Education Pieces

The tap water crisis

The CDC estimates that annually, nearly 20 million Americans fall ill due to contaminated drinking water... Read More

Your tap water’s secret ingredients

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, fecal bacteria (coliforms), chemical disinfectants, nitrites and nitrates... Read More

It’s worse than you think

Ordinary faucets are Americans’ primary sources of freshwater. Your family drinks it, cooks with it, showers in it and brushes their teeth... Read More

What can we do?

Find your state health department’s website. Many of them have information about “boil water” advisories... Read More

Which water is which?

Why does your tap water taste different from bottled water? Both kinds have to satisfy federal government rules... Read More

“Boil water” advisories near you

A “boil water” advisory is a public notice that a public utility’s water supply has become unsafe to consume, and you should boil tap... Read More

Water warnings everywhere

A water main bursts somewhere in the U.S. or Canada roughly every 2 minutes — and that’s just one reason your tap water might be unsafe. Read More

FAQ

The EPA has said that 8% percent of tap water fails to meet their standards. According to Newsweek, that means up to 209 million glasses of unsafe tap water are consumed by Americans–every single day. Read More