The two safety issues associated with using harvested rainwater as a source of drinking water are Lead contamination and Sludge/biofilm contamination.

An assessment of over 5000 lakes in Wisconsin revealed that nearly 25% of them have gotten more murky over the last twenty years.

Regardless of your reasoning, rainwater harvesting while living in an urban area is completely feasible with a system like a berkey water filter.

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, have developed an economic model for affordable sources of irrigation water that benefit crops.

A brain eating amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri is responsible for a deadly emerging disease, that usually always claims the life of the victims it infects.