11.   Cholera, which is transmitted through untreated water and rapidly spreads in poor sanitation conditions, is a major killer in West Africa.

12.   Following the outbreak, state Health Commissioner Dr. Antonia Novello issued emergency orders banning the use of untreated water at the Washington County Fairgrounds and six other agricultural fairs.

13.   He said such untreated water should be boiled as a precaution against infectious diseases like cholera and typhoid.

14.   Humans are most often infected by eating uncooked or raw meat or eggs or drinking unpasteurized milk and untreated water.

15.   Humans usually are infected through contaminated meat, unpasteurized milk or untreated water.

16.   Normally associated with exposure to untreated water or sewage, cholera is rare in the United States.

17.   She also said untreated water sourced from lakes in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia had been distributed to factories beginning last week.

18.   The affected areas are in the western part of the country along the Niger river, where people use untreated water for cooking and drinking.

19.   The director of the Spanish wine giant Freixenet was convicted Monday of dumping untreated waste water into a river near their factory.

20.   The government and aid groups have averted outbreaks of cholera and dysentery largely through campaigns warning against drinking untreated water.