Consumer Confidence Report

"A CCR is an annual water quality report delivered by community water systems (CWSs) to their customers. The CCR includes information like source water, the levels of detected contaminants, and compliance with drinking water regulations. To help readers locate the information they may need, this webpage is organized by consumers and utilities.

• Find Your local CCR
• Tools for Community Water Systems

Each year by July 1st you should receive a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), also known as an annual drinking water quality report from your water supplier. Your CCR tells you where your water comes from and what's in it.

Find your CCR via the map or State list below

Please note: CCRs for all water systems may not be available. You may search via the map by clicking on your state or directly by entering your state, water system name, city, town or county below. Find the name, address, and phone number for your water system by browsing the list of systems in your state. For answers to frequently asked questions, visit our Frequently Asked Questions and Answers by Consumers page..."
Water quality

Clarity for lake researchers' water quality questions

"Scientists engaged in a study of long-term water quality trends in Midwestern lakes found some good news: little change in water clarity in more than 3,000 lakes.

Look deeper, and the research becomes something more: a chronicle of a new source of data for scientists, data from residents of towns and villages surrounding the lakes..."

Lakes

Interior Releases Report Highlighting Impacts of Climate Change to Western Water Resources
"Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released a report that assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife in the western United States. The report to Congress, prepared by Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, represents the first consistent and coordinated assessment of risks to future water supplies across eight major Reclamation river basins, including the Colorado, Rio Grande and Missouri river basins.

“Water is the lifeblood of our communities, rural and urban economies, and our environment,” said Secretary Salazar, “and small changes in water supplies or the timing of precipitation can have a big impact on all of us. This report provides the foundation for understanding the long-term impacts of climate change on Western water supplies and will help us identify and implement appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies for sustainable water resource management.”

The report, which responds to requirements under the SECURE Water Act of 2009, shows several increased risks to western United States water resources during the 21st century. Specific projections include:

a temperature increase of 5-7 degrees Fahrenheit;
a precipitation increase over the northwestern and north-central portions of the western United States and a decrease over the southwestern and south-central areas;
a decrease for almost all of the April 1st snowpack, a standard benchmark measurement used to project river basin runoff; and
an 8 to 20 percent decrease in average annual stream flow in several river basins, including the Colorado, the Rio Grande, and the San Joaquin...."

Quality and Environmental Impacts of Bottled Water[hearing. Wednesday, September 10, 2008]
[Statement of Frank R. Lautenberg, Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Transportation Safety,Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality]
"... The need for safe, clean bottled water is magnified during an emergency—such as Hurricane Gustav which just passed through the Gulf Coast—when people are evacuated from their homes, or in their homes but without basic utilities.

And it is certainly healthier to purchase water from a vending machine rather than soda.But what many Americans do not know is that almost 40 percent of bottled water on the market is actually just tap water.

Some bottlers use additional treatments to clean it; with others, it's merely tap water in a fancy bottle. In addition, water bottles thrown in the trash have a lasting effect on our environment and the country's continuing energy crisis.

Americans use 2.7 million tons of plastic each year for water bottles. The amount of oil it takes to produce those water bottles would power more than one million cars and trucks for one year..."

Community Water Fluoridation Now Reaches Nearly 70 percent of U.S. Population
"Nearly 70 percent of U.S. residents who get water from community water systems now receive fluoridated water, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The proportion of the U.S. population receiving fluoridated water, about 184 million people, increased from 62.1 percent in 1992 to 69.2 percent in 2006, said the study in this week′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports."