North Carolina, In Early Stages of Financial Review, Sees Potentially Large Number of Distressed Water Systems

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North Carolina officials are working to develop a rating system that would identify public water and sewer providers at risk of financial failure.

The Stream, June 25, 2020: New Rule Could Exempt Companies from Reporting Certain PFAS Releases

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The Global Rundown A new exemption being drafted by U.S. federal…

U.S. Rural Water Utilities Ask Congress for Financial Help

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The National Rural Water Association, which represents water…

The Stream, June 23, 2020: Pastoral Lifestyles Threatened as Somalia and Somaliland Dry

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The Global Rundown Somalia is drying rapidly, changing the livelihoods…

What’s Up With Water – June 22, 2020

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Listen to the June 22, 2020, edition of Circle of Blue's What's Up With Water podcast.

Federal Water Tap, June 22: EPA Decides Not to Regulate Perchlorate in Drinking Water

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The Rundown The EPA reverses a regulatory decision that it made…

HotSpots H2O: Aid Groups Airlift Water and Sanitation Supplies to Venezuela

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Deteriorating conditions have led to chronic shortages of food, medicine, and running water, in Venezuela amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

New Jersey Cuts $80 Million in Lead Service Line Funding Due to Pandemic Fallout

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Because of a projected $10 billion budget shortfall due to the…

The Stream, June 18, 2020: More than 300 Mid-Michigan Wells Are Dry Following Dam Break Last Month

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The Global Rundown Recent flooding in mid-Michigan leaves more…

Afghanistan Green Jobs Program Targets Kabul’s Groundwater Depletion

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Afghanistan's government is employing some 40,000 workers to…