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

I toured New York City's largest wastewater-treatment plant, which collects poop from 1 million people. It was stunning.

Aria Bendix

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

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

A wealthy California enclave has some of the purest tap water in the country, and it starts out as sewage

Aria Bendix

Newark's lead contamination crisis could be worse than Flint's. Residents say the city is handling it all wrong.

Aria Bendix

8 signs your tap water might be dangerous to drink

Aria Bendix

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

These maps show where you should and shouldn't drink tap water around the world

Talia Lakritz

Erin Brockovich is warning about an emerging drinking-water crisis in the US. Here's how she recommends you protect yourself.

Hilary Brueck

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

12 facts that show why bottled water is one of the biggest scams of the century

Erin Brodwin, Aylin Woodward