Abstract
Most searches for water maser emission are made with relatively narrow bandwidth. Recently, several masers have been detected with all or most of the maser emission substantiady shifted with respect to the velocity of the associated molecular cloud. To test if high-velocity water masers were actually a common phenomenon overlooked by an instrumental selection, we searched for H20 maser emission in 42 suspected sites of star formation. New masers related to S88 and W42 were detected. Maser emission reported previously in the literature was detected from other eleven region. Only one of the masers qualifies as a high-velocity maser.
