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SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND AT RISK OF WATER SHORTAGES THIS SUMMER, OFFICIALS WARN
As well as supplying our customers in the Medway towns, Thanet and Hastings, it is also used by South East Water... READ MORE›
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›
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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CANADIAN TOWN STEAMS OVER NESTLE BID TO CONTROL LOCAL SPRING WATER WELL
Activists in Centre Wellington plan to block Ontario pump tests after bottled-water makers overtook community's attempt to secure long-term water source... READ MORE›
TAGUS RIVER AT RISK OF DRYING UP COMPLETELY
Construction began in 1966 and water started flowing out of the dammed Tagus headwaters to the Segura in 1979... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
OBAMA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN FLINT WATER CRISIS
-- President Obama on Saturday declared a federal emergency in Flint, meaning federal financial aid will be available to assist with the drinking water crisis... 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›
WORLD'S BIGGEST FLOATING SOLAR FARM POWERS UP OUTSIDE LONDON
Thames Water said that plans for a super-sewer under London would not affect the solar power project... 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›
8 STATES RUNNING OUT OF WATER
Exceptional drought 0.0 percent With more than one-quarter of the state's land under severe drought conditions, nearly 2.8 million people in South Carolina live in drought areas... 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›
CANADA HAS 20 PERCENT OF THE PLANET'S FRESHWATER. BUT SOME WORRY THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
Campaigners want to shut down a Nestle bottled water plant in southern Ontario, arguing there's not enough water to go around... 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›
QUEBEC TOWNS HIT BY FLOODING COULD SEE WATER RECEDE SUNDAY
Quebec towns hit by flooding could see water recede Sunday officials... 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›