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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›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
IS THE WORLD RUNNING OUT OF FRESH WATER?
Over half of Israel's drinking water now comes from desalination... 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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
FLINT WATER CRISIS PROMPTS SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO TEST WATER FOR LEAD
We just assume we'll have clean drinking water... READ MORE›
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM NOT TO BLAME FOR FLINT WATER CRISIS
Instead, Snyder pinned the water crisis on failures by quote-unquote experts to provide regulatory agencies with the right information ... 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›
DONALD TRUMP CALLS FLINT PASTOR WHO INTERRUPTED HIM 'A NERVOUS MESS'
Donald Trump criticised the pastor who interrupted him during an appearance in Flint, Michigan, calling her a nervous mess in an interview after his political blunder... READ MORE›
WATER WORKER FIRED AFTER TALKING ABOUT LEAD TO MEDIA
Jonathan Yaeger, Jackson, Miss. It is city policy not to comment on personnel matters,... READ MORE›
'IT'S LIKE LIVING IN THE THIRD WORLD'
He said Irish Water are attempting to ration the water supplies in these reservoirs in a rotational basis... READ MORE›
COUNTY PREPARES TO RESTART WATER PLANT AFTER SPILL IN PICTON BAY
County ready to restart water plant after spill in Picton Bay... READ MORE›
BLOOD TEST REVEALS UPSTATE COUPLE'S TOXICITY IS OFF THE CHARTS
Politico reported last week that the village, Rensselaer County and the state continued assuring residents their water was safe... 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›
GOVERNMENT BORROWING COULD SAVE IRISH WATER 14M EURO A YEAR, COMMITTEE TOLD
Irish Water would need 239 million euro from the state in 2017 if bills were not reintroduced and another 217 million euro in 2018, the committee was told... READ MORE›
ARSENIC IN WATER PROMPTS DO NOT DRINK ADVISORY FOR MOBILE HOME PARK
Dr. Robin Taylor, Ottawa's associate medical officer of health, says boiling the water will not get rid of the high levels of arsenic... 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›
161,000 AT RISK FROM MICROSCOPIC PARASITE IN DRINKING WATER, WATCHDOGS WARN
The EPA's review of drinking water quality for 2016 said the number of supplies at risk from cryptosporidium reduced from 37 to 25... READ MORE›
RED CROSS DISTRIBUTES BOTTLED WATER TO RESIDENTS
Emergency water supplies were also drafted in for residents living in Kiltormer, Co Galway, as a result of a boil water notice... READ MORE›