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Some cities are intending to recycle sewer water to create drinking water

Buying bottled water or using a faucet-mounted filter doesn't give you pure water. The article leads up to how you can make your own home water distiller.

Bottled water is a huge industry and the primary drinking water source for many, but how can you tell if it's actually safer than your tap water?

Researchers were concerned to find traces of prescription medications in the drinking water supply of several major metropolitan areas...

Cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, was among the numerous pharmaceutical drugs found in 28 U.S. watersheds and drinking water supplies. Read more to learn about the AP's study and what it means.

Bottled water dates all the way back to Roman times. Spa water was believed to have many benefits, both for bathing as well as drinking. Bottled water is predicted to become the best-selling beverage by 2012.....

It took 1.5 million barrels of oil (enough to power 100,000 cars for a year) to produce the plastic containers for the 8 billion gallons of bottled water consumed in the U.S. in 2006. Americans are now spending more than $7 billion a year on bottled drinking water.

Why pay the extravagant price of bottled water when you can drink tap water virtually free?

About a quarter of the bottled waters out there are actually just bottled tap water.

September is National Preparedness Month, and The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is providing tips for how to store bottled drinking water safely for emergency situations.

There is a growing concern about the state of our drinking water sources. Instead of substituting tap water with the more expensive bottled water, we need to visit the reason why our drinking water quality sources are deteriorating.

To avoid the use of bottled water, and ensure safe drinking water at home, many rural homeowners are moving to install well water systems.

An Associated Press article recently released shocking new survey results showing that the Cotinine and other drugs have been found in several metro area drinking water supplies.

Drinking water can be hazardous to your health or at least cause you to panic when you find out that drugs are now being found in the water supply that we drink everyday.

What's the difference among distilled, spring, mineral and drinking water? Here's information on each so you can choose the best water for you.

Organized dentistry lobbies for fluoridation, requiring contaminated fluoride chemicals be added unnecessarily to your drinking water in a failed scheme to reduce cavities and keep low-income people out of their dental chairs.

a look at the many drugs recently found in US drinking water

It would seem like everywhere we go today we will see someone with a bottle of water. Today people are concerned with their drinking water.

It's no secret that you should drink lots of water. But what's the best way to get that water into your system?

Here are some tips that will make drinking water easier.

As if we didn't have enough to worry about already, our water has drugs in it!

Water that has been distilled is water in which all the impurities have been removed. There is a notion that drinking distilled water is better than drinking tap water.

A recently released article from the Associated Press has drawn a lot of attention, when it revealed that there are small amounts of pharmaceutical drugs in our drinking water.

Although the actual amount of toxins and chemicals in your water are most likely minute and harmless, you may still feel a greater sense of healthful security if you were to have complete water filtration throughout your household.

People who put their faith in bottled water need to be aware that these high-priced products may not really be any better than the practically costless tap water.

Tap water is better for the environment, your health, and your bank account. So put down your water bottle and read all the reasons to go for the tap.

If you sit down and think about the bottled water you're sipping from, you realize something really peculiar. Bottled water companies sell a product freely available to every man, woman, and child. And they sell it very, very successfully... Why is that?

This column goes into the logistics behind the water industry. It examines the differences of tap and bottled water and provides clues at what may be better for your health and your wallet.

A look at the admissions by Pepsi that Aquafina's 'spring water' source known as PWS is actually from a Public Water Source and whether or not it matters.

See how LifeStraw water filters are poised to save millions of lives by providing safe drinking water.

Bottled water vs. plain old tap water. Many people would ask is there any difference.

The brief benefits of spring water but more why the quality is better.

What do you really know about bottled water?

Bottled water can cost anywhere between $1.00 and $4.00 per gallon.

The bottled water industry has become huge, with several major players including all of the soft drink manufacturers. Here is a look at how it has contributed to higher energy costs and environmental problems.

Bottled water is not worth the high cost that consumers are increasingly paying for it.

Should you buy bottled water? Or is it nothing more than a waste of money?

In the USA, we take it for granted that we can go to the sink for a glass of water anytime we are thirsty. We don't have to wonder if the water is clean or if it is safe to drink. We don't even wonder if it is available. It is just there whenever we need it.

Bottle water everywhere!

If your water is not treated, tested, and safe, here is how to do it yourself. This information is essential in an emergency. Read on for the information that everyone should know.

This essay summarizes Dr. Joe Schwarcz's article on "Bottled or Tap" based on the controversies involving whether or not bottled water is really better for us than tap water as well as how much water a person should really drink per day in order to be healthy.

"Plastic water bottles are one of the fastest growing sources of municipal waste."

Tap water contains hundreds of chemicals that may cause adverse health problems in humans and animals. Is your dog's drinking water safe?

Our water footprint includes the direct water we use in our homes daily, and the indirect water ("virtual water") needed to produce the food and other consumer goods we buy.

Describes Cotinine and concerns over contaminants in drinking tap water

Generally speaking, tap water contains numerous types of microorganisms. These microorganisms can be responsible for such diseases as cholera and typhoid fever. Chlorine acts as a disinfectant and bleach.

Water is essential for one's health. But people who don't enjoy drinking water need not despair. It is possible to consume plenty of water without actually drinking any water at all-provided you make the right choices in your "water replacement" food and drinks."

Whether our water supply comes from groundwater aquifers or surface water, it requires a system of treatment to reach federal and local drinking water standards.

This paper outlines how to conserve fresh drinking water by drinking ocean water instead

Cavities are up for the first time in half a century, and the reason is a mystery. One explanation: widespread use of bottled water and carbon filters.

Today I learned, from a probe by the Associated Press, that I am drinking drugged water! They discovered drugs in the water of 41 million Americans!

There are so many benefits to using a whole house water filter including better tasting water, healthier skin, and softer hair. Not only that, but filtered water can help your appliances to function better and keep them working longer.

When you drink from a public water fountain, have you ever stopped to consider the risks?

Do you want to improve the quality of water in your home? Read about six ways to purify your water and select the one that is right for you.

Drinking eight glasses of water a day isn't just an idle recommendation. It can help you replenish your mind and body. There are plenty of health benefits to drinking enough water. If you need motivation, here are some reasons to drink up.

Many people don't know much about water in the first place and can't even tell you the difference between the kinds of water that are available nor be able to tell you much about fluoride which is routinely added to our municipal water supply.

Next to oxygen, water is the most essential element to human life. Without water, the body will not be able to survive longer than 1 week, and will begin to show symptoms of dehydration and illness after as little as 24 hours.

Not many of us get all the water we need everyday of our life, so learning some new ways to spice up plain old water may be the key. Listed are several ways how with an intro and conclusion.

Flushed pharmaceuticals are being blamed for trace amounts of drugs found in drinking water and in Lake Michigan.

There are a few steps you can take to remove the lead from your drinking water if you find the contaminant is present.

Tap water is no longer the only choice in water. New water beverages like Glaceau Vitamin Water are helping to hydrate those who prefer water that adds to their health while it refreshes.

This water-drinking fad is the result of a marketing campaign intended to convince us to buy bottled water and to pay even more for it than for gasoline. But at least there's no rat poison in it.

If you're an athlete, fitness buff or just someone who enjoys water, you may have heard some news about people who die from drinking too much water. Here are some of the basics about hyponatremia.

It is a good rule of thumb to assume that any water source need to be purified. If a stream or water way can be accessible to humans or animals there is a good chance the water could be tainted and need to be purified before consumption.

Okay, there is just no getting around it. If you are like the average human being, you're probably not drinking enough water.

Water is essential to life, but many of us don't drink nearly enough of it. Included are painless ways to add more water to your diet.

Many American consumers use bottled water believing it is safer than their home tap water. This may not necessarily be the case.

Bottled water creates waste and pollution and is no better than tap.

It all started with an AP article which has drawn very much attention to the quality of our drinking water.

The installation of a water softener may play an unlikely yet important role in the on-going controversy of tap water versus bottled water.

What's the quality of the tap water that runs out of your faucet at home? Do you know what's in it, or feel safe drinking it?

Americans today drink more bottled water than ever before.

Should you drink bottled water?

You hear so much about bottled water and it's benefits for you, This I had to research to see how any two waters can be that much different.

Bottled water services are no longer just practical for corporate offices; many individuals and families order bottled water services on a weekly basis.

The current concern about drugs in our drinking water has just become very personal to me because I own a house in Arlington, Texas and I have a fatal allergy to Meprobamate.

After I found out that California was banning bottled water, I highly disagreed with such a move--especially since it was across the board. This article details my feelings on bottled water.

We all need clean drinking water, but, unfortunately, not only drinking water is free of unsafe chemicals. Should you be concerned?

Humorous look at what lawyers and attorneys might have to say about the drugs in the drinking water probe conducted by the Associated Press.

Should psychologists be allowed to prescribe drugs? They are in the drinking water anyway. Solution: drink Budweiser.

Archer Farms Lemon Raspberry Spring Water is a sweetened and flavored spring water with a unique taste that distinguishes Archer Farms in the designer water market.

PepsiCo's Aquafina brand recently announced a label change, informing consumers the bottled water is derived from municipal water sources.

Prozac has been found in tap water, and this could cause unknown long-term problems

Consumers prefer bottled water instead of others that could possibly contain calories, caffeine, sugar, artificial colors, alcohol or other ingredients.

Being stranded in the wilderness can be a death sentence for almost anyone. By knowing some simple survival methods, you can lengthen the time you can survive, and increase the odds of yourself being rescued alive.

Coke certainly isn't "tapped out" so much that it cannot afford the ink to print, "Public Water Source" on its Dasani bottles.

Recent studies have found traces of prescription drugs in municipal water systems. In some cases, they have affected fish; but do they affect humans? And what can we, or should we, do about it?

Just because you can't see or smell anything wrong with your water, that doesn't mean you shouldn't get it tested for contamination.

Are you paying for something you can already get from home?

Water acidity is governed by what is referred to as pH. pH stands for "potential hydrogen." When it comes to pH and water, the maxim seems to dictate to keep the levels as balanced as possible.

From the source or from the tap?

It is reasonable to question the safety, or lack of safety, when it comes to the condition of our drinking water. We live in a modern society with modern technology. However, there was a price paid for modern technologies.

Radium is normally found in soil, water, plants and food at very low levels. The greatest chance for humans to come in contact with it is in drinking water.

Most of us are under the misconception that drinking water is only good for the health. Yes, it is very good to keep you healthy and going, but, too much of water intake can cause you harm to