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Years After Flint Water Crisis, Lead Lingers in School Buildings Across the Nation

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In its 2021 budget, Congress included millions for lead testing in schools, where children are still exposed to the toxic metal.

India Has Water for Its Economic Plans – If Farms Can Be More Thrifty

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India’s farmers are key to the country’s industrial future, a think-tank report finds.

Four U.S. Water Stories to Watch in 2021

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The upheaval of last year will set the stage for the next 12 months.

EPA Revises Rules for Lead in Drinking Water

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EPA strengthens some provisions but does not take the bigger…

Congress Adds $638 Million in Water-Bill Debt Relief to Coronavirus Package

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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

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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.

Plastic Pipes A Water Contamination Risk After Fire, Data Shows

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New hazards to health and infrastructure have emerged in the ashes of wildfires. Among them is the contamination of drinking water.

CDC Estimates Costs of Waterborne Pathogens in the United States

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Healthcare cost of infectious waterborne disease in the United States tops $3.3 billion, and more than 6,600 deaths are linked to illnesses spread by water, the CDC finds.

Dry Land and Rearing Cattle

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Colorado River Indian Tribes Take Another Step Toward Marketing Valuable Water in Arizona

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The Colorado River Indian Tribes unveiled draft legislation to allow their water to be leased to users in Arizona off the reservation or stored underground.

The Year in Water, 2020

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Societies confront the fallout from rapid environmental change.

In the Northern Great Plains, a Search for Ways to Protect Drinking Water from Fossil Fuel Industry Pollution

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North Dakota’s water supplies are at risk from contaminants from fracking wastewater, but residents are fighting back