Women walk out of Albertson's grocery store with bottles of water in Alpine, Calif on Aug. 18, 2023. / Photo by Ariana Drehsler Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day.

The Food and Drug Administration says that if the water is cloudy, you should first filter it through clean cloths or allow it to settle and then draw off the clear water for boiling and disinfecting.

A lot of work goes into ensuring the water that comes out of your tap is safe to drink. For more than 100 years, U.S. utility companies have used small doses of chemicals to disinfect water and ...

Hoboken, NJ., January 12, 2026 — Disinfecting drinking water prevents the spread of deadly waterborne diseases by killing infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses and parasites. Without ...

Ensuring that water is safe to use and consume can be a real chore, especially for those who live in impoverished areas without access to safe drinking water. Here is where researchers at Stanford ...

The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission is notifying customers after test results showed the city’s drinking water ...

Turlock will begin chlorination treatment of its drinking water next week. A city news release Wednesday said the chlorination program to improve water quality will begin May 17. Staff said the city ...

Here’s more evidence that your drinking water may be unsafe. A new analysis out of Sweden reports that disinfecting water with chlorine creates chemical byproducts that can increase the risk of ...

The City of San Angelo’s Water Utilities Department will change how it disinfects the public water supply from June 1-30, according to a city news release. The Water Department normally uses ...

A water treatment plant is being built as part of the Regional Surface Water Supply Project near Hughson, Calif., Dec. 1, 2021. The plant will treat water pumped from the Tuolumne River and deliver ...