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MEXICO CITY IS A PARCHED AND SINKING CAPITAL
Overseeing the city's water supply is Ramon Aguirre Diaz, director of the Water System of Mexico City, who is frank about the perils ahead... READ MORE›
MICHIGAN ORDERS FLINT HOSPITAL TO ADDRESS LEGIONELLA RISKS
Another 23.2 million has been contributed toward Flint's Great Lakes Water Authority payments... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT BORROWING COULD SAVE IRISH WATER 14M EURO A YEAR, COMMITTEE TOLD
Irish Water would need 239 million euro from the state in 2017 if bills were not reintroduced and another 217 million euro in 2018, the committee was told... 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›
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›
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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›
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›
ONCE-DREAMY HAITIAN BEACH TOWN PICKS UP THE PIECES AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW
At least several hundred Haitians died in the storm, a number of them in Port Salut... READ MORE›
LEAD TAINTS DRINKING WATER IN HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS, DAY CARES ACROSS USA
Typically, schools are very responsive, said Roger Crouse, Maine's drinking water program director... READ MORE›
US AUTHORITIES DISTORTING TESTS TO DOWNPLAY LEAD CONTENT OF WATER
Lambrinidou's Virginia Tech colleague Marc Edwards was one of the first scientists to highlight the risks posed to Flint residents by their drinking water... 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›
'WE WOKE UP IN A DESERT' A?? 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›
TRILOBITES TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD FACES SEVERE WATER SHORTAGES
Severe water scarcity can lead to crop failure and low crop yields, which could cause food price increases as well as famine and widespread starvation... 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›
MINISTER WHO SET UP IRISH WATER NOW BRANDS IT A DISASTER
A FORMER minister who helped establish Irish Water has criticised the company's approach to introducing water charges, describing it as an unmitigated disaster ... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA'S DRIVE TO SAVE WATER IS KILLING TREES, HURTING UTILITIES AND RAISING TAXES
We don't want that to happen, said Gomberg of the state water resources control board... 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›
'I COULD NOT LET THIS BEAST WIN'
As they battled to get as much water to the fire crews as they could, firefighters were working to protect the water treatment plant itself... 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›
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›
BILLIONS HAVE NO ACCESS TO TOILETS, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REPORT
Past efforts to improve water and sanitation have seen some success, with 2.1 billion people gaining access to better sanitation facilities since 1990, according to the report... 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›
HOT WATER: MICHIGAN GOVERNOR TO ADDRESS FLINT WATER CRISIS
Michigan's embattled Gov. Rick Snyder to kick off state of the state speech Tuesday by addressing furious Flint residents about the water crisis... READ MORE›
EPA, MICHIGAN OFFICIALS BLAME EACH OTHER FOR FLINT WATER CRISIS
EPA, Michigan Officials Blame Each Other for Flint Water Crisis... 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›
'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›
MICHIGAN STATE SUED OVER FLINT'S TOXIC WATER DISASTER
The plaintiffs, including residents who have suffered severe illnesses from consuming the toxic water, are also suing Flint's administration as well as other local officials... READ MORE›
AMERICA'S WATER TESTING PROBLEMS MUST AND CAN BE FIXED, EXPERTS SAY
Some water utilities offer low-cost loans or may provide discounts, for those willing and able to take on the expensive job of replacing lead service lines... READ MORE›
EPA ADMINISTRATOR QUITS AMID FLINT WATER CRISIS
The Environmental Protection Agency director overseeing a region that includes Flint, Michigan, is stepping down after contaminated water in that city exposed residents to lead poisoning... READ MORE›
EPA FAULTS STATE 'FAILURES AND RESISTANCE' IN FLINT WATER CRISIS
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the state of Michigan was responsible for implementing the regulations to protect their residents' drinking water... READ MORE›