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What Has the Trump Administration Meant for Water?

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October 22, 2020
By narrowing or repealing federal rules, the Trump administration has prioritized big business and reduced pollution protection for waterways.
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2020 Election: Water Decisions Pepper State and Local Ballots

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October 20, 2020
A hodgepodge of constitutional amendments and ballot measures seek to move water policy at the state and local level.
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In Pakistan, Pandemic Derails Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Work

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October 20, 2020
The pandemic has brought about a fundamental shift in Pakistan, one with potentially long-lasting consequences for public health.
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HotSpots H2O: Honduran Mine Protestor Shot and Killed, Others Continue to Await Trial

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October 19, 2020
A man who protested against a mining development in Honduras…
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Michigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts

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October 14, 2020
Michigan is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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What Has the Trump Administration Meant for Water?

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October 22, 2020
By narrowing or repealing federal rules, the Trump administration has prioritized big business and reduced pollution protection for waterways.
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2020 Election: Water Decisions Pepper State and Local Ballots

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October 20, 2020
A hodgepodge of constitutional amendments and ballot measures seek to move water policy at the state and local level.
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In Pakistan, Pandemic Derails Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Work

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October 20, 2020
The pandemic has brought about a fundamental shift in Pakistan, one with potentially long-lasting consequences for public health.
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Chart: Customer Water Debt Data in 12 U.S. Cities

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October 15, 2020
Millions of U.S. households are behind on their water bills,…
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Michigan Allocates $20 Million to Relieve Customer Water Debts

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October 14, 2020
Michigan is using federal CARES Act funding to help residents pay off past-due water bills that accrued during the pandemic.
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Lack of Utility Data Obscures Customer Water Debt Problems

October 12, 2020
Inadequate data hampers understanding of who is most affected by overdue water bills.
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House Democrats Ask CDC to Halt Water Shutoffs during the Pandemic

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October 6, 2020
The CDC already moved to suspend evictions. Could water service be the next target for a national moratorium?
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Enbridge now inspects freighters to avoid another anchor strike on Line 5

October 2, 2020
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What’s Up With Water – October 19, 2020

Featured coverage from this week’s episode of What’s Up With Water looks at:

  • In the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe, an illegal gold rush is underway.
  • In research news, scientists at the University of Adelaide highlighted the many ways that drought threatens the world’s wetlands..
  • A new report from the International Rescue Committee found that 31 percent of women in 15 African countries reported incidents of harassment and sexual violence while collecting water.

This week Circle of Blue reports on a call for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to use the Public Health Service Act to further respond to the coronovirus pandemic.

Circle of Blue · What's Up With Water - 10.19.20

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Water Debt

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Most Americans give little thought to their water bills, paying them on time and in full. But for a subset of people in this country, water debt is a constant and menacing presence in their lives. Circle of Blue investigated the scale of customer water debt burdens in large U.S. cities.

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Water, Texas

The story of Texas is the state’s devout allegiance to the principle that mankind has dominion over nature. In 2020, the pandemic, climate disruption, and ever-present challenges with water supply and use are writing a much different story of vulnerability to nature’s bullying, and to government’s uncertain capacity to adjust.

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WaterPoint: How Communities Deal With an Evolving Pandemic in an Era of Dwindling Water

A pillar of improvements in human health in the last century, water, sanitation, and hygiene are also a foundation of the world’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Legionnaires’ disease is the deadliest waterborne-illness in the United States

Present in the natural environment, the Legionella bacteria flourish in building plumbing systems. Reported cases of the pneumonia-like disease, spread by inhaling droplets contaminated with the bacteria, are rapidly rising, up five-fold since 2000.

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Daily Summary of Global Water News

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High fluoride levels in Kenya’s Lake Baringo have caused a bone-weakening disease that has left many villagers unable to walk. Environmental and human rights groups sue the Department of Homeland Security for potential environmental pollution caused by the use of teargas in Portland, Oregon. Maryland residents have nearly $60 million due in late water bills. Hurricanes and an otherwise unforgiving tropical climate leaves homes across Cuba beyond repair. Read More

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The Trump administration wants to coordinate water-related activities in the cabinet agencies. The EPA finalizes two rules that relax requirements for coal ash disposal. The EPA and other agencies work to develop a national map showing which wetlands and streams are regulated under the Clean Water Act. CDC researchers contribute to a study of handwashing and hygiene behaviors in the United States during the pandemic. USAID awards a consulting firm a $24 million contract for a water management program in Central Asia. And lastly, U.S. Geological Survey researchers find high salt concentrations in brines from the natural gas-producing formation known as the Utica shale. Read more

HotSpots H2O examines regions and populations that are most at risk from water-related unrest and conflict. It reveals the challenges individuals confront — and the solutions they discover — as they face the greatest challenge of the 21st century: water.

HotSpots H2O: Honduran Mine Protestor Shot and Killed, Others Continue to Await Trial

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October 19, 2020
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HotSpots H2O: Fires in the World's Largest Wetlands Decimate Wildlife and Livelihoods

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October 12, 2020
The Pantanal wetlands are on fire. Since early this year, nearly a fifth of the Brazilian ecosystem, over 14,000 square miles, has burned in wildfires just south of the Amazon rainforest.
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HotSpots H2O: Wildfire Threaten Cheyenne Water Supply

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October 5, 2020
The Mullen Fire reached the southern edge of the main drinking water source for Cheyenne, the Wyoming capital.
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HotSpots H2O: Conflict over U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty Escalates as Farmers Take La Boquilla Dam

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September 28, 2020
Tensions between Mexico and the United States over water intensified this month as hundreds of Mexican farmers seized control of La Boquilla dam in protest over mandatory water releases.
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