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Buckeye sued over sewer construction standards on massive Teravalis development

November 11, 2023

A sewer pipe manufacturer has sued Buckeye over allowing the developer of the largest master-planned community in Arizona to use a different material, alleging the city broke its own laws by granting an exception for the project. At issue in the case is whether city building codes mandate clay sewer pipes or allow for durable… >> Read More

Here’s Why There Is Still So Much Lead Pipe in Chicago

November 9, 2023

Even though lead in drinking water damages children’s development, the Environmental Protection Agency has forced very few cities to replace their lead pipes. Consider Chicago, with more water pipes made out of lead than any U.S. city, some 400,000. About 7% of homes that requested sampling last year exceeded federal limits, and in at least… >> Read More

How Paris prepared for water shortages caused by climate change

October 16, 2023

Climate change is causing large cities around the world to face water shortages. But in Paris, the city has been working proactively for years to conserve and clean water. We speak about the city’s solutions with Peter Yeung, contributing editor for the online publication Reasons to be Cheerful. This story comes to us from our… >> Read More

Army Corps of Engineers to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater a day as saltwater intrusion threatens New Orleans-area drinking water

September 23, 2023

CNN – The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico continues to threaten drinking water supply, officials said Friday. The move comes as water levels are plummeting for the second consecutive… >> Read More

127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square, flooding streets, subways 

August 29, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — A 127-year-old water main under New York’s Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city’s busiest subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) pipe gave way under 40th Street and Seventh Avenue at 3 a.m., and quickly delivered a wet reminder of the perils of aging infrastructure beneath the… >> Read More

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