A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water.

Slingshot is a special device that is brought to us by Dean Kamen, which is claimed to be able to regenerate drinking water from any source of moisture.

Chicago water officials expressed concern over the pollution of Lake Michigan drinking water.They said they're testing it for the presence of pharmaceutical drugs and other unregulated chemicals.

A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for survival.

The European Union and several key Danube organizations are urging countries along the river Danube to prevent "irreversible" damage to the waterway, warning the growing pollution could endanger drinking water for some 80 million people.

A recent look at what is known about the health effects of drinking water reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence. The findings indicate that most people do not need to worry about drinking their recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces (“8x8”) of water per day. The editorial is published in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

A recent look at what is known about the health effects of drinking water reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence. The findings indicate that most people do not need to worry about drinking their recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounces (“8x8”) of water per day.

China has solved most of the problems of insufficient drinking water supply in rural areas, said the Ministry of Water Resources on Saturday.

There are prescription medicine elements in America's tap water. The news was broken by AP and has become a source of huge concern about the safety of drinking water. Basically tap water is found to contain traces of prescription drugs in D.C. area.

Fluoride added to public water supplies is detrimental to your health.

Cadmium comes from a wide variety of sources in the environment and from industry and is extremely toxic to humans. Environmental exposure can occur via the diet and drinking water. In chronic exposure, it also accumulates in the body, particularly in the kidneys and the liver. The liver acts as a detoxification organ.