Loyola University Chicago is the latest institution to ban the sale of bottled water on campus starting 2013 but the university didn’t cite litter or economical reasons for the switch. The Student Environmental Alliance and student government released a joint statement giving it up to God saying, “We consider the sale of bottled water on [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! Massachusetts Breaking Ground – Concord has become the first town in America to entirely ban the sale of bottled water.   Granite City Water Plant Wins Award – The plant won the [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! Water Conservation Month – April is one of the highest water demand months and, coincidentally, it’s also water conservation month. Start building better water habits with these helpful and quick tips!   [...]

Chicago, New York and D.C. are all doing it and now Philadelphia adds itself to the list of cities that are embracing green infrastructure to manage stormwater flows and overflows. While the city isn’t installing a City Hall rooftop garden like Chicago, it is planning on investing major money on some major infrastructure changes. A [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! Finding a Balance – The city of Fort Wayne will have to decide which is a higher priority, installing an ultraviolet drinking water disinfection system or replacing its old water pipes. The [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! New Technique To Clip Arsenic Intake – Scientists from the University of Arizona are exploring toenail clippings as a new, less invasive way to study how our bodies store and process Arsenic, [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! Coal Ash: Water’s New Nemesis – Evidence that our water supply has soaked up dangerous toxins due to coal ash has surfaced in this new study.   Water Line Break Causes Big [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! History in the Water – Geologists at William & Mary may have discovered the cause of the mysterious Starving Time deaths at Jamestown Island during 1609-1610, and it’ll give you a new [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! The EPA Is Cleaning Up Its Act – The agency recently chose a $69.2 million dollar plan to clean up the California water that was tainted by solvents from 1976 to 1991. [...]

The Quench Weekly Water Top 10 recaps the week’s top stories on drinking water issues. Come back each week for the latest news! Indian Tribe Fighting Oklahoma Government Over Water – The Choctaw and Chickasaw tribe took their dispute to court, asking that Oklahoma stop taking their water to send to Oklahoma City.   Marin County’s [...]