WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A non-profit group says 10 U.S. bottled water brands contain 38 different pollutants but the water bottling industry says its water is fully regulated.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Residents of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. waited Wednesday to find out whether their tap water was safe to drink after a spill at the city's treatment plant.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A New York man said he has taken to bottling tap water and selling it in local stores in an attempt to keep water "honest and local."
MIAMI, June 30 (UPI) -- The bottled water industry has convenience, fashion and fear on its side, industry observers and U.S. mayors have said.
PITTSBURGH, June 28 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh's mayor wants to lessen the city's bottled water consumption, but old pipes in the city-county building are getting in the way, a spokeswoman said.
NORTHAMPTON, England, June 25 (UPI) -- Some 250,000 residents of Britain's East Midlands have been warned to boil their drinking water to ward off possible cryptosporidium bacteria contamination.
GARLAND, Texas, April 14 (UPI) -- Most bottled water is exempt from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation because it is packaged and sold in the same state, an expert notes.
NEW YORK, April 6 (UPI) -- A group of posh New York City restaurants have decided to banish bottled water from their establishments, the restaurants say.
ALAMOSA, Colo., March 24 (UPI) -- The need to flush out the water pipes in Alamosa, Colo., with chlorine means no showers starting Tuesday.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. dental group has extended its endorsement of water fluoridation by licensing a logo to be put on bottled water.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Beverage groups in Chicago sued the city over a 5-day-old tax on bottled water, alleging the tax violates state law.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall Wednesday of Metromint flavored water because of possible contamination.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Chicago's city council, seeking to reduce waste and return consumers to using tap water, is proposing a 10-cent tax on every plastic water bottle sold.
CRAIG, Colo., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Clyde the Elk apparently has a discriminating palate, preferring to quench his thirst with bottled water instead of water from Craig, Colo., city taps.
SANTA FE, N.M., July 31 (UPI) -- City officials in Santa Fe, N.M., are changing their drinking habits in hopes of convincing constituents to give up bottled water. Concerned by the waste created by plastic bottles, Santa Fe's mayor, city councilors and their staff have started drinking p
