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  • What's in your bath water?

    ​U.S. website ​whatsinmywater.com warns people they need to be cautious about what may be getting into their tap water and could potentially threaten health and wellbeing.

  • Nightmare Bacteria' Discovered At SoCal Sewage Plant Wastewater

    News reports from California tell how so-called “nightmare bacteria” capable of killing almost half of its victims has been found in a wastewater treatment plant in Southern California - and, the scary thing is that sewage plants seem unable to kill it with existing chemicals.

  • A tap full of worms...

    ​We've heard of a can of worms, but what about a tap full of worms?

  • Tap drinking water worries

    The U.S. Water Quality Association (WQA) has unveiled the results of its '2015 Study of Consumers' Opinions and Perceptions Regarding Water Quality', in which 56 percent of respondents described themselves as "concerned" or "very concerned" with the quality of water. .

  • Drain on water

    World​ faces a 40% shortfall in water in 15 years unless countries dramatically change their use of the resource, says UN.

  • What's the difference between 'filtering' and 'purifying' water?

    The big difference between 'filtering' and 'purifying' water is that a filter just reduces the taste of some chemicals, while a water purifier removes chemicals and toxic metals as well as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa that filters don't remove.

  • Hospital water taps contaminated with bacteria

    New research finds significantly higher levels of infectious pathogens in water from faucet taps with aerators compared to water from deeper in the plumbing system. Contaminated water poses an increased risk for infection in immunocompromised patients.

  • World Water Week Kicks Off In Stockholm

    'Energy and water' is the key focus of the World Water Week that is being staged this week in Stockholm, Sweden, the home of Bluewater.

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