Safe and secure water is a cornerstone of modern life in the global North. This article
critically examines a set of prevalent myths about household water in high‐income …

Background Advances in drinking water infrastructure and treatment throughout the 20th
and early 21st century dramatically improved water reliability and quality in the United States …

There is no safe level of exposure to inorganic arsenic or uranium, yet recent studies
identified sociodemographic and regional inequalities in concentrations of these frequently …

Background Low-income and minority communities often face disproportionately high
pollutant exposures. The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, has sparked concern about broader …

Environmental justice research is increasingly focused on community-engaged, participatory
investigations that test interventions to improve health. Such research is primed for the use …

Assumptions of trust in water systems are widespread in higher-income countries, often
linked to expectations of “modern water.” The current literature on water and trust also tends …

Objectives. To assess the extent to which drinking water violations in the United States
differed on the basis of county race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status using the primary …

Recent water quality crises in the United States, and recognition of the health importance of
drinking water in lieu of sugar-sweetened beverages, have raised interest in water safety …

Advancing social equity has been implicitly and explicitly central to water resources policy
for decades. Yet, equity remains largely outside of standard water resources planning and …

This study presents a state‐level systematic review of geospatial representation of
Community Water Systems (CWSs) in the United States. We conducted online searches and …