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GIRL 3 BRAIN DAMAGED AT BIRTH RECEIVES HSE APOLOGY... COURTS
Deforestation in the Amazon River basin, hundreds of miles away, may also be adding to Sao Paulo's water crisis... READ MORE›
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, RESIDENTS WARNED TO AVOID TAP WATER
On Wednesday night long queues formed at grocery stores of shoppers stocking up on bottled water... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 33 US CITIES USED WATER TESTING 'CHEATS' OVER LEAD CONCERNS
Forty-three cities provided information, and 33 of these used distortions in their water testing in the past decade... READ MORE›
FLINT RESIDENTS WERE POISONED. NOW, THEY'RE BEING BILLED FOR IT
The people in Flint should not have to pay for water for at least a decade, Hanna-Attisha said... READ MORE›
BEYOND FLINT: EXCESSIVE LEAD LEVELS FOUND IN ALMOST 2,000 WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES
Most Americans get their drinking water from a fragmented network of about 155,000 different water systems serving everything from big cities to individual businesses and school buildings... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL A LESSON IN HILLARY CLINTONS LOSS IN MICHIGAN
Mrs. Clinton may be annoyed at the continued challenge posed by the self-described democratic socialist from Vermont... READ MORE›
'WE WOKE UP IN A DESERT' THE WATER CRISIS TAKING HOLD ACROSS EGYPT
Egypt, once celebrated as the gift of the Nile, is in the grips of a serious water crisis... READ MORE›
FLINT'S WATER CRISIS REVEALS GOVERNMENT FAILURES AT EVERY LEVEL
The state, however, did not ensure that corrosion-control additives were part of the new water supply... READ MORE›
FLINT WATER CRISIS: FIVE CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission issued a report in February blaming systemic racism going back decades for the problems that caused the water crisis in Flint... READ MORE›
'WE DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THIS IS'
It all depends on the groundwater, the characteristics of the groundwater and the bedrock and everything... READ MORE›
IS THE WORLD RUNNING OUT OF FRESH WATER?
Over half of Israel's drinking water now comes from desalination... READ MORE›
MILLIONS EXPOSED TO DANGEROUS LEAD LEVELS IN US DRINKING WATER, REPORT FINDS
New report says Flint water crisis is not an anomaly, as analysis reveals 5,363 water systems - providing drinking water to 18 million - breached federal laws... READ MORE›
EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS OVER FLINT WATER CRISIS
He asked the Michigan state legislature this week to approve 28 million to assist Flint and said there would be additional funding requests... READ MORE›
WATER UTILITIES SERVING AMERICAN CITIES USE TESTS THAT DOWNPLAY CONTAMINATION
There is no estimate of how many of the nation's 155,000 water utilities flush lines before testing for lead... READ MORE›
NEW YORK VILLAGE'S TRAIL OF CANCER LEADS TO TAP-WATER PROBE
When the two men suggested testing the village water supply, part-time Mayor David Borge at first refused, citing state guidelines... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT OBAMA CLEARS WAY FOR FEDERAL AID IN FLINT, MICH., WATER CRISIS
David Bullock on Thursday holds a bottle of Flint water outside of the Romney Building, home to Gov... READ MORE›
AFTER TAINTED-WATER CRISIS, RESIDENTS HIT WITH RISING WATER BILLS
State of mistrust Flint switched its water supply back to the Detroit system in October 2015... READ MORE›
A PARCHED WORLD A DRYER HOSE AND AN OAKVILLE TEEN WITH A VISION
Calvin Rieder, 19, has been trying to solve the world's water problems since Grade 7. Lost cause? Far from it... READ MORE›
'NOBODY CARES': FLINT FAMILY SAYS LEAD PIPES MUST GO
Nobody Cares Flint Family Says Lead Pipes Must Go... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM HARMS AMERICANS IN FLINT - AND BEYOND
Flint, Michigan is experiencing a well-documented crisis as a result of a contaminated water supply... READ MORE›
PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT FACES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER WATER TESTING
Perhaps the most pervasive effect of recent criticism of the Philadelphia water department has been an erosion of trust in government... READ MORE›
WALMART, OTHERS PROMISE FLINT UP TO 6.5M WATER BOTTLES
Walmart has already donated 14 trucks of water, or 504,000 bottles, and 1,792 water filters to the Flint community since July 2015... READ MORE›
EPA, MICHIGAN OFFICIALS BLAME EACH OTHER FOR FLINT WATER CRISIS
EPA, Michigan Officials Blame Each Other for Flint Water Crisis... READ MORE›
UBER DRIVER SUSPECTED IN SHOOTINGS IN MICH. THAT KILL SIX
We are horrified and heartbroken at the senseless violence in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Joe Sullivan, Uber's chief security officer, said in a statement... READ MORE›
PARROT WHO ALLEGEDLY WITNESSED MURDER SAYS 'DON'T F***ING SHOOT'
Perhaps, his pet parrot witnessed the killing and heard Mr Duram's desperate plea to the killer... READ MORE›
PHILADELPHIA'S WATER-TESTING PROCEDURES ARE 'WORSE THAN FLINT' - EXPERT
They leave that up to the department of environmental protection, which gets its numbers from the Philadelphia water department... READ MORE›
FLOOD-FUELLED SEWAGE SPILLS A NEW NIGHTMARE IN IRMA-BATTERED PARTS OF FLORIDA
We still have a leaky system, said Justin Bloom, executive director of Suncoast Waterkeeper, which sued St. Petersburg and Gulfport last year over repeated sewage discharges... READ MORE›
'WE ARE NOW MORE POLLUTED THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN'
For academic microbiologist Joan Rose, who has observed water pollution outbreaks around the world, it was the worst that she had ever experienced... READ MORE›
EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID FLINT WATER CRISIS
States use the funds to make low-cost loans to eligible entities, including municipalities, for water infrastructure, meaning Flint could be a prime candidate... READ MORE›