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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

Almost 40% of drinking water below standard (The Irish Times/ 11/04)

Scientists Sequence Genome of Intestinal Parasite that Afflicts Hikers and Kids in Daycare (National Institutes of Health/ 9/27)

River Cam bugs to beat infection (BBC News/ 9/21)

Salmonella Kottbus outbreak in infants in Gran Canaria (Spain), caused by bottled water, August – November 2006 (Eurosurveillance/ 7/12)

"Beach Sand and Sediments are Temporal Sinks and Sources of Escherichia coli in Lake Superior" (ACS PressPac/ Environmental Science & Technology/pdf / 5/28)

Pointing a finger at the source of fecal bacteria (EurekAlert!/ 5/23)

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Detected in Water Near Swine CAFO (Environmental Health News/ 5/18)

Study finds fecal microbes high in New Orleans sediments following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (EurekAlert!/ 5/03)

Somalia cholera death fears grow (BBC News/ 4/28)

Filtering Out the Bad Stuff (ACS PressPac/Chemical and Engineering News/ 4/23)

Large outbreak of viral gastroenteritis caused by contaminated drinking water in Apulia, Italy, May - October 2006 (EurosurveillanceWeekly/ 4/19)

Merck donates pills for parasitic disease in Africa (Reuters Health/ 4/19)

Wastewater recycler uses combined technologies (Food Production Daily/ 4/17)

What's in the water? Estrogenic activity documented in fish caught in Pittsburgh's rivers. (EurekAlert!/University of Pittsburgh/ 4/17)

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS - IRELAND (GALWAY) (ProMED Mail/ 4/09)

Kiosks Closed Over Cholera Outbreak (allAfrica.com/ 4/09)

Drugs Are in the Water. Does It Matter? (The New York Times/ 4/03)

Seafood Poisoning Rises With Warming (Los Angeles Times/ 4/01)

Holy water hit in Irish bug scare (BBC News/ 3/29)

TULAREMIA, WATER-BORNE - NORWAY (NORTH) (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

Manure as Fuel: Poultry Litter-Fueled Furnace Will Reduce Energy Costs, Protect Watershed (Newswise/ 3/29)

Is it safe to drink the sewage? Presentation examines wastewater treatment concerns (Virginia Tech/ 3/29)

ARS, EPA Partner to Protect Watersheds (USDA/ARS/ 3/27)

Thames 'clean enough' for salmon (BBC News/ 3/26)

Shortage of safe water risks cholera in Iraq: U.N. (Reuters Health/ 3/22)

World Water Day Being Celebrated Tomorrow (New Zealand Ministry of Health/ 3/21)

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS - AUSTRALIA (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) (ProMED Mail/ 3/21)

Consultation on proposals for the development of a national network for the delivery of food, water and environmental microbiology services (U.K./ Health Protection Agency/ 3/16)

TYPHOID FEVER UPDATE 2007 (07) (ProMED Mail/ 3/15)

Global effort to provide poorest with basic sanitation slow going (Stanford University / 3/13)

CHOLERA, DIARRHEA & DYSENTERY UPDATE 2007 (11) (ProMED Mail/ 3/09)

Notice to Readers: Ground Water Awareness Week, March 11--17, 2007 (CDC/ MMWR/ 3/09)

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Drink "Jermuk" Brand Mineral Water (FDA / 3/08)

Research Leads To Advanced Water Filters for Safe Drinking Water in India (newswise / 3/06)

New UD technology removes viruses from drinking water (University of Delaware / 2/26)

Diarrhoea And Cholera Subsiding (allAfrica.com / 2/23)

Ministry of Health Believes Waterborne Diseases Under-reported in New Zealand (New Zealand/ Ministry of Health/ 2/19)

On the Water Front (The New York Times/ 2/18)

Fresh Outbreak of Watery Diarrhea Rages in Central Region (allAfrica.com/ 2/15)

Region Tackles Cholera Outbreak (allAfrica.com/ 2/14)

UN Agencies Rush Aid to Fight Deadly Illness in Flood-Ravaged Somalia (allAfrica.com/ 2/14)

Zambezi Grapples With Infections (allAfrica.com/ 2/12)

Cholera Outbreak Threatens Country (allAfrica.com/ 2/12)

Somalia: Cholera Kills 82 in Central Region (allAfrica.com/ 2/05)

Surveillance for Waterborne Disease and Outbreaks Associated with Recreational Water --- United States, 2003--2004 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 12/22)

CSU researcher urges scientific community to treat antibiotic resistance genes as water contaminants (Colorado State University / 10/26)

Area creek studied for rangeland effects on water quality (Eurek Alert / 10/24)

Scientists Will Track E. Coli in the Salinas Valley (Univ. California - Davis / 10/23)

California Urged to Monitor Farms for Food Safety. States Can Move Faster Than the Federal Government to Implement Standards, Says CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 10/23)

Researchers Developing Warning Program to Monitor Water Systems in Real Time (NewsWise.com / 10/10)

World in danger of missing sanitation target; drinking-water target also at risk, new report shows (World Health Organization / 9/5)

Cleaning Water at Household, Not Source, Is Best Diarrhea Prevention (NewsWise.com / 7/18)

Waterfowl May Contaminate Drinking Water with Bacteria Harmful to Humans (American Society for Microbiology / 7/14)

GASTROENTERITIS, WATER-BORNE - HUNGARY (NORTHEAST) (ProMed Mail / 6/12)

Coastal Water Contamination Increases with Population (NewsWise.com / 6/7)

Potentially Toxic Algae May be Present in Nebraska Lakes (Nebraska Health and Human Services / 5/27)

Tiny Water Purification Packet Helps Save Lives Worldwide (NewsWise.com / 3/29)

Reach of Clean Water Act Is at Issue in 2 Supreme Court Cases (New York Times / 2/20)

The European Parliament has voted for tougher water cleanliness standards at Europe's beaches. (BBC News / 1/18)

KANSAS CERTIFIES WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATORS (Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment / 1/9)

Chlorine kills bugs living in hospital water (Reuters Health / 12/22)

Disease link to water poisoning (BBC News / 12/15)

Elimination of organic waste from water (Eurek Alert / 11/4)

UV Measurement Tool To Aid Defense Against Infection Spread By Tap Water (Duke University / 11/1)