By Kasandra Rattle, Hoodline May 9, 2024 Residents in parts of Northwest D.C. have been slapped with a Boil Water Advisory after a 20-inch water main ruptured Wednesday, leaving 4,800 customers fretting over their tap water. The advisory affects neighborhoods including Upper Chevy Chase, Ft. Reno, and American University. DC Water is urging residents to… >> Read More
By Alex Hammer, DailyMail.com April 22, 2024 Russian hackers claiming to be backed by the Kremlin are believed to have remotely accessed a Texas town’s water tower. The suspected hack in the Texas Panhandle town in January would be the first-ever disruption of a US drinking water system by Russia, after Iran and China carried out similar attacks. The hack in Muleshoe,… >> Read More
By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, Fox News April 11, 2024 A dam in Utah is undergoing emergency repairs after a massive crack opened this week, allowing a surge of water through. The Panguitch Lake Dam in southwest Utah has developed a 60-foot-long crack that is allowing excess water to flood a nearby creek, posing an existential threat to the… >> Read More
By Faizel Patel, The Citizen April 8, 2024 The Department of Water and Sanitation has warned South Africans, especially those in the economic hub of Johannesburg in Gauteng and fertile agricultural lands of the Free State, of a looming water shutdown that could last at least six months. It is understood that critical maintenance work on the 37-kilometre Lesotho Highlands… >> Read More
By Patrick McDonnell, Los Angeles Times March 21, 2024 MEXICO CITY — When Reina Cervantes Trejo heard the truck, gears grinding as it climbed the street to her house, she rushed outside. “Thanks to our good Lord!” she said. “The water has finally arrived!” Cervantes and her husband hurried to help the driver, Fredy Romero, as he yanked… >> Read More