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The Rundown House Democratic leaders propose $30 billion in a budget reconciliation package for removing lead drinking water pipes. The budget reconciliation package includes money for school drinking water, colonias, areas affected by disasters, and aid to households to pay their water bills. The EPA alters its permitting guidance for pollution of surface water via […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The deaths of seven children in India have been linked to unhygienic conditions and illegal drinking water pipe connections. In the American West, hydroelectricity threats force federal officials to release water from surrounding reservoirs to fill Lake Powell, while climate change threatens celebrated California The Shoal Lake First Nation in Canada has […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new report sheds light on water pollution in U.K. waterways. New data finds that 2020 was the deadliest year on record for environmental activists around the world. Incarcerated women in New York complain that their drinking water has been contaminated after Hurricane Ida. Regional threats spurred by climate change have become […]
The Rundown The EPA intends to resume the process of blocking a proposed mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. The EPA says it will limit discharges of PFAS chemicals and nutrients from certain industries. The EPA proposes 13 sites for the Superfund list. The CDC wants to continue collecting data on SARS-Cov-2 in wastewater for […]
The Rundown A federal judge overturns the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act definition. Bureau of Reclamation contributes $19 million for a Colorado River water conservation program. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes removing a notorious species from the threatened list. The CDC tallies emergency room visits due to harmful algal blooms. USGS researchers find […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Close to 12 million households in some of the poorest districts in India have piped water due to a federal project to bring tap water to rural homes. A simple science project at UK schools revealed high levels of lead in several schools’ water systems. A new analysis finds a third of […]
Circle of Blue · What’s Up WIth Water – 8.23.21 Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rise to power does not bode well for a water sector that is already troubled. That’s according to an international group […]
The Rundown The EPA adds health guidelines for 43 pesticides and updates toxicity levels for 104 others. The EPA’s chemicals assessment division analyzes the toxicity of several industrial chemicals. The EPA also orders a low-income, majority Black city in Illinois to clean up sewage spills. FEMA re-evaluates a flood-risk reduction The Bureau of Land Management […]
The Taliban do not have the expertise to manage Afghanistan’s already troubled water systems, researchers say.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Water scarcity leads to armed conflict between cattle ranchers and fisherman in Cameroon. After intense flooding in provinces along the Black Sea, the death toll in Turkey rises to more than 60. Tropical Storm Fred is set to make landfall in Florida. Haiti braces for Tropical Depression Grace in the wake of […]
The Rundown Trillion-dollar infrastructure package now heads to the House Ten water and wastewater facilities notified the EPA that they are not receiving enough chlorine or other disinfectants. NOAA publishes an interactive map showing the risk of airborne toxins from algal blooms along Florida’s Gulf Coast. And lastly, FEMA announces funds to help disadvantaged communities […]
