It seems like almost once a week or more there’s a story in the news about a water main break and the efforts made to get residents clean water. This week’s water-main problem occurred in…

In Hamilton, Ohio, a water main broke.  It’s all repaired now, but up until then, according to The Journal-News: The city issued the advisory following a water main break off Symmes Road about midnight on Tuesday, April 1. Advisories are issued as a precaution following a loss of pressure. It warns residents and businesses to use bottled water or boiled water for cooking, drinking or teeth brushing.

The farm town of Alamosa, Colo. has a major problem: salmonella in its tap water supply. According to the Associated Press: More than 300 of Alamosa’s 8,500 people have been sickened since the first victims showed symptoms on March 7. Some 73 cases have been confirmed, with 11 people requiring hospitalization. Half the victims have been under age 11.