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Tagged With Tap Water
Residents of a Texas city told not to drink tap water after a brain-eating microbe was found in the water supply
Tom Porter
Sep 27, 2020, 9:28 PM
I toured New York City's largest wastewater-treatment plant, which collects poop from 1 million people. It was stunning.
Aria Bendix
Oct 28, 2019, 12:07 AM
Birth-control pills could add 10 million doses of hormones to our wastewater every day. Some of that estrogen may wind up in our taps.
Aria Bendix
Oct 25, 2019, 3:34 AM
An environmental group found arsenic and chromium in tap water in all 50 US states. Here's how to check what's in your taps.
Aria Bendix
Oct 23, 2019, 3:01 PM
A wealthy California enclave has some of the purest tap water in the country, and it starts out as sewage
Aria Bendix
Oct 8, 2019, 7:22 AM
Newark's lead contamination crisis could be worse than Flint's. Residents say the city is handling it all wrong.
Aria Bendix
Aug 18, 2019, 10:29 PM
8 signs your tap water might be dangerous to drink
Aria Bendix
May 8, 2019, 1:29 AM
California's contaminated drinking water could lead to nearly 15,500 cancer cases over the course of a lifetime. Here's how worried you should be.
Aria Bendix
May 1, 2019, 3:48 AM
These maps show where you should and shouldn't drink tap water around the world
Talia Lakritz
Mar 7, 2019, 8:31 AM
Erin Brockovich is warning about an emerging drinking-water crisis in the US. Here's how she recommends you protect yourself.
Hilary Brueck
Dec 12, 2018, 6:45 AM
Bottled water is a scam for most Americans -- but a new report reveals some surprising places where it's dangerous to drink the tap
Erin Brodwin
May 3, 2017, 4:11 AM
12 facts that show why bottled water is one of the biggest scams of the century
Erin Brodwin, Aylin Woodward
May 1, 2017, 10:50 AM