HotSpots H2O: Homeless San Franciscans Are In A Clean Water Crisis

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People living on San Francisco's streets and in its parks face daily barriers to finding and accessing clean water, according to a report released earlier this month.

EPA Report Identifies Hot Spots for Hazardous Spills Into Drinking Water Sources

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EPA report details incidents of toxic spills into groundwater, rivers, or lakes used for drinking water. The data from 2010-2019 provides the most comprehensive report to date on such spills.

HotSpots H2O: Following Hurricanes, Water Insecurity Spikes in Nicaragua

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Since Hurricanes Eta and Iota devastated Nicaragua last winter,…

HotSpots H2O: With History of Pollution, British Water Utility Will Now Alert Residents to Sewage Spills

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Thames Water Utilities, the United Kingdom’s largest water company, is creating a system to alert the public to sewage discharges into British rivers and streams.

Treaty Rights Acknowledged For First Time in Oil Pipeline’s Controversial History

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Michigan’s Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal rights to protect lands and waters.

More Work Needed to Meet Global Water Goal, UN Report Says

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National governments are not on track to meet ambitious, globally recognized goals to provide universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2030.
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Too Few Farmers are Curbing Pollution in Lake Erie. Should They be Forced?

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As climate change complicates Lake Erie’s algae problem, scientists say farmers must do far more to reduce phosphorus runoff. But will enough farmers change their ways without a government mandate?

What’s Up With Water – March 8, 2021

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This is Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue. And this is…

HotSpots H2O: Canadian Government Misses Target to End Water Insecurity for First Nations Communities

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Many First Nations in Canada continue to live without clean water six years after the government began actively addressing the issue, according to a report published by the Auditor General of Canada late last month.