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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Over one million homes and businesses in Taiwan were told to ration water as the country faces its worst drought in almost six decades. Negotiations stall over filling and operating a controversial Ethiopian dam. Connecticut health officials are urging homes that rely on well water to test their systems for arsenic and […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Gretchen Whitmer requests changes to PFAS cleanup requirements at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, in Michigan. Flood irrigation practices are accessible to only one percent of metro Phoenix, Arizona. The death toll from flooding in Indonesia and East Timor rises. New research finds winter snowmelt is increasing in the American West. […]
The Rundown One goal in Biden’s infrastructure plan is removing all lead drinking water pipes. The Supreme Court hands Georgia a victory in a lawsuit over a river basin shared with Florida. An EPA inspector general’s report shows that the agency was less likely to follow its rule-writing protocols in recent years for major regulations, […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The U.S. Supreme Court dismisses Florida’s claims that Georgia overused a shared river basin. Recent rains send contaminated Tijuana River water farther north through San Diego County, in California. New data shows hundreds of thousands of instances of raw sewage discharge into English rivers and coastal waters last year. Two water utility […]
The Biden administration’s historic pitch to remove all lead drinking water pipes is part of a $111 billion proposal for water systems.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Israel’s prime minister is reportedly refusing a request for water from the country of Jordan. The Biden administration revokes a key permit from an oil refinery known for polluting water and air on the U.S. Virgin Islands. The entire state of Utah is experiencing moderate to extreme drought. The U.S. Army Corps […]
The Rundown Bills in Congress deal with water infrastructure funding, Camp Lejeune water contamination, workforce training, hydraulic fracturing regulation, and Western water supply. EPA Administrator Regan says he will soon appoint an environmental justice adviser. An EPA report identifies hot spots for hazardous spills into drinking water sources. The GAO says that federal agencies are […]
EPA report details incidents of toxic spills into groundwater, rivers, or lakes used for drinking water. The data from 2010-2019 provides the most comprehensive report to date on such spills.
The Rundown The Senate confirms Rep. Deb Haaland as the Interior secretary. The Army Corps suspends a Clean Water Act permit for a proposed Minnesota mine. A State Department official urges China to be transparent about its use of water from the Mekong River. The EPA seeks more data on PFAS in industrial wastewater discharges. […]
Experts say the sorts of rudimentary vulnerabilities revealed in the hacking of a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida are common among America’s 151,000 public water systems.
