BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ­­— The votes have been tallied for the best eNews story from 2011 and as of right now Japan’s quake influenced groundwater in Florida is the clear winner with 37.5 percent of the votes.

Thank you to those who have voted for the top news story of 2011 and we will continue to keep the poll open until Jan. 31.

Here are the results thus far:

1. Japan’s quake influenced groundwater in Florida

2. Shark to continue living in desalination plant

3. Softener salesman charged in bizarre health scheme

4. Distilling apparatus used to make moonshine found at treatment plant

5. Study: No-salt water conditioning technologies effective at reducing scale formation

6. Radioactive iodine-131 detected in Pennsylvania rainwater, drinking water deemed safe

7. Wastewater treatment operator arrested on terrorism charges

8. Banana peels useful for purification of drinking water

9. Man dies after working inside tank at water treatment plant

10. Two men found dead in a sewage tank

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