Some Rural California Residents Doubt They’ll Ever Get Clean Water
Some rural California communities have waited nearly a decade for state regulators to repair their tainted drinking-water systems.
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Some rural California communities have waited nearly a decade for state regulators to repair their tainted drinking-water systems.
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Hundreds more systems are at risk of not being able to meet drinking water standards. Key Takeaways The State Water Resources Control Board’s needs assessment found 326 public water systems that are consistently failing to provide drinking water that meets state and federal standards. About 90 percent of water systems that violate drinking water […]
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 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 Greenland will hold a special election that could determine the fate of a contentious mining project. An oyster farmer’s business in Australia is devastated by record flooding in the region. A new investigation finds widespread lead, arsenic and PFAS contamination in water samples throughout the United States. A coatings company in Pennsylvania […]
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 Federal agencies respond to the winter storm in Texas. Speaker Pelosi says that a House committee will investigate the shortcomings of Texas’s energy infrastructure. President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan works its way through Congress and includes more money for household water debt relief. The EPA approved Texas’s request to oversee its […]
Minnesota officials announced a multi-step strategy to address PFAS contamination in the environment.
A new grant program in Michigan to rid drinking water systems of contaminants is proving to be quite popular.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Former Michigan Rick Snyder will be charged with two counts of willful neglect for his role in the Flint water crisis. A surge of tropical storms in India’s Sundarbans mangrove is threatening the lives of those living in the region. A recent study found European colonization has sped up erosion and river […]