St. Tammany Parish will soon begin using a new method to disinfect the drinking water in parts of the Slidell area, where some have complained about chlorine levels, an official said Thursday night ...

Through Dec. 6, the Utilities Department is using free chlorine in its drinking water treatment system to provide additional protection against bacteria. This treatment of the water system is a common ...

Chlorine, the most common chemical used to disinfect drinking water in the United States, creates previously unidentified toxic byproducts in the very water its meant to disinfect, according to a new ...

Adding chlorine is one of the most common methods of disinfecting drinking water, but just how safe is it? Researchers from Johns Hopkins have now found evidence that reactions between chlorine and ...

To maintain high water quality in Lake Worth’s water distribution system, the city’s Water Treatment Plant will temporarily change the water chlorination methods for two weeks, starting Sunday, ...

Researchers at John Hopkins University have found that the most common method for disinfecting water – chlorination – can generate toxic by-products that have not previously been identified. The team ...

Chlorine has long been used as an effective way of removing microorganisms, including bacteria, from drinking water but it has been linked to health problems. In a new study, researchers looked at how ...

Polluted water in urban poor communities transmits water-borne diarrheal diseases, such as cholera and typhoid, which can be particularly deadly to children. This evaluation studied whether an ...