Tap Water At Risk

Tap Water at Risk/Nation's drinking water faces many perils

WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
It takes water utilities at least two days to confirm tap water has fecal contamination.
10/06/1996

Tap water at risk/Milwaukee's nightmare/Scores die from illnesses linked to contaminated water

WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
They offer free in-home testing of some taps.
10/06/1996

Tap Water at Risk/Houston sees turnaround to earn `superior' water rating

BILL DAWSON, Houston Chronicle Environment Writer : Staff
Some cities with infrastructure problems in their water systems have 100-year-old pipes.
10/06/1996

Tap Water at Risk/America's drinking water at risk

Hearst Newspapers
Nearly half of the nation's tap water comes from ground water, found in natural underground rock formations.
10/06/1996

Tap Water at Risk/Scientists bedeviled in search for deadly microscopic water bugs

WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
Such microbes in tap water are sickening thousands of Americans every year.
10/06/1996

Tap Water at Risk/World is awash in water but has too little to drink

WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
But tap water is cheap for most Americans.
10/06/1996
Tap Water at risk/Drinking water: treatment, regulation, enforcement
10/07/1996

Tap Water at Risk/Congress OKs tougher water bill after years of wrangling

WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
Dirk Kempthorne, R-Idaho, was opposing a safe drinking water bill while spending $2,300 in taxpayer money on bottled water.
10/07/1996
Tap Water at Risk/Water safety hurt by lack of money, political will
WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
Yet in that time period, federal rules for cleaning tap water got much tougher.
10/07/1996

Tap Water at Risk/Violators of drinking water regulations often able to avoid the whip

WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
For tap water problems, fines are rare and large judgments even more so.
10/07/1996

Tap Water at risk/Drinking water: treatment, regulation, enforcement/UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PRO...

10/07/1996

Tap Water at risk/Drinking water: treatment, regulation, enforcement

CLEAR HOLDING TANK - Water is pumped to water towers that store it for public and private use.
10/07/1996

Tap Water at risk/Drinking water: treatment, regulation, enforcement

Community water systems About 87 percent of community water systems (CWS) are classified as very small or small.
10/07/1996

Tap Water at risk/Drinking water: treatment, regulation, enforcement

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets federal safety rules for tap water.
10/07/1996

Tap Water at Risk/Cities try to grapple with tap-water threat

WENDY KOCH, BILL DAWSON : Hearst Newspapers
Wiggins, Colo., a small town northeast of Denver, is trying a novel approach to purify its tap water.
10/08/1996

Tap Water at Risk/Consumers will soon get annual report on their tap water/The secret is out on hidd...

WENDY KOCH : Hearst Newspapers
10/08/1996

Tap Water at Risk/Utilities support disclosure rules, fear misunderstanding of info

ARMANDO VILLAFRANCA, BILL DAWSON : Staff
City of Houston officials say they get few requests from the public for information on contaminants in tap water.
10/08/1996