EPA Warns of Health Problems When PFAS Levels in Drinking Water Are Inconceivably Tiny

Revised health advisories are a precursor to federal regulation.

Child diarrhea cases surge as sewage runs on Cape Town streets

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HotSpots H2O: “Day Zero” Looms for South African Province

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Government dysfunction has multiplied drought risks.

Drought’s Spillover Effect in the American West

In a region latticed with pipelines and canals, the consequences of dry conditions in one basin are exported to neighboring watersheds.

What Does Water Want?: A Conversation with Author Erica Gies

Problems and opportunities spring from the mismatch between the natural world and the built environment.

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EPA Warns of Health Problems When PFAS Levels in Drinking Water Are Inconceivably Tiny

Revised health advisories are a precursor to federal regulation.
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Child diarrhea cases surge as sewage runs on Cape Town streets

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HotSpots H2O: “Day Zero” Looms for South African Province

1 Comment
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Government dysfunction has multiplied drought risks.
Read more

Drought’s Spillover Effect in the American West

In a region latticed with pipelines and canals, the consequences of dry conditions in one basin are exported to neighboring watersheds.
Read more

What Does Water Want?: A Conversation with Author Erica Gies

Problems and opportunities spring from the mismatch between the natural world and the built environment.
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What Happens If Glen Canyon Dam’s Power Shuts Off?

Lake Powell is drying behind one of the Southwest’s largest hydropower plants.
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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

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Even in Canada, Where Water Prices Are Low, Aging Infrastructure and Rising Costs are a Problem

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Water’s True Cost: In Photos

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HotSpots H2O: As Water Systems Fail in Pakistan, Heat Wave Begets A Health Crisis

Climate change and mismanagement sowed the seeds of a cholera outbreak.
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Power through the Adirondack Park

$4 billion transmission line to deliver Canadian hydropower to New York illustrates tradeoffs in the energy transition.
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Five Fixes for Michigan’s Drinking Water Woes

The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.
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Five Fixes for Michigan’s Drinking Water Woes

The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape.
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Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall

More communities gain access to the largest federal infusion in a half-century.
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Some Michigan Water Systems Are Overbuilt, Underfunded. Are Mergers The Answer?

Customers get cheaper, cleaner water when communities share the cost of infrastructure.
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High Cost of Water Hits Home

Rising rates hurt the state’s poorest residents.
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Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services

Many of Michigan’s 1,773 cities, villages, and townships are reaching a water infrastructure crisis point.
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Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes

Failing systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water.
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Michigan’s 20th Century Water Systems Too Big For Its Shrinking City Populations

Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.
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Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades

As some rural towns lose population and government funds shrink, some drinking water systems are one failure away from crisis.
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Water Woes Loom for Michigan Suburbs, Towns After Decades of Disinvestment

Michigan cities rich and poor, big and small have been delaying maintenance on their water systems for decades. Now, even wealthy towns are suffering the consequences of past reluctance to pay for water system upkeep.
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After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.
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  • Residents of one of Mexico’s most prosperous cities face water rationing and the prospect of no running water in their homes. It’s been a hot, dry spring and three reservoirs that supply the city of Monterrey are well below normal.
  • In northern Italy, residents of the Po Valley are facing similar struggles. Over a hundred towns have been asked to suspend drinking water supplies at night in hopes of easing stress on local reservoirs.

This week Circle of Blue reports on the U.S. government’s response to forever chemicals in drinking water.