Drinking water is regulated by the US EPA. Every day, many things can challenge your
drinking water. If you want to see if your municipal water has had any violations, visit
the EPA website, select your state, select your county, and then click on your municipal
water supplier. Any violations will be listed on this website. If your city issues a Boil
Water Advisory, follow the instructions from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention. Below is a list of news articles from various states addressing possible
events that could contaminate drinking water systems. The World Health Organization
(WHO) has studied how these contaminants can impact your health. One way to better
protect those in your home from the possibility of drinking contaminated water is to
install a home Reverse Osmosis system.
This is just a small list of news events. For a more complete list of news events, go to
Water Tech Online.
Alabama
AL 20050311 McIntosh - water contaminated by mercury
AL 20051207 Fish River - Residents say water was murky since July - water contaminated with fecal mater due to
sewage pipe was accidentally connected to drinking water pipe
AL St Elmo - Water Plant in St Elmo Shut Down - Cancer causing fuel additive and pesticide - ethylene dibromide
AL 20051215 Fish River - District attorney investigating sewer-water mix-up - contractor connected sewer pipe to
drinking water pipe - problem was not found for several months
AL 20060301 Birmingham - EPA seeks records in probe of Jefferson County wastewater plants - plants accused of
discharging sewage into water ways
AL 20061227 Mobile - Big fine proposed for sewer company - company crossed sewer pipe with drinking water
Alaska
AK 20070102 One-third of villages lack in-home water tap - Villages have higher hospitalization rate due to infectious
diseases
AK 20071003 Kenai - Arsenic prompts Kenia to drill new water wells - old wells have 15 ppb arsenic
Arizona
AZ 20050407 Phoenix - Polluted water may hurt wells in Arizona - PGE contaminated wells with hexavalent
chromium
AZ 20050706 Phoenix - Water scare not mechanical failure - Boil order caused by improperly training personnel
AZ 20050815 Nogales - Chemical Spill threatens Nogales water supply - sulfuric acid spill from train derailment
AZ 20050830 Phoenix - States that share Colorado River water OK plan for drought - Nevada and Arizona not happy
AZ 20051219 Tucson - Effluent alters sexuality of fish - fish exposed to wastewater became more like other sex -
people in Tucson will start drinking recycled wastewater in 2020
AZ 20060116 Flagstaff - Judge allows snowmaking from wastewater at ski slop in sacred peaks
AZ 20060306 Phoenix - Radioactive water found near nuclear plant - tritium found in wells near Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station
AZ 20060412 almost free water tests available - offered to test wells in AZ for Nitrate Nitrite pH hardness and alkalinity
AZ 20060707 Nogales - EPA fines Nogales AZ for Safe Drinking Water violations - sewer lines leaking into soil and
possibly into groundwater
AZ 20060908 Phoenix - Arsenic laden AZ water gets new technology - reduced arsenic from 16 -42 ppb to below EPA
limit of 10 ppb
AZ 20061220 Chino Valley - Well pumping arsenic - tainted water to homes - Arsenic up to 316 ppb - 30 times the
EPA limit
AZ 20070112 Lower Colorado River basin crops fare well in perchlorate testing
AZ 20070213 Phoenix - Water report leaves bad taste in Phoenixs mouth - Mens Health mag ranks Phoenix water
worst of 100 cities
AZ 20070222 Tucson - New water system to help contain pollution plume - using coconut shells to reduce
tetrachloroethene-PCE- and trichloroethene-TCE
AZ 20070305 Black Canyon City - Dow Water Solutions reduces arsenic to non-detectable levels in Arizona - used
titanium based media to remove arsenic
AZ 20070313 Flagstaff - Fake snow out for Snowbowl - ski resort wants to use recycled water to make snow - rejected
AZ 20070416 Scottsdale - Golf courses seek purer water for irrigation - getting water from reclaimed wastewater - has
high salinity due to water softeners
AZ 20070614 Avondale - Nitrate removal system installed - ion exchange to reduce nitrate from 13-16 ppm to below
EPA limit 10 ppm
AZ 20070719 Sun Grove - Well from hell spewing hot water from taps - city using water from hot spring
AZ 20071003 US EPA orders two Arizona water companies to monitor drinking water for disinfection byproducts
AZ 20071005 Tuscon - Brain-eating amoeba found in 12 Tuscon water wells - can be killed by chlorine - 11 wells
now test negative
AZ 20071116 Scottsdale - Tainted water may have entered Scottsdales water supply - trichloroethylene TCE
AZ 20080107 Green Valley - GV plant aims to clean up drinking water - ion exchange used to reduce sulfate - over
500 ppm from mining
AZ 20080116 Yuma - Arsenic levels exceed standards at YPG - officials say it poses no problem
Arkansas
AR 20050726 Lincoln - Arkansas poultry companies accused of water pollution - from chicken waste
OK AR 20050401 - Oklahoma Att Gen files suite against chicken farmers on waste disposal as fertilizer
AR 20060530 Dardanelle sues Russellville over wastewater discharge
California
CA 20051117 San Bernardino - Deal on tainted water made with BF Goodrich - ground water contaminated with
perchlorate
CA 20050223 - Perchlorate - Rocket-Fuel Chemical Found in Breast Milk
CA 20050301 ENCINITAS - Wastewater spilled into Escondido Creek
CA 20050309 Napa Valley - Ferric Chloride leak
CA 20050310 Scotts Valley ground water contamination prompts alarm - dry cleaning chemical contamination
CA 20050322 Los Angeles -- Critics complain water samples at former nuke lab being filtered before testing
CA 20050324 Gorman - Pipeline rupture spills oil into reservoir north of Los Angeles
CA 20050325 Gorman - Cleanup crews working on Pyramid Lake oil spill
CA 20050329 Monterey - Army investigates water contamination by TCE
CA 20050413 San Bernardino - US House approves 50 million bill to clean up Perchlorate in ground water
CA 20050418 Sierra Madre - Wells contaminated with Perchloroethylene PCE and tetrachloroethylene TCE possibly
from dry cleaning chemicals
CA 20050422 Oro Grande - Wastewater released into Mojave River - percolation pond overflowed into river
CA 20050426 Rialto - Chemical triggers alarm across US - 36 states have identified Perchlorate
CA 20050429 Wasco - Human waste raises concerns among farmers - using human waste as fertilizer
CA 20050506 San Diego - City of San Diego settles wastewater treatment lawsuit - 167 million to reduce wastewater
spills
CA 20050615 Escondido - Old Escondido Canal clogged for 6 months - canal is citys water source
CA 20050615 Palm Springs - Well tests high for uranium but officials say water is safe
CA 20050620 Vallejo - Vallejo Ordered to Remove chemicals from drinking water – THM
CA 20050630 Fenton - Cal-Am acknowledges water monitoring error
CA 20050630 Los Angeles - Tap water quality improved for millions of consumers as ozone treatment begins at
metropolitans Granada Hills plant
CA 20050707 San Francisco - US EPA reminds utilities of looming arsenic deadline - smaller water providers in
central CA NV AZ most affected in west
CA 20050713 San Diego - Perceptions of purity still clouds citys push to reuse wastewater
CA 20050815 Santa Clarita - Perchlorate cleanup put in motion – PCE
CA 20050822 Beaumont - Panel to investigate contaminated water - elevated nitrate found in well water - may ban
the installation of additional septic tanks
CA 20050824 San Gabriel - Carrier Corp to clean up toxic groundwater - Carrier spilled cancer causing chemicals
onto ground
CA 20050910 San Francisco - State board rejects plan to rid bay of mercury - regional agency told to study
municipal and industrial pollution
CA 20051007 Sonora - Two rivers fail federal clean water standards - found pesticides copper and selenium
CA 20051012 Sacramento - El Dorado Hills areas supplies tainted but no health risks seen - city dumped coal ash
instead of soda ash into water – mistake
CA 20051019 Los Angeles - City accused of discharging wastewater at metro station - wastewater contains high levels
of hexavalent chromium - zinc - copper – selenium
CA 20051021 San Diego - High copper levels found in Camp Pendleton water - above EPA limit of 1300 ppb
CA 20051117 San Bernardino - Deal on tainted water made with BF Goodrich - ground water contaminated with
perchlorate
CA 20051123 Los Angeles - THMs effect birth weight - Estimated effects of disinfection by-products on birth weight in
a population served by a single water utility
CA 20051215 San Diego switching from chloramine to pure chlorine to remove biofilm in city piping - switch on
December 22
CA 20051220 San Diego - Marine base Camp Pendleton neglected water protocols and state suggestion - didn't add
polyphosphate to reduce acidity causing elevated lead levels
CA 20051221 Groveland - Central CA water district ordered to remove chemical from drinking water - has elevated
levels of THM and haloacetic acids - city will fix by July 2007
CA 20060104 Escondido - Escondido fined over water treatment - many cases of sewage getting into river
CA 20060106 Los Osos - Water board tells Los Osos to pay 6 million dollar fine - allowed spetic tanks to leach into
groundwater and for halting sewer construction
CA 20060125 Richmond - Suite alleges city's water system pollutes Bay - dumped large amounts of untreated sewage
during heavy rains
CA 20060131 LA - Prescription drug traces found in recycled LA area water - drugs include antibiotics -
antipsychotics - birth control hormones
CA 20060202 Congressman wants congress to approve $50 million for perchlorate cleanup in CA
CA 20060206 San Francisco - PGE to pay $295 million to settle water contamination suits - contamination due to
hexavalent chromium - suits additional to Erin Brockovich suits
CA 20050911 San Jose - Checks in works for risky fountains - Cryptosporidium found in outdoor fountains - seven
children get sick
CA 20060220 Pasadena - Traces of drugs found in water - nonprescription drugs found in wastewater even after
treatment
CA 20060223 San Diego - Camp Pendleton to treat high lead in water - lead due to piping and faucets
CA 20060228 San Onofre - Radioactive water leak caused by faulty gasket - radioactive water leaked from tanker truck
as it was being transported to Utah
CA 20060303 Santa Ana - US EPA orders three Southern California companies to limit
CA 20060308 Rialto - Perchlorate found in highest level yet - 3500 ppb
CA 20060308 San Mateo - Studies on chloramines in drinking water proposed
CA 20060320 Lincoln - Water board fines Thunder Valley Indian Casino for polluting tributaries of the Sacramento
River with untreated sewage
CA 20060321 Sacramento - Water company to get $8 million in state funds - protect residents from water
contamination - MTBE
CA 20060321 San Bernardino County - Unity on water cleanup - cities unite to cleanup perchlorate - rocket fuel
ingredient - Rialto - Colton - Fontana
CA 20060417 Risk of plastic piping reviewed - does plastic pipe leach harmful impurities into water
CA 20060426 Ridgecrest - EPA orders Ridgecrest CA to stop discharging metals into sewer system - high levels of
molybdenum found in wastewater
CA 20060427 Jackson - River Pines gets oK to lift 4 year old boil water order - water now safe to drink after upgrading
water plant
CA 20060504 CA grants license to remove drinking water uranium - radioactive waste will be disposed of at a
licensed facility outside CA
CA 20060505 San Jose - Almaden Valley Treatment Plant switches from chlorine to ozone
CA 20060508 San Fransisco - EPA orders Mariposa Public Utility District to remove chemicals from drinking water -
high levels of disinfection byproducts
CA 20060511 Lodi - State has concerns over Lodis wastewater facility - facility not adequately testing treated effluent
and is in violation of state rules
CA 20060512 Mariposa - Mariposa ordered to clean up water - EPA orders utility to remove disinfectant by-products
from water
CA 20060530 CA regulators move to phase out dry cleaning sovent - want to ban perchloroethylene - primary
chemical used in dry cleaning
CA 20060602 San Francisco - EPA fines Greka Energy $127500 due to discharging wastewater in wells
CA 20060605 Los Angeles - more funding needed to cleanup San Gabriel Valley Basin - contaminated with defense
plnats and factories during WWII
CA 20060622 Lodi - Experts back water treatment plant for Lodi - city does not disinfect their water
CA 20060623 Livermore - Nitrate polluting area groundwater
CA 20060626 Gorman - E Coli found in Gorman Water - restaurants have closed - boil order issued
CA 20060714 San Diego - Warner Springs schoo forced to turn off drinking fountains - water contaminated with
coliform
CA 20060717 Arcata - Republicans vote yes on fluoride - will continue fluoride treatment
CA 20060719 San Jerado - Water plan approved - water filtration system will be installed to remove high levels of
nitrate - area is in farming cooperative
CA 20060725 Valley Springs - Water district declares emergency - power surge knocks out water pumps - 2000 without
water
CA 20060808 San Diego - Boil Order after water main break and positive tests for Coliform and E Coli - many
residents did not hear about boil order until it was over
CA 20060811 Jurupa - Jurupa district draws state fine - failed to monitor for nitrate in well water
CA 20060818 San Onofre - Radioactive leak reaches nuclear plants groundwater - tritium - drinking water wells
shutdown in area
CA 20060825 Tracy - Tracy seeks answer to salt woes - wastewater discharged into Old River has too much salt - need
to reduce from 1000 to 420 mg per L
CA 20060829 CA proposes limit for Perchlorate in Drinking Water - plan to set limit at 6 ppm - EPA limit 26_5 ppb -
MA limit 2 ppb
CA 20060829 San Diego - SeaWorld suspends fireworks show - chemicals from fireworks violate clean water act -
SeaWorld to apply for discharge permit
CA 20060906 Arcata - Measure to remove fluoride from water supply challenged
CA 20060918 Arcata - More health care providers declare support for fluoride - ask to defeat Measure W
CA 20060920 Hanford - EPA issues order to Hanford to reduce arsenic in drinking water - current levels at 10 to 50
ppb - EPA limit is 10 ppb
CA 20060921 Recycled water safe- essential- officials say - warns of using recycled water on vegetable crops -
spinach contaminated
CA 20060926 Governor signs bill to possibly eliminate softeners
CA 20060929 Royal Spring Water receives independent lab report that shows no trace of bromate or bromite in their
bottled water
CA 20061003 Governor vetos perchlorate bill - bill would allow tightening standards on perchlorate and other
chemicals
CA 20061004 Law to reduce lead content in water fixtures overcomes opposition - governor signs bill reducing lead
content from 8% to 0.25%
CA 20061222 Activities related to NDMA and other nitrosamines
CA 20040513 Filmore bans new installs of automatic softeners
CA 20030210 Los Angeles County Sanitation District move to ban against water softeners
CA 20060523 Temecula - Water district readies to remove arsenic - will install equipment to reduce arsenic from 14
ppm
CA 20060925 - Governer signs bill - rebate for voluntary removal of automatic water softeners
CA 20061009 Marina Del Ray - Crystal Geyser Withdraw Foul-smelling bottled water - bottles mistakenly capped with
caps for soda and juice bottles
CA 20061009 San Francisco - Lettuce recalled on E Coli - secondary irrigation source tested positive for E coli - no
contamination found on lettuce
CA 20061011 Salinas - Irrigation waters taint not the virulent E Coli - Lettuce producer plans to plow over rest of crop
and dismantal the contaminated reservoir
CA 20061013 - Spinach E Coli outbreak linked to cow manure - cattle were a mila and a half from the spinach farm
CA 20061020 Rialto - Colton - Proposal aims to clean up perchlorate - cities propose order to force 3 companies to
clean up contaminated drinking water
CA 20061024 San Luis Obispo County - Man gets 5 years in jail after contaminating well - dumped human waste in
well
CA 20061031 PWQA - stay on top of salinity - Pacific WQA members urged to monitor for bans on home water
softeners
CA 20061031 Santa Cruz - Algae stinks up Santa Curz tap water - algae does not pose a health risk
CA 20061031 State urged to adopt tougher perchlorate standard in water - CA considering 6 ppb limit - others want 1
ppb
CA 20061127 San Jose - Questions arise about effect of recycled water on trees - study to determine if using recycled
water killed redwood trees
CA 20061128 Morro Bay - Foul water blamed on years of discharge - wells contaminted with nitrate due to septic tanks
CA 20061201 Big Bear City - Dont mind the manganese - city to remove Mn from drinking water - around 2 ppm Mn
CA 20061206 Los Angeles - EPA orders to reduce drinking water chemical levels at El Centro Naval Air Facility -
THM at 116 ppm - EPA limit 80 ppb
CA 20061208 Santa Monica - City gets $131 million fro oil giants for new water plant - new plant due to MTBE
contaminating water
CA 20070102 San Joaquin County man sells bottled holy water
CA 20070104 RG Glogal Lifestyles apponts new CTO - Acquires Critical Ion Exchange wastewater treatment patents -
low waste water softener
CA 20070109 Vacaville - Novel program to curb pollution from drugs - city to collect unused drugs for incineration
CA 20070117 Story on Bottled Water - Part 1
CA 20070119 Rialto to prepare backup plan on contamination - perchlorate
CA 20070208 Smartville - Residents have limited access to toilets laundry - town does not have money to repair a
damaged tank at the sewage treatment plant
CA 20070212 Watsonville - City is offered grant for fluoridation - CA Dental Assoc will cost to build fluoridation system
for city
CA 20070216 Fremont - Tri-City wate only looks scary - water look milky due to air entrained in water - due to
switching water sources
CA 20070223 Los Angeles - ADA cautions against fluoridated water in formula - Metropolitan water district urged to
warn consumers of Fluoride risks to infants
CA 20070226 Madison - Madison well starts up - new well drilled due to old well contaminated with nitrate and
coliform bacteria since Jan 2003
CA 20070302 Indian Wells - Water district focusing on arsenic issues - use ion exchange to get rid of arsenic from well
water
CA 20070305 Tracy - Wastewater ponds contaminating groundwater - wastewater ponds at cheese factory leaking
CA 20070309 Pasadena - NASA picks spot for water plant - plant to remove perchlorate in well water - perchlorate
from rocket fuel
CA 20070328 Proposed CA rule recommends salt discharge - could suspend ALL saline discharges
CA 20070330 - USGS survey reveals contaminants in most wells - PCE most common - tetrachloroethylene
CA 20070412 Santa Clarita - Board to consider time line for chloride rule compliance - offer to turn in self
regenerating softener
CA 20070425 San Clemente Island - EPA orders Navy to reduce drinking water chemical levels at naval base -
contaminated with THM
CA 20070503 Tracy - Permit worth its salt - wastewater plant cant meet salinity limit
CA 20070507 Santa Clarita - CA softener rebates include a plumber to remove and haul away softener systems
CA 20070515 Bay Point - Water has high levels of dangerous chemical - Trihalomethane - to use GAC to reduce
CA 20070515 Fresno - Fresno educates residents to preserve ground water - wants residents to reduce use of salt -
detergent - fabric softeners
CA 20070516 Napa Valley - City blames faulty valve for chlorine in water - added too much chlorine
CA 20070523 Palo Alto - Chloramine may cause hazardous ash in wastewater process
CA 20070529 Davis - Woodland to add Sacramento River to water supply - to reduce hardness and nitrate in well
water
CA 20070529 Los Angeles water well shut down due to contamination - contaminated with chromium for industries
over 100 years
CA 20070613 Santa Clarita - Save the salt - save the river - company tests pelletizing calcium carbonate instead of
using softener
CA 20070615 Santa Maria - California refinery fined $1 Million for breaking drinking water laws - disposed of
wastewater containing benzene in wells
CA 20070620 Rancho Murieta - Brown Water on Tap in Rancho Murieta - pump disturbed sediment turning water
brown
CA 20070630 Bass Lake - WRT receives CA licence approval to operate a Uranium removal system in Bass Lake -
reduce Uranium from 165 to below 30 ppb
CA 20070630 Manteca - arsenic removal technology for city of Manteca - will use SORB33 arsenic to reduce
concentration from 16 to below 10 ppb
CA 20070713 Oakland - Sources of Hormone-Disrupting chemicals in San Francisco Bay
CA 20070719 Pomona - Basin Water to provide groundwater nitrate removal treatment system for Pomona - nitrate
above EPA limit
CA 20070719 Tulare County - County moves to clean water - 20 percent of wells contaminated with nitrates
CA 20070724 Dixon - Soft water a sewer plant issue in Dixon - considers banning softeners
CA 20070802 Southern CA water supplies to be fluoridated starting October
CA 20070806 San Bernardino - New drinking water rule could bring $30 million tab - CA to set perchlorate limit at 6
ppb
CA 20070820 Sunnyvale - Cleanup of toxins may cost Sunnyvale millions of dollars - perchloroethylene
contamination PCE
CA 20070822 Chula Vista - Merchants told water is tainted - Chula Vista center connected to pipes carrying treated
sewage
CA 20070823 Novato - Novato drops Labor Day fireworks after concerns over water contamination - water
contaminated with perchlorate from fire works
CA 20070824 Oakland - Legal action cites Chrysler - Producers for continuing use of lead-based wheel weights - lead
weights fall off and get into drinking water
CA 20070913 San Bernardino - District OKs well water treatment - well contaminted with nitrate and perchlorate
CA 20070917 Santa Clarita - Rayne to remove water softener rental units - reduce saline in wastewater
CA 20070929 New perchlorate rules to kick in October 19 - limit set at 6 ppb
CA 20071029 Ramona - Residents told not to drink from tap - system will take about 4 days for all-clear - lost power to
water plant due to wild fires
CA 20071127 Orange County - From Sewage - Added water for drinking - will purify sewer water to feed drinking water
supplies - not directly to the tap
CA 20071203 San Diego County - Fluoride on tap - most county residents to get fluoridated water from faucets after
long delay - 12 years
CA 20071205 - USGS - Preliminary Analytical Results for Ash and Burned Soils from the October 2007 Southern CA
Wildfires
CA 20071217 Los Angelos - High levels of contamination shut two reservoirs - chlorine caused the formation of
bromate
CA 20071218 San Diego - Boil water order issued for El Cajon nudist resort - presence of total coliform bacteria in
water
CA 20071219 Orange County - Residents weith in on extra fluoride - not in my water supply
CA 20071220 Santa Clarita - Old water softeners days coming to an abrupt end - water district giving rebates to
remove softeners
CA 20080102 Yolo - Coliform found in drinking water - boil order issued
CA 20080111 Fountain Valley - Orange County turns on its recycling spigot - recycle wastewater to groundwater after
MF RO UV and H2O2 treatment
CA 20080111 Yolo County - Some Yolo well users urged to boil water - due to power outages and flooding - bacteria
in water
CA 20080117 Rialto - Will rains dilute or increase perchlorate - rains may wash perchlorate into drinking water
drinking water. If you want to see if your municipal water has had any violations, visit
the EPA website, select your state, select your county, and then click on your municipal
water supplier. Any violations will be listed on this website. If your city issues a Boil
Water Advisory, follow the instructions from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention. Below is a list of news articles from various states addressing possible
events that could contaminate drinking water systems. The World Health Organization
(WHO) has studied how these contaminants can impact your health. One way to better
protect those in your home from the possibility of drinking contaminated water is to
install a home Reverse Osmosis system.
This is just a small list of news events. For a more complete list of news events, go to
Water Tech Online.
Alabama
AL 20050311 McIntosh - water contaminated by mercury
AL 20051207 Fish River - Residents say water was murky since July - water contaminated with fecal mater due to
sewage pipe was accidentally connected to drinking water pipe
AL St Elmo - Water Plant in St Elmo Shut Down - Cancer causing fuel additive and pesticide - ethylene dibromide
AL 20051215 Fish River - District attorney investigating sewer-water mix-up - contractor connected sewer pipe to
drinking water pipe - problem was not found for several months
AL 20060301 Birmingham - EPA seeks records in probe of Jefferson County wastewater plants - plants accused of
discharging sewage into water ways
AL 20061227 Mobile - Big fine proposed for sewer company - company crossed sewer pipe with drinking water
Alaska
AK 20070102 One-third of villages lack in-home water tap - Villages have higher hospitalization rate due to infectious
diseases
AK 20071003 Kenai - Arsenic prompts Kenia to drill new water wells - old wells have 15 ppb arsenic
Arizona
AZ 20050407 Phoenix - Polluted water may hurt wells in Arizona - PGE contaminated wells with hexavalent
chromium
AZ 20050706 Phoenix - Water scare not mechanical failure - Boil order caused by improperly training personnel
AZ 20050815 Nogales - Chemical Spill threatens Nogales water supply - sulfuric acid spill from train derailment
AZ 20050830 Phoenix - States that share Colorado River water OK plan for drought - Nevada and Arizona not happy
AZ 20051219 Tucson - Effluent alters sexuality of fish - fish exposed to wastewater became more like other sex -
people in Tucson will start drinking recycled wastewater in 2020
AZ 20060116 Flagstaff - Judge allows snowmaking from wastewater at ski slop in sacred peaks
AZ 20060306 Phoenix - Radioactive water found near nuclear plant - tritium found in wells near Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station
AZ 20060412 almost free water tests available - offered to test wells in AZ for Nitrate Nitrite pH hardness and alkalinity
AZ 20060707 Nogales - EPA fines Nogales AZ for Safe Drinking Water violations - sewer lines leaking into soil and
possibly into groundwater
AZ 20060908 Phoenix - Arsenic laden AZ water gets new technology - reduced arsenic from 16 -42 ppb to below EPA
limit of 10 ppb
AZ 20061220 Chino Valley - Well pumping arsenic - tainted water to homes - Arsenic up to 316 ppb - 30 times the
EPA limit
AZ 20070112 Lower Colorado River basin crops fare well in perchlorate testing
AZ 20070213 Phoenix - Water report leaves bad taste in Phoenixs mouth - Mens Health mag ranks Phoenix water
worst of 100 cities
AZ 20070222 Tucson - New water system to help contain pollution plume - using coconut shells to reduce
tetrachloroethene-PCE- and trichloroethene-TCE
AZ 20070305 Black Canyon City - Dow Water Solutions reduces arsenic to non-detectable levels in Arizona - used
titanium based media to remove arsenic
AZ 20070313 Flagstaff - Fake snow out for Snowbowl - ski resort wants to use recycled water to make snow - rejected
AZ 20070416 Scottsdale - Golf courses seek purer water for irrigation - getting water from reclaimed wastewater - has
high salinity due to water softeners
AZ 20070614 Avondale - Nitrate removal system installed - ion exchange to reduce nitrate from 13-16 ppm to below
EPA limit 10 ppm
AZ 20070719 Sun Grove - Well from hell spewing hot water from taps - city using water from hot spring
AZ 20071003 US EPA orders two Arizona water companies to monitor drinking water for disinfection byproducts
AZ 20071005 Tuscon - Brain-eating amoeba found in 12 Tuscon water wells - can be killed by chlorine - 11 wells
now test negative
AZ 20071116 Scottsdale - Tainted water may have entered Scottsdales water supply - trichloroethylene TCE
AZ 20080107 Green Valley - GV plant aims to clean up drinking water - ion exchange used to reduce sulfate - over
500 ppm from mining
AZ 20080116 Yuma - Arsenic levels exceed standards at YPG - officials say it poses no problem
Arkansas
AR 20050726 Lincoln - Arkansas poultry companies accused of water pollution - from chicken waste
OK AR 20050401 - Oklahoma Att Gen files suite against chicken farmers on waste disposal as fertilizer
AR 20060530 Dardanelle sues Russellville over wastewater discharge
California
CA 20051117 San Bernardino - Deal on tainted water made with BF Goodrich - ground water contaminated with
perchlorate
CA 20050223 - Perchlorate - Rocket-Fuel Chemical Found in Breast Milk
CA 20050301 ENCINITAS - Wastewater spilled into Escondido Creek
CA 20050309 Napa Valley - Ferric Chloride leak
CA 20050310 Scotts Valley ground water contamination prompts alarm - dry cleaning chemical contamination
CA 20050322 Los Angeles -- Critics complain water samples at former nuke lab being filtered before testing
CA 20050324 Gorman - Pipeline rupture spills oil into reservoir north of Los Angeles
CA 20050325 Gorman - Cleanup crews working on Pyramid Lake oil spill
CA 20050329 Monterey - Army investigates water contamination by TCE
CA 20050413 San Bernardino - US House approves 50 million bill to clean up Perchlorate in ground water
CA 20050418 Sierra Madre - Wells contaminated with Perchloroethylene PCE and tetrachloroethylene TCE possibly
from dry cleaning chemicals
CA 20050422 Oro Grande - Wastewater released into Mojave River - percolation pond overflowed into river
CA 20050426 Rialto - Chemical triggers alarm across US - 36 states have identified Perchlorate
CA 20050429 Wasco - Human waste raises concerns among farmers - using human waste as fertilizer
CA 20050506 San Diego - City of San Diego settles wastewater treatment lawsuit - 167 million to reduce wastewater
spills
CA 20050615 Escondido - Old Escondido Canal clogged for 6 months - canal is citys water source
CA 20050615 Palm Springs - Well tests high for uranium but officials say water is safe
CA 20050620 Vallejo - Vallejo Ordered to Remove chemicals from drinking water – THM
CA 20050630 Fenton - Cal-Am acknowledges water monitoring error
CA 20050630 Los Angeles - Tap water quality improved for millions of consumers as ozone treatment begins at
metropolitans Granada Hills plant
CA 20050707 San Francisco - US EPA reminds utilities of looming arsenic deadline - smaller water providers in
central CA NV AZ most affected in west
CA 20050713 San Diego - Perceptions of purity still clouds citys push to reuse wastewater
CA 20050815 Santa Clarita - Perchlorate cleanup put in motion – PCE
CA 20050822 Beaumont - Panel to investigate contaminated water - elevated nitrate found in well water - may ban
the installation of additional septic tanks
CA 20050824 San Gabriel - Carrier Corp to clean up toxic groundwater - Carrier spilled cancer causing chemicals
onto ground
CA 20050910 San Francisco - State board rejects plan to rid bay of mercury - regional agency told to study
municipal and industrial pollution
CA 20051007 Sonora - Two rivers fail federal clean water standards - found pesticides copper and selenium
CA 20051012 Sacramento - El Dorado Hills areas supplies tainted but no health risks seen - city dumped coal ash
instead of soda ash into water – mistake
CA 20051019 Los Angeles - City accused of discharging wastewater at metro station - wastewater contains high levels
of hexavalent chromium - zinc - copper – selenium
CA 20051021 San Diego - High copper levels found in Camp Pendleton water - above EPA limit of 1300 ppb
CA 20051117 San Bernardino - Deal on tainted water made with BF Goodrich - ground water contaminated with
perchlorate
CA 20051123 Los Angeles - THMs effect birth weight - Estimated effects of disinfection by-products on birth weight in
a population served by a single water utility
CA 20051215 San Diego switching from chloramine to pure chlorine to remove biofilm in city piping - switch on
December 22
CA 20051220 San Diego - Marine base Camp Pendleton neglected water protocols and state suggestion - didn't add
polyphosphate to reduce acidity causing elevated lead levels
CA 20051221 Groveland - Central CA water district ordered to remove chemical from drinking water - has elevated
levels of THM and haloacetic acids - city will fix by July 2007
CA 20060104 Escondido - Escondido fined over water treatment - many cases of sewage getting into river
CA 20060106 Los Osos - Water board tells Los Osos to pay 6 million dollar fine - allowed spetic tanks to leach into
groundwater and for halting sewer construction
CA 20060125 Richmond - Suite alleges city's water system pollutes Bay - dumped large amounts of untreated sewage
during heavy rains
CA 20060131 LA - Prescription drug traces found in recycled LA area water - drugs include antibiotics -
antipsychotics - birth control hormones
CA 20060202 Congressman wants congress to approve $50 million for perchlorate cleanup in CA
CA 20060206 San Francisco - PGE to pay $295 million to settle water contamination suits - contamination due to
hexavalent chromium - suits additional to Erin Brockovich suits
CA 20050911 San Jose - Checks in works for risky fountains - Cryptosporidium found in outdoor fountains - seven
children get sick
CA 20060220 Pasadena - Traces of drugs found in water - nonprescription drugs found in wastewater even after
treatment
CA 20060223 San Diego - Camp Pendleton to treat high lead in water - lead due to piping and faucets
CA 20060228 San Onofre - Radioactive water leak caused by faulty gasket - radioactive water leaked from tanker truck
as it was being transported to Utah
CA 20060303 Santa Ana - US EPA orders three Southern California companies to limit
CA 20060308 Rialto - Perchlorate found in highest level yet - 3500 ppb
CA 20060308 San Mateo - Studies on chloramines in drinking water proposed
CA 20060320 Lincoln - Water board fines Thunder Valley Indian Casino for polluting tributaries of the Sacramento
River with untreated sewage
CA 20060321 Sacramento - Water company to get $8 million in state funds - protect residents from water
contamination - MTBE
CA 20060321 San Bernardino County - Unity on water cleanup - cities unite to cleanup perchlorate - rocket fuel
ingredient - Rialto - Colton - Fontana
CA 20060417 Risk of plastic piping reviewed - does plastic pipe leach harmful impurities into water
CA 20060426 Ridgecrest - EPA orders Ridgecrest CA to stop discharging metals into sewer system - high levels of
molybdenum found in wastewater
CA 20060427 Jackson - River Pines gets oK to lift 4 year old boil water order - water now safe to drink after upgrading
water plant
CA 20060504 CA grants license to remove drinking water uranium - radioactive waste will be disposed of at a
licensed facility outside CA
CA 20060505 San Jose - Almaden Valley Treatment Plant switches from chlorine to ozone
CA 20060508 San Fransisco - EPA orders Mariposa Public Utility District to remove chemicals from drinking water -
high levels of disinfection byproducts
CA 20060511 Lodi - State has concerns over Lodis wastewater facility - facility not adequately testing treated effluent
and is in violation of state rules
CA 20060512 Mariposa - Mariposa ordered to clean up water - EPA orders utility to remove disinfectant by-products
from water
CA 20060530 CA regulators move to phase out dry cleaning sovent - want to ban perchloroethylene - primary
chemical used in dry cleaning
CA 20060602 San Francisco - EPA fines Greka Energy $127500 due to discharging wastewater in wells
CA 20060605 Los Angeles - more funding needed to cleanup San Gabriel Valley Basin - contaminated with defense
plnats and factories during WWII
CA 20060622 Lodi - Experts back water treatment plant for Lodi - city does not disinfect their water
CA 20060623 Livermore - Nitrate polluting area groundwater
CA 20060626 Gorman - E Coli found in Gorman Water - restaurants have closed - boil order issued
CA 20060714 San Diego - Warner Springs schoo forced to turn off drinking fountains - water contaminated with
coliform
CA 20060717 Arcata - Republicans vote yes on fluoride - will continue fluoride treatment
CA 20060719 San Jerado - Water plan approved - water filtration system will be installed to remove high levels of
nitrate - area is in farming cooperative
CA 20060725 Valley Springs - Water district declares emergency - power surge knocks out water pumps - 2000 without
water
CA 20060808 San Diego - Boil Order after water main break and positive tests for Coliform and E Coli - many
residents did not hear about boil order until it was over
CA 20060811 Jurupa - Jurupa district draws state fine - failed to monitor for nitrate in well water
CA 20060818 San Onofre - Radioactive leak reaches nuclear plants groundwater - tritium - drinking water wells
shutdown in area
CA 20060825 Tracy - Tracy seeks answer to salt woes - wastewater discharged into Old River has too much salt - need
to reduce from 1000 to 420 mg per L
CA 20060829 CA proposes limit for Perchlorate in Drinking Water - plan to set limit at 6 ppm - EPA limit 26_5 ppb -
MA limit 2 ppb
CA 20060829 San Diego - SeaWorld suspends fireworks show - chemicals from fireworks violate clean water act -
SeaWorld to apply for discharge permit
CA 20060906 Arcata - Measure to remove fluoride from water supply challenged
CA 20060918 Arcata - More health care providers declare support for fluoride - ask to defeat Measure W
CA 20060920 Hanford - EPA issues order to Hanford to reduce arsenic in drinking water - current levels at 10 to 50
ppb - EPA limit is 10 ppb
CA 20060921 Recycled water safe- essential- officials say - warns of using recycled water on vegetable crops -
spinach contaminated
CA 20060926 Governor signs bill to possibly eliminate softeners
CA 20060929 Royal Spring Water receives independent lab report that shows no trace of bromate or bromite in their
bottled water
CA 20061003 Governor vetos perchlorate bill - bill would allow tightening standards on perchlorate and other
chemicals
CA 20061004 Law to reduce lead content in water fixtures overcomes opposition - governor signs bill reducing lead
content from 8% to 0.25%
CA 20061222 Activities related to NDMA and other nitrosamines
CA 20040513 Filmore bans new installs of automatic softeners
CA 20030210 Los Angeles County Sanitation District move to ban against water softeners
CA 20060523 Temecula - Water district readies to remove arsenic - will install equipment to reduce arsenic from 14
ppm
CA 20060925 - Governer signs bill - rebate for voluntary removal of automatic water softeners
CA 20061009 Marina Del Ray - Crystal Geyser Withdraw Foul-smelling bottled water - bottles mistakenly capped with
caps for soda and juice bottles
CA 20061009 San Francisco - Lettuce recalled on E Coli - secondary irrigation source tested positive for E coli - no
contamination found on lettuce
CA 20061011 Salinas - Irrigation waters taint not the virulent E Coli - Lettuce producer plans to plow over rest of crop
and dismantal the contaminated reservoir
CA 20061013 - Spinach E Coli outbreak linked to cow manure - cattle were a mila and a half from the spinach farm
CA 20061020 Rialto - Colton - Proposal aims to clean up perchlorate - cities propose order to force 3 companies to
clean up contaminated drinking water
CA 20061024 San Luis Obispo County - Man gets 5 years in jail after contaminating well - dumped human waste in
well
CA 20061031 PWQA - stay on top of salinity - Pacific WQA members urged to monitor for bans on home water
softeners
CA 20061031 Santa Cruz - Algae stinks up Santa Curz tap water - algae does not pose a health risk
CA 20061031 State urged to adopt tougher perchlorate standard in water - CA considering 6 ppb limit - others want 1
ppb
CA 20061127 San Jose - Questions arise about effect of recycled water on trees - study to determine if using recycled
water killed redwood trees
CA 20061128 Morro Bay - Foul water blamed on years of discharge - wells contaminted with nitrate due to septic tanks
CA 20061201 Big Bear City - Dont mind the manganese - city to remove Mn from drinking water - around 2 ppm Mn
CA 20061206 Los Angeles - EPA orders to reduce drinking water chemical levels at El Centro Naval Air Facility -
THM at 116 ppm - EPA limit 80 ppb
CA 20061208 Santa Monica - City gets $131 million fro oil giants for new water plant - new plant due to MTBE
contaminating water
CA 20070102 San Joaquin County man sells bottled holy water
CA 20070104 RG Glogal Lifestyles apponts new CTO - Acquires Critical Ion Exchange wastewater treatment patents -
low waste water softener
CA 20070109 Vacaville - Novel program to curb pollution from drugs - city to collect unused drugs for incineration
CA 20070117 Story on Bottled Water - Part 1
CA 20070119 Rialto to prepare backup plan on contamination - perchlorate
CA 20070208 Smartville - Residents have limited access to toilets laundry - town does not have money to repair a
damaged tank at the sewage treatment plant
CA 20070212 Watsonville - City is offered grant for fluoridation - CA Dental Assoc will cost to build fluoridation system
for city
CA 20070216 Fremont - Tri-City wate only looks scary - water look milky due to air entrained in water - due to
switching water sources
CA 20070223 Los Angeles - ADA cautions against fluoridated water in formula - Metropolitan water district urged to
warn consumers of Fluoride risks to infants
CA 20070226 Madison - Madison well starts up - new well drilled due to old well contaminated with nitrate and
coliform bacteria since Jan 2003
CA 20070302 Indian Wells - Water district focusing on arsenic issues - use ion exchange to get rid of arsenic from well
water
CA 20070305 Tracy - Wastewater ponds contaminating groundwater - wastewater ponds at cheese factory leaking
CA 20070309 Pasadena - NASA picks spot for water plant - plant to remove perchlorate in well water - perchlorate
from rocket fuel
CA 20070328 Proposed CA rule recommends salt discharge - could suspend ALL saline discharges
CA 20070330 - USGS survey reveals contaminants in most wells - PCE most common - tetrachloroethylene
CA 20070412 Santa Clarita - Board to consider time line for chloride rule compliance - offer to turn in self
regenerating softener
CA 20070425 San Clemente Island - EPA orders Navy to reduce drinking water chemical levels at naval base -
contaminated with THM
CA 20070503 Tracy - Permit worth its salt - wastewater plant cant meet salinity limit
CA 20070507 Santa Clarita - CA softener rebates include a plumber to remove and haul away softener systems
CA 20070515 Bay Point - Water has high levels of dangerous chemical - Trihalomethane - to use GAC to reduce
CA 20070515 Fresno - Fresno educates residents to preserve ground water - wants residents to reduce use of salt -
detergent - fabric softeners
CA 20070516 Napa Valley - City blames faulty valve for chlorine in water - added too much chlorine
CA 20070523 Palo Alto - Chloramine may cause hazardous ash in wastewater process
CA 20070529 Davis - Woodland to add Sacramento River to water supply - to reduce hardness and nitrate in well
water
CA 20070529 Los Angeles water well shut down due to contamination - contaminated with chromium for industries
over 100 years
CA 20070613 Santa Clarita - Save the salt - save the river - company tests pelletizing calcium carbonate instead of
using softener
CA 20070615 Santa Maria - California refinery fined $1 Million for breaking drinking water laws - disposed of
wastewater containing benzene in wells
CA 20070620 Rancho Murieta - Brown Water on Tap in Rancho Murieta - pump disturbed sediment turning water
brown
CA 20070630 Bass Lake - WRT receives CA licence approval to operate a Uranium removal system in Bass Lake -
reduce Uranium from 165 to below 30 ppb
CA 20070630 Manteca - arsenic removal technology for city of Manteca - will use SORB33 arsenic to reduce
concentration from 16 to below 10 ppb
CA 20070713 Oakland - Sources of Hormone-Disrupting chemicals in San Francisco Bay
CA 20070719 Pomona - Basin Water to provide groundwater nitrate removal treatment system for Pomona - nitrate
above EPA limit
CA 20070719 Tulare County - County moves to clean water - 20 percent of wells contaminated with nitrates
CA 20070724 Dixon - Soft water a sewer plant issue in Dixon - considers banning softeners
CA 20070802 Southern CA water supplies to be fluoridated starting October
CA 20070806 San Bernardino - New drinking water rule could bring $30 million tab - CA to set perchlorate limit at 6
ppb
CA 20070820 Sunnyvale - Cleanup of toxins may cost Sunnyvale millions of dollars - perchloroethylene
contamination PCE
CA 20070822 Chula Vista - Merchants told water is tainted - Chula Vista center connected to pipes carrying treated
sewage
CA 20070823 Novato - Novato drops Labor Day fireworks after concerns over water contamination - water
contaminated with perchlorate from fire works
CA 20070824 Oakland - Legal action cites Chrysler - Producers for continuing use of lead-based wheel weights - lead
weights fall off and get into drinking water
CA 20070913 San Bernardino - District OKs well water treatment - well contaminted with nitrate and perchlorate
CA 20070917 Santa Clarita - Rayne to remove water softener rental units - reduce saline in wastewater
CA 20070929 New perchlorate rules to kick in October 19 - limit set at 6 ppb
CA 20071029 Ramona - Residents told not to drink from tap - system will take about 4 days for all-clear - lost power to
water plant due to wild fires
CA 20071127 Orange County - From Sewage - Added water for drinking - will purify sewer water to feed drinking water
supplies - not directly to the tap
CA 20071203 San Diego County - Fluoride on tap - most county residents to get fluoridated water from faucets after
long delay - 12 years
CA 20071205 - USGS - Preliminary Analytical Results for Ash and Burned Soils from the October 2007 Southern CA
Wildfires
CA 20071217 Los Angelos - High levels of contamination shut two reservoirs - chlorine caused the formation of
bromate
CA 20071218 San Diego - Boil water order issued for El Cajon nudist resort - presence of total coliform bacteria in
water
CA 20071219 Orange County - Residents weith in on extra fluoride - not in my water supply
CA 20071220 Santa Clarita - Old water softeners days coming to an abrupt end - water district giving rebates to
remove softeners
CA 20080102 Yolo - Coliform found in drinking water - boil order issued
CA 20080111 Fountain Valley - Orange County turns on its recycling spigot - recycle wastewater to groundwater after
MF RO UV and H2O2 treatment
CA 20080111 Yolo County - Some Yolo well users urged to boil water - due to power outages and flooding - bacteria
in water
CA 20080117 Rialto - Will rains dilute or increase perchlorate - rains may wash perchlorate into drinking water
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