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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›
CHINA'S 'SPONGE CITIES' ARE TURNING STREETS GREEN TO COMBAT FLOODING
The Sponge City initiative was launched in 2015 with 16 model sponge cities, before being extended to 30, including Shanghai... READ MORE›
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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›
WATER AT ENGLAND'S BEACHES IS CLEANEST ON RECORD
Bathing water pollution, which can cause eye and ear infections and gastroenteritis, has dramatically improved since EU bathing water regulations were introduced in 1976... 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›
MELBOURNE WARNED OF BEACH POO HAZARD AFTER STORMS
The Environment Protection Authority EPA in Victoria is forecasting poor water quality at 21 of the 36 beaches it checks in Port Phillip Bay... READ MORE›
OTTAWA RIVER FULL OF UNTREATED SEWAGE DURING MAY FLOODING
According to Mayor Jim Watson, the city's solution to make the Ottawa River healthier, the Ottawa River Action Plan, is currently under construction... 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›
HOW ROAD SALT IS CONTAMINATING NORTH AMERICA'S LAKES
Freshwater lakes in Canada and the U.S. are showing increasingly high chloride concentrations from road salt use, according to a study published Monday... 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›
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›
'EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED: SUICIDES, HOUSING, WATER,' SAYS TEEN WHO LEFT REMOTE NESKANTAGA
Neskantaga First Nation in 3rd year of state of emergency over suicides... 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›
ONE IN FIVE INSIST THEY WILL NOT PAY THEIR WATER BILLS
Irish Water said last week that landlords would not be held liable for arrears of water charges built up by their tenants... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS AFTER NIGER FLOODING
Tens of thousands of people have been left homeless in Niger after months of severe flooding... 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›
CONTAMINATED WATER SPILLS FROM TECK'S TRAIL OPERATION
It says some of the contaminated water may have gone into nearby Stoney Creek, which flows into the Columbia River... READ MORE›
FOUR-FIFTHS OF CHINA'S WATER FROM WELLS 'UNSAFE BECAUSE OF POLLUTION'
Water pollution in China is every bit as serious an issue as air pollution, Kong said... READ MORE›
CRIMINAL CHARGES LAID AGAINST 2 STATE, 1 LOCAL OFFICIAL
Flint water crisis Criminal charges laid against 2 state, 1 local official... READ MORE›
ON WORLD WATER DAY, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
However, for billions of people around the world, daily water still comes from lakes and rivers... READ MORE›
SOUTH YORKSHIRE TAP WATER RESTRICTIONS TO REMAIN IN PLACE
Yorkshire Water confirms it is safe for residents of Thorne and Moorends to use tap water if it is boiled first... READ MORE›
U.S. JUDGE DISMISSES PROPOSED CLASS ACTION OVER TAINTED FLINT WATER
The lawsuit's claims are addressed by federal regulations for safe drinking water, and the plaintiffs can seek relief under state law, U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara ruled... READ MORE›
FLINT WATER CRISIS PROMPTS SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO TEST WATER FOR LEAD
We just assume we'll have clean drinking water... READ MORE›