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HotSpots H2O: River Dredging Near Chernobyl Risks Radioactive Water Contamination
Eight million people in Ukraine are in danger of drinking contaminated water due to the construction of an inland shipping route.
In Trump Administration’s Final-Days Deregulatory Push, Army Corps Reduces Stream Protections
The Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rule on January 4 that further retracts federal protections for the nation’s smallest streams.
The Stream, January 8, 2021: Subsidence Could Affect 19 Percent Of World’s Population By 2040
GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS New research shows almost 20 percent of the world’s population could be affected by the gradual sinking of land in the next 20 years. Chinese officials say they will hold back Mekong River waters for 20 days. Native American tribes in Wyoming are opposing the Trump administration’s approval of up to […]
The Stream, January 6, 2021: Chemical Company Dumped Contaminated Liquid Into Flint River For Years
GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS The owner and president of a Flint, Michigan chemical company is being charged with dumping millions of gallons of untreated liquid into the Flint River. Private investors looking to buy water rights poses a threat to United States waterways. A United States federal judge dismisses a lawsuit from environmentalists challenging a water-quality […]
India Has Water for Its Economic Plans – If Farms Can Be More Thrifty
India’s farmers are key to the country’s industrial future, a think-tank report finds.
HotSpots H2O: Minnesota Pipeline Opponents File Federal Lawsuit to Halt Construction
Two Minnesota Ojibwe communities and two environmental organizations filed a lawsuit against the Line 3 oil pipeline in order to halt construction in that state.
The Stream, December 30, 2020: Drought in Mexico City Brings Push For Sustainable Water Use Plan
GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS Low rainfall in Mexico City prompts officials to consider long-term solutions to the city’s water scarcity issue. An environmental group in Oregon sues in federal court for information on the structural integrity of over a dozen dams south of Portland. Scientists warn dredging on a river near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor […]
The Stream, December 29, 2020: Coal Power In The American West Is Crumbling
GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS A coal-power plant in Arizona that once fed Colorado River water to Phoenix is demolished. Storm Bella brings high waves and flood warnings to coastal United Kingdom Over 260 people near Quebec City, Canada were evacuated from their homes on Christmas Day due to rising water levels in nearby rivers. A […]
Federal Water Tap, December 28: Water-Bill Aid Part of Coronavirus Relief Package
The Rundown Congress adds $638 million for water-bill debt relief to a spending package that includes a Navajo Nation water rights settlement, a Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water rights settlement, and a directive to the secretary of state to encourage regional collaboration on water resources in Tibet. Congress also reauthorizes the Great Lakes Restoration […]
Congress Adds $638 Million in Water-Bill Debt Relief to Coronavirus Package
People who are behind on their water and sewer bills because of the pandemic will be getting some help from Congress. But questions remain about how the funds will be distributed for the first-ever federal water-bill assistance program.
Where Are Lead Service Lines? Look for Older Homes and Poverty
The GAO, a watchdog agency that works for Congress, concluded that the EPA has not met the requirements of a 2016 law intended to improve the agency’s public communication of lead pipe risks.
