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FATBERGS: LONDON WAGES UNDERGROUND BATTLE TO BUST BLOCKAGES
Thames Water deals with hundreds of blockages daily, but none like the recent Whitechapel fatberg, named after the neighbourhood in East London... READ MORE›
FOOD RUINED BY DROUGHT COULD FEED MORE THAN 80M A DAY, SAYS WORLD BANK
The World Bank said women that were born in droughts bore the marks for their entire lives, growing up mentally and physically stunted, undernourished and unwell... 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›
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›
ROMANS ARE ABOUT TO GO EIGHT HOURS A DAY WITHOUT WATER
Climate change and crumbling pipes are forcing Rome into unprecedented water rationing... READ MORE›
WATER RELIEF FOR 8,000 THIRSTY ELEPHANTS NEGLECTED BY ZIMBABWE
As a drought-inducing El Nino settled over southern Africa in 2016, the animals of Hwange national park in Zimbabwe faced desperate water shortages... 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›
QUARTER OF ENGLAND'S RIVERS AT RISK OF RUNNING DRY, FINDS WWF
Further data shows that more than 550 rivers and lakes are in a poor ecological state because too much water is being taken from them... 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' 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›
CALIFORNIA ORDERS STATE'S LARGEST EVER WATER CUTS AS CRIPPLING DROUGHT CONTINUES
California state regulators have ordered farmers and others to reduce their water consumption, with the largest cuts in the states history... 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›
WATER COMPANIES LOSING VAST AMOUNTS THROUGH LEAKAGE, AS DROUGHT FEARS RISE
Furthermore, many companies in the parched south and east of England have been set leak reduction targets for 2020 of zero or even targets that could allow leakages to increase... 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›
AMERICANS' TASTE FOR MEXICAN BEER SUCKING UP WATER SUPPLY, MAYOR SAYS
Constellation Brands said in 2014 that the Nava brewery would implement water-conservation practices and recycle 30 percent of the water it uses... 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›
FLINT, MICHIGAN WATER CONTAMINATION: OBAMA DECLARES EMERGENCY
US President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead... 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›
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›
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›
IN PAKISTAN, SCORCHING RAMADAN MONTH HIGHLIGHTS CHRONIC WATER, POWER SHORTAGES.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- On May 27, in the date-growing desert town of Turbat in Baluchistan province, the temperature reached 128.3 degrees -- the hottest ever reported in Pakistan... 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›
'I WOULD BE BESIDE MYSELF' IF MY KIDS LIVED IN FLINT
Speaking in Detroit, President Obama pledged Wednesday to cover all of the people of Flint's backs as the Michigan city deals with a water crisis... 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›
FIRE EXTINGUISHER FACTORY LEFT BURNING FOR 30 MINUTES AS FIREFIGHTERS COULD NOT FIND WATER
Flames started to engulf the building at around 9pm in the Archer Heights neighbourhood of Chicago... READ MORE›
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›
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›