By Daphne Psaledakis and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters October 10, 2024 The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat that is particularly dangerous to infants and children. The White House has made removing every… >> Read More
By Laura Hackett, BPR News September 29, 2024 Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks, according to a press release shared by the city on Sunday afternoon. “Extensive repairs are required to treatment facilities, underground and aboveground water pipes, and to roads that have washed away which are preventing water… >> Read More
By Noah Jampol, Thecooldown.com September 25, 2024 For the first time in state history, California is placing permanent water restrictions on cities and towns. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported, the State Water Resources Control Board approved the landmark measure this summer. The new policy will have a major impact with some suppliers having to make… >> Read More
By Mariana Martinez Barba, AP World News September 14, 2024 CHALCO, Mexico (AP) — As 56-year-old Juana Salazar Segundo walked through her home in Chalco, a low-income suburb southeast of Mexico City, she recalled how black, reeking water had reached up to her belly button after flooding early last month. With the receding liquid now down to… >> Read More
By Melissa Rudy, Fox News September 6, 2024 Eighty years ago, the United States and Mexico worked out an arrangement to share water from the two major rivers that run through both countries: the Rio Grande and the Colorado. The treaty was created when water wasn’t as scarce as it is now. Water from Mexico… >> Read More