Every day in the news and media, we hear more and more about contamination in water. Here are a few recent articles that demonstrate the issues that our world is having with clean, safe water.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A drilling technique that is beginning to unlock staggering quantities of natural gas underneath Appalachia also yields a troubling byproduct: powerfully briny wastewater that can kill fish and give tap water a foul taste and odor. With fortunes, water quality and cheap energy hanging in the balance, exploration companies, scientists and entrepreneurs. Click here to read the entire article on the USAtoday.com > > >

LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A steel mailbox-sized bin in the lobby of a police department in northern Utah was full again, crammed with half-full prescription bottles, over-the-counter cold meds and even an odd topical cream from 1983. "It's anything and everything," Layton police evidence supervisor Holly Plotnick said as she and a co-worker transferred 28 pounds of medications. Click here to read the entire article on the USAtoday.com > > >

TAMPA – The tap water that Tampa residents consume is contaminated with low levels of antibiotics, nicotine byproducts and a chemical used to produce firefighting foams. City and state officials say they levels of the contaminants – found in recent tests of the city’s drinking water system Click here to read the entire article on the tbo.com >>>

The 35-year-old federal law - regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks - and still be legal. Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States, according to Click here to read the entire article on nytimes.com >>>

California Softener Ban Signed - Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar has signed AB 1366, sponsored by Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles). The legislation is designed to improve water quality by addressing the problem of excess salinity caused by residential water softeners. Click here to read the entire article on Water Conditioning & Purification Magazine >>>

School Drinking Water Contains Toxins  - Garance Burke, Associated Press - Friday, September 25, 2009 - CUTLER, Calif. - Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins. Click here to read the entire article on MSNBC.com >>>

Clean Water Laws Often Ignored, at Cost to Health - Nationwide - Polluters have Violated Federal Act more than 500,000 Times - New York Times - Saturday, September 12, 2009 - Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va. In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact with the water. Her youngest son has scabs on his arms, legs and chest where the bathwater - polluted with lead, nickel and other heavy metals - caused painful rashes. Many of his brother’s teeth were capped to replace enamel that was eaten away. Click here to read the entire article on MSNBC.com >>>

State dips into 50 water wells in the Acreage beginning today in quest to allay contamination fears - Palm Beach Post - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - THE ACREAGE - Florida environmental officials will begin drawing water samples from about 50 wells in The Acreage today. They are also expected to sample soil at two local schools this week. The tests are meant to allay Acreage residents' fears about environmental contamination while they wait for the state Department of Health to announce whether there is a cancer cluster in their central Palm Beach County community. Click here read the entire article on PalmBeachPost.com >>>

Contaminated Bottled Water Sickens 12 California Middle School Students Foxnews Wire - Friday, April 24, 2009 - A dozen students became sick after drinking bottled water from a vending machine at a Southern California junior high school, authorities said. To download the entire article in PDF format, please click here.

Contaminated Drinking Water Discovered in Illinois - United Press International - April 21, 2009 - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has ordered his staff to find out why residents of Crestwood weren't notified their drinking water was contaminated. To download the entire article in PDF format, please click here.

Whats Coming from Your Tap? - Wall Street Journal - August 19, 2008 - America's latest drinking problem isn't about alcohol. Concerned about the cost of bottled water - and its environmental consequences - many people are turning back to tap water to quench their thirst. To download the entire article in PDF format, please click here.