frequently Asked Questions (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/factsheets/fl-faqs.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/dental/fl-faqs.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Drinking Water Glossary (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/glossary.htm

Organizations

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water - http://www.epa.gov/watrhome/
National Center for Environmental Health - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/spanish/
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/default.htm
National Drinking Water Clearinghouse - http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/ndwc_index.htm
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/espanol/home.htm
U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Water Quality - http://water.usgs.gov/owq/

Newsletters/Print Publications

On Tap (National Drinking Water Clearinghouse) - http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/ndwc_ontap.htm

Law and Policy

Clean Water Act (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/r5water/cwa.htm
It's Your Drinking Water: Get to Know It and Protect It! (Environmental Protection Agency) - Links to PDF File - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/consumer/itsyours.pdf

Children

Children and Drinking Water Standards (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/child.html
Ground Water and Drinking Water: Kids' Stuff (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html
Groundwater Sources of Contamination (Groundwater Foundation) - http://www.groundwater.org/gi/sourcesofgwcontam.html
Water Science for Schools (U.S. Geological Survey) - http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
What's Up With Our Nation's Waters? (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water) - Links to PDF File - http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/waters.pdf

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Page last updated: 09 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 28 July 2004