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Reports, recommendations, and other studies can be important resources for investigating and preventing waterborne disease outbreaks. Below are reports, recommendations, surveillance summaries, and other publications that focus on drinking water-related illnesses and related topics.

Publication Highlight

Vanden Esschert K, Barrett CE, Collier SA, Garcia-Williams AG, Hannapel E, Yoder JS, Benedict KM. Demographic differences in use of household tap water in a representative sample of US adults, FallStyles 2019external icon. J Water Health 2021; jwh2021118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2021.118external icon

Surveillance Summaries
  • Surveillance Reports for Drinking Water–associated Disease & Outbreaks. Surveillance for waterborne disease and outbreaks associated with drinking water and other nonrecreational water exposures, dating from 1971 to the most recently available reported data.
  • For information on the most recently reported drinking water outbreaks, see NORS Dashboard. Select “Waterborne” outbreaks only and select both “Drinking water” and “Other/environmental water” from the Water Exposure menu.
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Page last reviewed: September 11, 2020
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)