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The Stream, April 16, 2021: Monsoon Rains In India Could Increase If Global Temperatures Rise
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new study finds monsoon rains in India could increase if global temperatures keep rising. A new U.S. intelligence report warns of the continued threat of climate change on water security. Serbia orders a mining group to halt operations after it failed to meet environmental standards. Some members of the San Diego […]
The Stream, April 14, 2021: U.S. Communities Fail To Prepare For Flooded Future
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Communities across the United States are failing to prepare for increased rainfall and flooding. A plan to remedy flooding from sewage in an Illinois community isn’t enough to solve the problem, residents say. Farmers and Native American tribes in Oregon and California may not receive enough water to meet their needs this […]
California Report Tallies Hundreds of Failing Water Systems in the State
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 […]
The Stream, April 13, 2021: New Study Outlines Dengue Risk in Brazil’s Wet, Dry Seasons
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new study finds that wet conditions and extreme drought can increase the risk of dengue in Brazil. Massachusetts officials are urging residents to conserve water as drought worsens throughout the state. The Japanese government will release over one million tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. A hearing will be […]
Federal Water Tap, April 12: Intelligence Agencies Deliver Warning About Climate Disruption. Again.
The Rundown The nation’s intelligence agencies identify environmental change as a driver of political and social instability. Federal agencies sign an agreement regarding a drinking water project for the Navajo Nation and other communities in the Southwest. Two key variables in the Colorado River basin runoff forecast are below normal. And lastly, budget season kicks […]
The Stream, April 9, 2021: Atlanta Prisoners Sue City Over Contaminated 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 […]
Federal Water Tap, April 5: Biden Pitches $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan with Total Lead Pipe Removal
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, […]
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 […]
In Broad Strokes, Biden Infrastructure Plan Sketches a Future for Federal Water Spending
The Biden administration’s historic pitch to remove all lead drinking water pipes is part of a $111 billion proposal for water systems.
