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 ...

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 ...

LAKE WORTH — To maintain high water quality in the water distribution system, the city’s Water Treatment Plant will temporarily change the water chlorination methods for two weeks starting Wednesday ...

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 ...

Most consumers of drinking water in the United States know that chemicals are used in the treatment processes to ensure the water is safe to drink. But they might not know that the use of some of ...

A water disinfectant created on the spot using just hydrogen and the air around us is millions of times more effective at killing viruses and bacteria than traditional commercial methods, according to ...

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 ...

A new $3.9 million chlorination plant has replaced ageing infrastructure in Batchelor, delivering better quality drinking water to the Top End town.