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  • CDC Activities
    • Overview
      Environmental conditions greatly influence the relation between water and human health ...more
    • Drinking Water and Water-Related Issues
      The public health issues surrounding water generally focus on drinking water.  This is an overview of CDC activities on water related health issues ...more
    • Ground Water
      While drinking water supplies in the United States are among the safest in the world, even in the U.S., people still get sick from their drinking water. This is a summary of CDC-initiated prevention activities  ...more
    • Emergency-Related Issues
    • Harmful Algal Blooms
      CDC is supporting surveillance programs, epidemiologic studies, and laboratory research to further define the relation between exposure to organisms involved in harmful algal blooms, such as Pfiesteria piscicida, and human illness ...more
    • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
      Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are agricultural facilities that house and feed a large number of animals in a confined area for 45 days or more during any 12-month period. CDC is working with states to define routes of exposure and potential human health effects from exposures to wastes and residues from confined animal feeding operations ...more
  • Data
    Links to water-related data from various resources ...more
  • Legislation and Policy
    Links to water-related legislation and policy from various resources ...more
  • Resources
    Useful information about water-related public health from federal and other organizations ...more
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