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THE 11 CITIES MOST LIKELY TO RUN OUT OF DRINKING WATER


Cape Town faces the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to run out of drinking water... READ MORE

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WHITECHAPEL FATBERG REMNANTS FROM 130-TONNE 'MONSTER' GO ON DISPLAY AT MUSEUM OF LONDON


Whitechapel fatberg remnants from 130-tonne 'monster' go on display at Museum of London... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 460

CAPE TOWN URGED TO TURN OFF TOILET TAPS


Cape Town water crisis Residents urged to turn off toilet taps... READ MORE

27th January, 2018 2615

CAPE TOWN CONFRONTS LOOMING 'DAY ZERO' WATER CRISIS


People are even catching water off their roofs... READ MORE

16th January, 2018 1022

INSIDE THE LATEST HEALTH DRINK CRAZE


Many in the United States have now decided to forego drinking tap water in exchange for raw water, putting their health at risk in the process... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 3517

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IN FLINT, MICH., THERE'S SO MUCH LEAD IN CHILDREN'S BLOOD THAT A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED


The use of the Flint River was supposed to be temporary, set to end in 2016 after a pipeline to Lake Huron's Karegnondi Water Authority is finished... READ MORE

15th December, 2015 40288

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

17th February, 2015 7435

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

15th December, 2016 7306

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

3rd June, 2016 5127

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

28th July, 2017 5126

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

18th October, 2016 4646

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

19th March, 2016 4067

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

23rd January, 2016 2318

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

31st March, 2017 1679

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

24th June, 2017 1665

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

16th March, 2016 1482

'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

6th August, 2015 1387

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

13th February, 2016 1296

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

24th January, 2016 1222

HOUSEHOLDERS WHO FAIL TO REGISTER FACE EUR424 ANNUAL WATER CHARGE


If a leak is identified by Irish Water in a customer's premises, charge will be capped at the assessed rate until it is fixed... READ MORE

30th September, 2014 1173

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS FROM IRISH WATER


First there's been a late surge in people signing up with Irish Water... READ MORE

29th March, 2015 1042

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

15th June, 2017 1036

'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

17th December, 2016 682

IS THE WORLD RUNNING OUT OF FRESH WATER?


Over half of Israel's drinking water now comes from desalination... READ MORE

13th April, 2017 624

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

1st March, 2016 569

'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

6th June, 2016 550

FLINT PAID HIGHEST RATE IN U.S. FOR WATER


The 2013 decision to leave the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department for Karegnondi prompted the temporary switch to the Flint River as a water source in 2014... READ MORE

17th February, 2016 542

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

22nd January, 2016 510

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

6th March, 2016 498

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

26th January, 2016 487

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

8th March, 2017 456

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

6th November, 2016 412

IT'S NOT JUST WATER THAT'S POISONING OUR KIDS; IT'S ALSO OUR COLLAPSING DEMOCRACY


A water scandal at Shawnigan Lake can be a litmus test for BC voters... READ MORE

9th February, 2016 389

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

1st July, 2015 343

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

23rd January, 2016 335


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