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Philadelphia residents advised to drink bottled water Sunday afternoon following chemical spill, officials say

March 26, 2023

Philadelphia residents on Sunday were advised to drink bottled water after chemicals were released into the Delaware River in a neighboring county. The Philadelphia Water Department said Sunday it was responding to a spill of a latex product that Occurred along a Delaware River tributary. The spill would potentially affect water treated at the Baxter… >> Read More

‘Canadians should be very concerned about their drinking water’: W5 investigates asbestos cement pipes

March 24, 2023

Did you know there are asbestos cement pipes underground across Canada? I didn’t until I started researching this story. I actually had no idea what asbestos cement pipes were. All I knew was that asbestos fibres can be deadly, especially if inhaled. So it was to my surprise when I learned that these pipes, installed… >> Read More

A Water System So Broken That One Pipe Leaks 5 Million Gallons a Day

March 23, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — On an abandoned golf course, overgrown with shrubs and saw grass, you can hear the rushing water from 100 yards away. Near Hole 4, past the little bridge and crumbling cart paths, what looks to be a waterfall comes into view, pouring down through the brush and into the creek below. Except… >> Read More

Humanity has ‘broken the water cycle,’ UN chief warns

March 22, 2023

The future of humanity’s “lifeblood” — water — is under threat worldwide, the UN secretary-general warned Wednesday at the opening of the global body’s first major meeting on water resources in nearly half a century. “We’ve broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater,” Antonio Guterres said at the three-day summit in New York,… >> Read More

In Truth or Consequences, N.M., leaking pipes cause millions of gallons of water to go down the drain amid drought

March 12, 2023

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — For centuries, Native American tribal leaders and others have trekked to this oasis to unwind and relax in the abundant hot springs that course underground, bubbling up through the crusty desert floor. But amid a worsening regional drought, the town with the curious name is losing 200 million gallons of… >> Read More

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