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 ...

TAMPA, Fla — The Tampa Water Department is making a temporary switch from its usual disinfectant process for about three weeks starting March 14. The department will use chlorine instead of chloramine ...

Oregon is experiencing a shortage of chlorine, the chemical used in small amounts by water treatment facilities to prevent harmful bacteria growth in drinking water supply. State officials say they ...

Water utilities in Washington and Oregon are scrambling to keep customers supplied with safe drinking water following an equipment failure at the Northwest’s main supplier of chlorine. Seattle’s water ...

Oceanside Water Utilities in California was days away from running out of bleach for its waste- and drinking-water treatment plants last month, Bloomberg Law reported on Monday. If chemical shipments ...

WILSON COUNTY, Texas – Forty-five homes in a subdivision near Floresville, Texas depend on a well for water, but they tell KSAT that for about two years now, the water quality has them afraid for ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) - Bossier City officials are giving residents a heads up about some chlorine cleansing of the water. The Bossier City Water and Public Utilities Department says this chlorine ...

If your tap water comes from the city of Melbourne, you might already have noticed it tastes a tad like a swimming pool. Beginning Monday and continuing through Jan. 29, Melbourne water customers may ...

Starting May 7, the San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Works will temporarily switch the disinfectant used in the Lopez Project water system from chloramine to free chlorine. This change will ...

Cocoa's roughly 250,000 water customers may notice the odor and taste of chlorine during a monthlong disinfecting process across central Brevard County. Starting Saturday, Cocoa utility officials will ...

Six different emergency response units, including the hazardous materials team, were called to a chlorine gas leak on Hilton Head Island Monday, according to the Town of Hilton Head Island. The leak ...