Recent mainstream news accounts passed on an alarming finding that much of the U.S. drinking water supply is being tainted by trace amounts of pharmaceuticals. Among prescription and over-the-counter drugs found in the water used by more than 40 million Americans were antibiotics, mood stabilizers, sex hormones, acetaminophen and ibuprofen.The serious development should come as no surprise to pumpers, who have been concerned about the impact of medications on septic systems and, ultimately, our precious water supply. Liquid waste professionals fired a warning shot about drugs tainting the waste stream in a November 2006 installment of the Overheard Online feature
