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The Global Rundown Extensive floods in Peru damaged water treatment facilities in the country’s capital and second-largest city, reducing supplies. Lawmakers in the Great Lakes region asked the U.S. and Canadian governments to relocate a nuclear waste facility planned near Ontario’s Lake Huron shoreline. Flooding risks will increase if new housing developments in England do […]
The Global Rundown Representatives of the Group of Twenty countries in Berlin announced they will pursue agricultural practices that better protect water supplies and ecosystems. Residents of Ecuador will not get compensation for water pollution from Chevron’s subsidiary in Canada after a court decision blocked enforcement of an earlier ruling. A major reservoir project in […]
The Rundown The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines eligibility for healthcare benefits for veterans sickened by drinking water at Camp Lejeune. The EPA opens applications for a new water infrastructure loan program while also handing out grants for water quality research. The EPA also proposes rules for Great Lakes sewage overflows, lead in drinking […]
Under-the-sink filters are effective. But regulators impose stringent requirements on utilities that wish to use them. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue In response to the lead emergency in Flint, the state of Michigan distributed 146,843 water filters to residents. Installed under the sink, the devices effectively scrub lead from drinking water. U.S. Environmental Protection […]
The Global Rundown Changing rainfall patterns are the key driver of groundwater levels across much of India, and also influence the amount of groundwater pumped for irrigation, a new study found. Islamic State militants cut off water to dozens of neighborhoods in Mosul amid continued fighting in the Iraqi city. The approval of a new […]
The Global Rundown The burning of forests and wetlands in Africa’s Sahel is likely contributing to droughts in the region, researchers found. Protests are brewing over a natural gas pipeline project in Texas, where opponents plan to follow the example set by the water defenders at Standing Rock. Water restrictions will begin this week for […]
In farm country, the cost of nitrate pollution often falls on towns. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Pretty Prairie, home to 650 people on the southern Kansas plains, is a one-well town. And that well is giving the town fits. The 30-meter-deep (100-foot) borehole draws water from a slice of the Equus Beds aquifer […]
The Global Rundown Summers without sea ice look more and more likely, according to new research in the Arctic. Air strikes continued outside of Damascus, Syria as government and rebel forces fought for control of a valley that holds the city’s main water supply. A prominent environmental group in Ecuador may be forced to close […]
The Global Rundown Insurance companies paid more than twice as much for natural disasters globally in 2016 as in the previous year, with large costs attributed to floods in China. A drone mapping project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania aims to improve flood protection for residents of the city’s informal settlements. A new study points […]
The Global Rundown A severe drought in Bolivia is forcing schools to close early and is limiting medical procedures at hospitals in La Paz. The snowpack survey in California is below average, but more winter storms are on the way. A start-up incubator in California is calling for new ideas to confront water scarcity around […]
The Global Rundown Deliberately damaged infrastructure cut water supplies to a large area of Damascus, Syria over the past several weeks, the United Nations said. Illegal water vendors have set up shop in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to cater to residents pressured by drought and aging infrastructure. Burundi’s environment and water minister was shot to death over […]
The Rundown The EPA inspects fewer facilities to focus on big-money enforcement cases. The EPA also lists 29 unregulated drinking water contaminants that certain utilities will monitor, to understand how frequently they are found in water systems. The Interior Department finalizes a rule to defend streams from coal mining damage. The head of the EPA […]
