By Lilia Luciano, Lucia | Suarez Sang, CBSnews.com August 7, 2026 Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico’s capital and surrounding communities woke up without running water as a massive rationing measure took effect Friday. It comes amid a severe drought on top of shortages due to infrastructure issues on the island. “It’s brutal,” San Juan… >> Read More
By Greg Norman-Diamond, Fox News July 31, 2026 A small town in Colorado has been declared abandoned by the state after its remaining elected officials resigned, leading its troubled water system to become a “health hazard” to its residents, according to state officials. The Office of the Colorado Secretary of State said the determination was made this… >> Read More
By Alejandra Martinez and Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune July 26, 2026 Two critical South Texas lakes that supply water to drought-stricken Corpus Christi will rise significantly in the coming days as runoff from last week’s flooding rain flows downstream from the Hill Country. It is, however, too early to predict if it will be… >> Read More
By Tim De Chant, techcrunch.com July 14, 2026 New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today that temporarily bars the state from approving new permits for large projects. Hochul’s order applies to data centers 50 megawatts or larger, potentially affecting more than a… >> Read More
By Alina Maria Stan, thenextweb.com July 8, 2026 A Meta contractor flushed a rare, potentially deadly bacterium into Cheyenne’s wastewater system. The Wyoming city has now suspended all data centre discharge, a fresh flashpoint in the fight over AI’s thirst for water. Officials in Cheyenne, Wyoming, have stopped accepting industrial wastewater from data centres. The… >> Read More