Posts for tag "drinking water"
Source Water Monitoring: How Fayette County Finds the Highest Drinking Water Quality
Safe drinking water is vital for public health infrastructure, and providing cost-effective water treatment is a top goal of drinking water utilities. To reduce these costs, counties like Fayette, Georgia, rely on source water monitoring to evaluate...
- Posted November 3, 2025
Reimagining Water Filtration: How Monitoring and Science Enhance FloWater Filtration Systems
Over 50% of Americans think their tap water is unsafe, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Other recent surveys have found that number to be as high as 70% of persons surveyed. Whether due to increased...
- Posted July 2, 2025
Source Water Monitoring in Albany, New York: Tracing Water Quality throughout Tributaries
Thousands of US cities pull their drinking water from natural source waters like reservoirs, rivers, and streams, making overall watershed health a key consideration for water providers. In Albany, New York, the Albany Department of Water and...
- Posted May 19, 2025
Supplying Seattle’s Drinking Water: Using Data Buoys to Monitor the Cedar River Municipal Watershed
Providing clean, safe, and reliable drinking water for the 1.6 million people in the greater Seattle area is a top priority for Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). With limited water supplies, SPU dedicates considerable resources to maintain its...
- Posted April 30, 2025
Maui Scientists Offer Water Quality Testing in Wake of Wildfires
On August 8th, 2023, news broke of wildfires ravaging the island of Maui, Hawai’i. In the following days, news of four separate fires broke. Wildfires raged in the historic Lahaina village on the western side of Maui...
- Posted December 11, 2023
From the Tap: Source Water Monitoring for Public Health
In regions with historically secure access to clean drinking water, few think about the work that goes into ensuring that the water they fill their cups with is safe. In reality, millions of dollars are invested in...
- Posted September 18, 2023
Buoys in the time of Covid: Delays to important information
Although buoys collect and relay data largely on their own, they require a team to deploy. Covid slowed them down.
- Posted February 9, 2021
Assessing Cumulative Risk From Water Pollutants
Research from EWG reveals how an additive risk approach similar to an air pollutant approach might be used to assess drinking water quality.
- Posted October 11, 2019
USGS Monitoring Groundwater for Hormones and Pharmaceuticals
The USGS is monitoring our groundwater for hormones, pharmaceuticals, and other compounds with good news for water quality.
- Posted July 2, 2019
Anti-clogging Chemicals May Cause Fouling
Recent study shows that anti-clogging chemicals cause softer, thicker biofilms to form in pipes, and therefore may increase risk of waterborne illness.
- Posted October 8, 2018
Water-Filter Pitchers Not Equally Effective at Removing Microcystins
Recent research proves that when it comes to removing microcystins from drinking water, all water-filter pitchers aren’t equally effective.
- Posted September 19, 2018
Thirsty Moss Can Remove Arsenic From Drinking Water
Swedish researchers found a moss that removes arsenic from water rendering it safe to drink within one hour.
- Posted June 28, 2018
Real-time WQ Monitoring in First Nations Communities Could Reduce Advisories
New research indicates that real-time monitoring on Canadian First Nations reserves can reduce the number of water quality advisories.
- Posted May 31, 2018
New Technique for Removing Toxic Heavy Metals from Water
A team has created a metal organic framework that can remove high levels of toxic metals from water in seconds, for low cost and energy expense.
- Posted April 24, 2018
Hotspots and Trends in Water Quality Violations Emerge All Over the United States
A team identified national trends in water quality violations over the past 30 years, including hotspots where violations are more likely to occur.
- Posted March 1, 2018
Fragile Water Infrastructure, Often On the Verge of Collapse
Researchers are working on interdisciplinary teams to address the challenge of water infrastructure in jeopardy across the country.
- Posted January 12, 2018
CDC: Drinking Water At Fault in Hundreds of Illnesses and 13 Deaths in 2013 and 2014
Recent reports from the CDC identify drinking water quality problems in the US, especially from Legionella.
- Posted December 20, 2017
The Rural Utilities Service On the Chopping Block—And Small Rural Towns With It
The Trump Administration’s proposed budget would eliminate the Rural Utilities Service, a program that funds water and wastewater projects in rural America.
- Posted December 18, 2017
Not a Drop to Drink: Plastic Pipes Leaching Chemicals Into Drinking Water
Research into PEX plastic water pipes reveals that they are leaching chemicals into drinking water and may pose a risk.
- Posted December 13, 2017
In-Home Water Testing: A Talk With the Creator of Tap Score by SimpleWater
DIY In-home water testing is gaining favor among consumers in the wake of water quality disasters, and Tap Score by SimpleWater offers a solution.
- Posted December 11, 2017
