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2022 Election Recap: Landslide Victory for Florida City’s ‘Right to Clean Water’ Amendment

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Voters approved most water-related initiatives on the November 8 ballot.

Slow to Start, Federal Water Bill Assistance Program Ramps Up

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New program encounters many hurdles.

2022 Election: Water Regulation and Spending Punctuate State and Local Ballots

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Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle.
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Communities Turned into Sewage Swamps

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South Africa’s wastewater crisis is making life unbearable for its residents.

Voices from the Drying Rio Grande

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One of the West's iconic waterways, the Rio Grande is under assault from a warming climate.

In New Mexico, Partners Collaborate to End Siege from Megafires

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Initiative in the Rio Grande basin intends to thwart catastrophic wildfires that wreck watersheds.

Mine Cleanup Law Weakened By Coal’s Decline

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Reclamation is a flashpoint for the partisan divide over fossil fuels.

The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups

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Midwest is the target of more dollars to secure water and revive former energy strongholds.

Tap Water Failures and Distrust of Government: A Conversation with Manny Teodoro

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Bad tasting and polluted tap water are not just infrastructure problems.

Perspective | Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water

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Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming.

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work.

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land.