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The Stream, April 2, 2021: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Florida’s Water Lawsuit Against Georgia
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 […]
Michigan’s Rural Water Systems Confront Generations of Inadequate Investment
A critical juncture is reached for providing water to Michigan’s rural communities.
Federal Water Tap, March 22: USGS Study Finds Drought Increases Risk of Arsenic in Private Wells
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. […]
America’s Drinking Water Is Surprisingly Easy to Poison
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.
The Stream, March 16, 2021: Australia Not Using Best Available Data to Regulate Murray-Darling Basin
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Murray-Darling Basin regulators are failing to use the best available climate information as conditions become drier. Lake Powell will reduce water flow this week in an attempt to understand the reservoir’s ecosystem more accurately. Nearly half a million people in Nicaragua still lack access to water and sanitation after dual hurricanes late […]
Federal Water Tap, March 15: Biden Signs Pandemic Relief Package with Water Funding
The Rundown The pandemic relief package includes more aid to local and tribal governments and for water bill payments. The EPA delays new rules for lead in drinking water so that the agency can review them. The Senate confirms Michael Regan as EPA administrator. An EPA webinar will feature new technology to provide drinking water […]
Treaty Rights Acknowledged For First Time in Oil Pipeline’s Controversial History
Michigan’s Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal rights to protect lands and waters.
The Stream, March 12, 2021: New Technology Finds Hundreds of Wastewater Spills In UK Rivers
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Artificial intelligence detects unreported releases of raw sewage into UK rivers over the last 11 years. Controversy and doubt remain in Japan around efforts to clean up nuclear waste from a tsunami a decade ago. Utah lawmakers approve a committee to oversee the state’s water rules. A massive water transfer project between […]
