Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Pharmaceuticals in Water

Recent reports have highlighted the issue related to pharmaceuticals in water. We’ll be posting links to articles and information on the subject here. We hope this will be a useful resource for you.

Amended July 28, 2013

American Water Works Association White Paper: Pharmaceutical Compounds in Drinking Water


Drinking Water of 41 Million Americans Contaminated with Pharmaceuticals (Natural News, Aug. 22, 2008)

Bill Introduced to Study Pharmaceutical Disposal (Drug Free Water Act of 2008)

Drugs in Our Drinking Water: An Update (Cho, R., State of Our Planet, Nov. 9, 2010)

Environmental Health: Action Needed to Sustain Agencies’ Collaboration on Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water (GAO, August 2011)

Gillibrand seeks cause behind drugs in water (Heller, M., Watertown Daily Times, May 13, 2009)

Glick, Deanna. “Drugs in Tap Water: How Significant is the Risk?” Drinking Water and Backflow Prevention (Sept. 2008): 14-15.

Mason, Margie. (2009 Jan. 25). World’s highest drug levels entering India stream. Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jl0ROaU73P3_j0f0IODVN8A2YTEAD95UBNLO0, accessed 2009 Feb. 18.

Missouri scientists say grassy buffers provide protection against animal antibiotics (Columbia Missourian [AP], Feb. 15, 2010)

Pelligerno, E. (2009 Apr. 13). New UA lab researches medicines in water supply. Arizona Daily Star.

Plants ease antibiotics’ risk to farms (Gustin, G., NewsOK, Feb. 16, 2010)



New Yorkers Asked to Keep Drugs Out of Drinking Water. (Aug. 11, 2008). Environmental News Service.

Oppenheimer et al., Emerging Contaminants, Opflow, May 2008

Pontius, Fred. “Tap Water Pharmaceuticals: Back to the Future.” Journal AWWA June 2008: 16-28.

Senate hearing sounds alarm on pharmaceuticals

Senate panel considers study of drugs in water (Donn, J., Associate Press, May 12, 2009)





Statement of Barbara Boxer

Statement of Dr. Shane Snyder, Southern Nevada Water Authority before the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality on Pharmaceuticals in the Nation’s Water: Assessing Potential Risks and Actions to Address the Issue--April 15, 2008

STATEMENT OF DR. ROBERT M. HIRSCH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR WATER U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND WATER QUALITY--April 15, 2008

Study: Over Half Of Americans Medicated

Study: Plants ease antibiotic risk on farms (Capital Press [AP], Feb. 17, 2010)

Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality hearing entitled, “Pharmaceuticals in the Nation’s Water: Assessing Potential Risks and Actions to Address the Issue.”

TESTIMONY OF BENJAMIN H. GRUMBLES ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR WATER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BEFORE THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND WATER QUALITY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES SENATE April 15, 2008

Testimony of David Pringle Campaign Director New Jersey Environmental Federation On Behalf of: New Jersey Environmental Federation and Clean Water Action

TESTIMONY OF JENNIFER SASS, Ph. D., SENIOR SCIENTIST, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

Tests find antibiotic, other contaminants in Tampa's drinking water (Wade, C., Tampa Tribune, Jan. 5, 2010)


Tons of released drugs taint U.S. water (Donn, J., Mendoza, M., & Pritchard, J., Associated Press, Apr. 19, 2009)

US senator calls for EPA to study meds-in-water (Water Technology Online, May 13, 2009)

Waste Water Analysis Reveals for the First Time Real Time Information Regarding Drug Consumption in 19 European Cities (Science Daily, July 26, 2012)

Will CERCLA allow water entities to recover response costs from pharmaceutical companies? (Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Journal AWWA, May 2009, pp. 18-20)

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