MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
Water is essential to life, and adequate hydration helps the body function normally. It also has a direct connection to the cardiovascular system. According to the American Heart Association, staying hydrated helps the heart pump blood more easily through the body.
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
Water is essential to life, and adequate hydration helps the body function normally. It also has a direct connection to the cardiovascular system. According to the American Heart Association, staying hydrated helps the heart pump blood more easily through the body.
Water is essential to life, and adequate hydration helps the body function normally. It also has a direct connection to the cardiovascular system. According to the American Heart Association, staying hydrated helps the heart pump blood more easily through the body.
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
Preparedness isn't just about having flashlights and canned food in a closet. It is about thinking through the everyday necessities you depend on and having a plan for when they are suddenly unavailable.
Preparedness isn't just about having flashlights and canned food in a closet. It is about thinking through the everyday necessities you depend on and having a plan for when they are suddenly unavailable.
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
Preparedness isn't just about having flashlights and canned food in a closet. It is about thinking through the everyday necessities you depend on and having a plan for when they are suddenly unavailable.
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
Wildfires can affect drinking water by damaging water infrastructure, causing pressure loss, introducing contaminants from burned materials, and increasing runoff into water sources.
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
MICHELE PRIEST • SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
Wildfires can affect drinking water by damaging water infrastructure, causing pressure loss, introducing contaminants from burned materials, and increasing runoff into water sources.
Wildfires can affect drinking water by damaging water infrastructure, causing pressure loss, introducing contaminants from burned materials, and increasing runoff into water sources.
SCIENCE
MICHELE PRIEST • JULY 15, 2026
News reports about Cyclospora outbreaks have left consumers wondering if their drinking water is also at risk. It's a reasonable question, especially since the parasite can be spread through contaminated food or wat
MICHELE PRIEST • JULY 6, 2026
Trace amounts of pharmaceuticals have been detected in rivers, lakes, groundwater, wastewater, and in some finished drinking water supplies around the world. Most concentrations found in drinking water are extremely low, often in parts per trillion (ppt) or parts per billion (ppb).
LIFESTYLE & COMMUNITY
TRAVIS RICHARDS • AUGUST 11, 2026
We decided to go straight to the data gathered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and look at the health-based drinking water violations among Community Water Systems across all 50 states.
MICHELE PRIEST • AUGUST 5, 2026
Every year, thousands of water utilities across the United States publish a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), sometimes called an Annual Water Quality Report. Yet many homeowners never read it, and many who do aren't sure what the numbers mean.
WATER EDUCATION
MICHELE PRIEST • AUGUST 17 2026
An attack does not automatically mean that tap water has been contaminated. However, cyberattacks on water systems could involve attacks on the computer systems that help operate water facilities can potentially disrupt treatment and distribution, interfere with equipment, or affect a utility's ability to operate normally.
MICHELE PRIEST • MARCH 4 2026
Reverse osmosis (RO) systems remove a wide range of dissolved solids, but they also waste water, remove beneficial minerals, and require more maintenance than other carbon filters. The most important factor isn’t the type of system; it’s what contaminants the system is certified to reduce.