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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Blooms of toxic algae are contaminating Central Texas waterways due to booming development. Arizona will probably have to cut back Colorado River water withdrawals in the next year. Some residents on Hawaii’s Big Island still don’t have running water three years after a major volcano erupted. South Africa’s Vaal River is severely […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Brazil moves to privatize Rio de Janeiro state’s water and sewage utility. A Canadian mining company requests a state permit for a uranium mine in South Dakota. Over four dozen water advisories are still active in First Nations communities in Canada after a government deadline to bring clean water to all Indigenous […]
The Rundown The White House announces an interagency drought working group. Two EPA regional offices botched their oversight duties for Clean Water Act permits, the agency’s internal watchdog found. USGS scientists find a long-term reduction in salt levels in the Upper Colorado River basin but less progress and even increasing levels in the last two […]
Wells serving many of the world’s rural households, farms, and factories are at risk of running dry if groundwater levels in their areas continue to decline.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Nearly 40 currently and formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta are suing the city over allegedly supplying contaminated drinking water in 2018 and 2019. Open-air waste pools are increasingly threatened by poor management and climate change in the United States. Four people are dead and several are hospitalized after drinking contaminated water in […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new study finds a significant portion of the world’s agricultural land is at risk of pesticide pollution. A Canadian coal company pays a $60 million fine for water pollution in Montana and Idaho. Record floods in Australia take a toll on the country’s already hurting tourism industry. A new study finds […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The United Kingdom government will not test drinking water sources for PFAS chemicals. A British court struck down a class-action lawsuit over a 2015 dam failure in Brazil. A new study links a childhood cancer cluster in a Massachusetts town with prenatal exposure in the 1990s to contaminated drinking water. Canada will […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN India and Pakistan resume Indus River negotiations for the first time in two years. A new study reveals warming subsurface water in Lake Michigan. An independent panel in Canada’s Yukon province reviews outdated mining laws that don’t benefit locals and First Nations communities. A campaign to stop hydropower development on an Albanian […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN New research finds two out of three rivers in the United States are losing water. Over 150,000 customers for a Philadelphia water utility are in water debt. Nevada lawmakers are considering proposals that could protect sacred trees and stop a pipeline from diverting water from rural to urban areas. A new initiative […]
