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2. Nearly half of the tap water in the US is contaminated with ...

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   This US Geological Survey map shows the number of PFAS detected in tap water samples from select sites across the nation. The findings are based on a USGS study of samples taken between 2016 and ...

3. Drinking water quality in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The drinking water contaminants that can have chronic effects include chemicals (such as disinfection byproducts, solvents and pesticides), radionuclides (such as radium), and minerals (such as arsenic). Examples of these chronic effects include cancer, liver or kidney problems, or reproductive difficulties. [35]

4. Water pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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   About 40% of drinking water in America comes from groundwater sources. [15] When contaminants enter aquifers, the pollution spreads, eliminating the potential to use the aquifer for drinking water. Groundwater contamination is often the result of chemicals that seep through the soil and into the water supply, such as pesticides and fertilizers ...

5. Lead contamination in Washington, D.C., drinking water

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   While performing research into premature pipe corrosion for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) in 2001, Marc Edwards, an expert in plumbing corrosion, discovered lead levels in the drinking water of Washington, D.C., at least 83 times higher than the accepted safe limit.

6. New maps show contaminated private water wells in ... - AOL

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   Ten years' worth of well testing data is now mapped online to guide well owners in choosing the appropriate water quality tests for their location. New maps show contaminated private water wells ...

7. Too much ‘forever’ chemicals found in Kennewick drinking ...

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   PFAS in firefighting foam is a key suspected source of PFAS-contaminated drinking water in Washington, according to the state Department of Ecology. Over many years of manufacturing and use, the ...

8. Wellhead protection program - Wikipedia

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   Global map depicting international sanitation and drinking water scores. The Wellhead Protection Program in the 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act requires states to protect underground sources of drinking water from contaminants that may adversely affect human health.

9. Unpublished study finds elevated cancer rates at US ... - AOL

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   The study increases the known number of cancers linked to contaminated drinking water at the base, according to Kenneth Cantor, a former National Cancer Institute epidemiologist who has read the ...