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The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is proud to be a sponsor of Protect Your Groundwater Day, September 10. Protect Your Groundwater Day is a time to educate all Americans about what they can do to preserve and protect groundwater to meet human and environmental needs.

Nearly half of all Americans depend on groundwater for their drinking water supply-from either a public source or a private well. This fact underscores the need to promote and protect the stewardship of America's water resources, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) said today in recognizing National Groundwater Awareness Week, March 5 - 11, 2017.

Bacteriophages as Indicators for Enteric Viruses and Public Health Risks in Groundwaters

COLLEGE BAN FACTS By federal law, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations governing the safety and quality of bottled water must be as stringent as the EPA regulations which govern tap water. To suggest in any way that bottled water is less stringently regulated than tap water is unfounded and untrue. Bottled water companies produce a safe, healthy, and convenient packaged food product that is comprehensively and stringently regulated by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq., and applicable sections of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Bottled water must meet the FDA's general food regulations, as well as standards of identity, standards of quality, good manufacturing practices and labeling requirements specifically promulgated for bottled water. The FDA has issued comprehensive bottled water Standards of Identity, which provide uniform requirements and definitions for the following bottled water classifications: bottled, drinking, artesian, groundwater, distilled, deionized, reverse osmosis, mineral, purified, sparkling, spring, sterile, and well water [21 C.F.R. § 165.110 (a)]. Bottled water isn't as well regulated as tap water.

Here is good news. When in summer, most of the regions go dry in India, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) scientists have discovered a mechanism to purify saline seawater, making it potable. BARC has also developed several membranes, by which, at a very small cost, groundwater contaminated by uranium or arsenic can be purified...