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Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital

November 16, 2025

By Amin Khodadadi, Evan Bush and Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBCNews.com November 16, 2025 TEHRAN, Iran — A drastic new message adorns the walls of the Iranian capital, usually reserved for war heroes and weapons. “There is a water shortage!” reads the government poster’s slogan, inside a water container that is nearly empty. “It’s fall and there… >> Read More

Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran

November 10, 2025

By Parham Ghobadi, BBC Persian November 9, 2025 Iran – especially its capital, Tehran – is facing an unprecedented drought this autumn, with rainfall at record lows and reservoirs nearly empty. Officials are pleading with citizens to conserve water as the crisis deepens. President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that if there is not enough rainfall… >> Read More

Great News from the HDPE Pipe Industry

October 29, 2025

October 28, 2025 It has been an active month for the PE Pipe industry with several members conducting openings of new facilities. So what has been going on? Core & Main opened a new fabrication warehouse for HDPE fittings this past week just north of Madison in the great state of Wisconsin. In Dave Mosier’s… >> Read More

Texas voters have final say on $20 billion package to secure state’s water supply

October 20, 2025

By Alejandra Martinez – The Texas Tribune September 20, 2025 LONGVIEW — In this part of Texas, residents stock up on bottled water in between boil notices. It’s part of life in a place where water pipes are old, corroded and falling apart. In the High Plains, near Lubbock, farmers worry that their groundwater wells… >> Read More

This Texas Town Is an Energy Powerhouse. It’s Running Out of Water.

October 12, 2025

By Benoît Morenne – The Wall Street Journal September 15, 2025 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—South Texas lured Tesla, along with Exxon Mobil and other energy behemoths, with the promise of land, cheap energy and, perhaps most critically, abundant water. The companies spent billions of dollars over the past two decades building plants that use huge amounts of water to… >> Read More

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