A study found that including coffee and tea in your water consumption is associated with a lower risk of death from nearly all causes. Researchers found that people who had seven or eight drinks per day, combining coffee, tea and plain water, showed a 28% lower risk of death from any cause than those who drank fewer than four drinks a day.

From the local treatment plant to miles of underground pipes to your kitchen faucet, water professionals work around the clock to ensure your drinking water is there when you need it. But we all play a part in keeping our source waters clean before they ever enter a public water system. For the last five years, Source Water Protection Week has provided an opportunity to recognize the importance of caring for our beautiful drinking water sources. If we keep our rivers, lakes and underground wells...