Avian Influenza type A is a rapidly evolving RNA virus that has achieved numerous zoonotic transfers and epidemics. This paper is an analysis of the risk of the virus to poultry through communal water pollution from wild waterfowl (Brown et al. 2009). Low pathogenic infection of poultry likely results from a fecal-oral route stemming from the natural reservoirs of Charadriiformes and Anseriformes, two of the twelve vulnerable avian orders (Brown et al. 2009; Stallknecht 1997). An infected host is typically asymptomatic with viral replication in the intestinal tract and shedding through the feces, probably into local water bodies (Brown et al. 2007). Due to natural selection, strains of low pathogenic viruses have likely evolved to persist in water, thereby lengthening the infection window (Brown et al. 2007). One study found the virus to persist for 200 days in distilled water, suggesting the possibility of infecting poultry through shared water (Stallknecht et al. 1990a). Free-grazing, dabbling domestic duck species offer a secondary host for the virus as it resides in surface water (Gilbert et al. 2006; Munster et al. 2007). Once domestic ducks are infected, the virus can infect chickens and vice versa (Biswas et al. 2009). Subsequently, the formation of a highly pathogenic virus from low pathogenic is feasible after poultry infection but its evolution is variable in time (Monne et al. 2014; El-Sayed et al. 2013). During the recovery period, deadly secondary infections are common, particularly in humans, due to damage to surrounding tissue (Tauebenberger & Morens 2008; Sun & Metzger 2008; Bano et al. 2003). Given the lethal nature of highly pathogenic viruses, current preventative measures need improvement. Increased surveillance efforts, the development of strategies for third-world countries and more efficient poultry vaccinations are all required (Hulse-Post et al. 2005; Biswas et al. 2009; Kim et al. 2009).