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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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US FACES WORST DROUGHTS IN 1,000 YEARS, PREDICT SCIENTISTS
Climate change is likely to cause decade-long mega-droughts across US south-west and Great Plains, new study shows... 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›
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›
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›
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›
'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›
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›
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›
MORE THAN 300 MILLION INDIANS SUFFER FROM A CRIPPLING DROUGHT
Channi Anand AP In Latur city,there is no groundwater even 700 feet down, residents say... READ MORE›
DRINKABLE BOOK PURIFIES WATER IN AFRICA BY 99.9% USING SILVER AND COPPER PARTICLES
Scientists have devised a Drinkable Book with chemically altered pages that could make contaminated water pure by 99.9 percent ... READ MORE›
WATER PRECAUTIONS FOR HOMES NEAR MISSISSIPPI MILLS LAB TO CONTINUE, NRC SAYS
Water testing to continue for Mississippi Mills, Ont., homes near NRC fire lab... READ MORE›
GALLERY TENS OF THOUSANDS STAGE DEMO IN DUBLIN AGAINST WATER CHARGES
Comments Share Environment Minister Alan Kelly has announced the new water charges regime... READ MORE›
'KILLFIE': INDIAN STUDENT DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY TRAIN WHILE TAKING SELFIE
'Killfie' Indian student dies after being hit by train while taking selfie -- RT News... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 160 DEAD IN INDIAN HEAT WAVE -- INCLUDING 12-YEAR-OLD FETCHING WATER
Meanwhile, a 12-year-old girl in the drought-stricken western state of Maharashtra died from the heat while fetching water, Indian broadcaster NDTV said Wednesday... READ MORE›
'ALARMINGLY HIGH' ARSENIC LEVELS IN PAKISTAN GROUNDWATER SEEN THREATENING TENS OF MILLIONS
Levels of arsenic in the groundwater of eastern Pakistan are alarmingly high and pose a significant health hazard to tens of millions of people who drink... READ MORE›
FLINT HOSPITAL SUSPECTS RIVER AS SOURCE OF LEGIONNAIRES' OUTBREAK
Public officials say they haven't determined if Flint River water was responsible... 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›
CALIFORNIA ORDERS LARGE WATER CUTS FOR FARMERS
There are several thousand senior rights holders who are the last to have their water rights curtailed in times of scarcity... READ MORE›
US ANTI-POLLUTION WORKERS TURN RIVER ORANGE IN TOXIC SPILL
The EPA originally said about one million gallons 3.8 million liters of polluted water... READ MORE›
ROAD SALT RUNOFF THREATENS US, CANADA LAKES
That can reduce aquatic species and, in extreme cases, salinization can cause low oxygen conditions that smother aquatic life and reduce water quality, the study noted... READ MORE›
OREGON JUDGE REJECTS CLAIMS OF KLAMATH BASIN IRRIGATORS
The dispute also pits groundwater irrigators against Klamath Basin farmers who use surface water... READ MORE›