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California has been experiencing an extensive drought that started in 2000. In the last weeks of October 2021, the state has experienced a welcome deluge of rain that experts estimate to amount to 7.6 trillion gallons of water, enough water for 244 million people for an entire year (Robbin, 2021). …
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Like many neighboring countries, Ghana is a West African nation that faces big water supply problems in its ever-expanding urban centers. Twenty percent of the population are without access to clean water due to various growth to water ratio problems - particularly in the capital region, …
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Newark, New Jersey, was hitting the headlines for the high lead levels that are currently infiltrating its municipal water system. The situation has been compared to that of Flint, Michigan, and is pretty serious. A year ago, the city handed out water filters to all residents for installation. …
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For the second time in two years, the small city of Iqaluit in arctic Northern Canada has declared a state of emergency over its dwindling water supply. Historically, the city has depended upon Lake Geraldine nearby to fill its reservoir, with the Apex River as a backup source. …
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This year’s drought in the US Western states is setting a 122-year record and the worst since it started in 2000. Discover magazine says that about 90 to 100% of the West is going through a drought, with 57% facing extreme to exceptional drought. The dry conditions led to extreme …
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America's lead water pipes, all 6 million of them, is one of its biggest infrastructure problems. Lead leaches into drinking water, affecting water quality and children's health. Lead can cause fetal deaths in pregnant women, prenatal abnormalities, and children who have ingested it can suffer …
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The Attawapiskat First Nation living in Northern Ontario has declared a state of emergency due to their highly chemically polluted water. The tap water has been undrinkable for almost ten years, but as of July 2019, people see serious health problems emerging and want this issue to be dealt with. …
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California is considered one of the most affluent agricultural states in the world, but at what cost? The by-products of that agriculture have left the soil tainted with chemicals and local water supplies undrinkable - the water is almost unusable altogether - even taking a shower in it leaves …
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Wichita's only water treatment plant is over 80 years old and is on the brink of a breakdown. The problem is that the whole plant would have to be shut down to repair any one area. This would leave half a million people without water, including major hospitals. Nobody wants that to happen. …
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Zimbabwe's water infrastructure problems seem daunting, but solutions include instituting transparency in project procurement and spending. In 2018 Cape Town, South Africa, barely avoided shutting off the taps of its water system in the entire city. In 2019, the awful reality of this same …
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According to a BBC report, Southern Water has dumped 16 to 21 billion litres of sewage water, equivalent to 7,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools in Kent, Hampshire, and West Sussex. The court fined the water company, which admitted to 6,971 spills from 17 sites across the three counties, a record …
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Residents in Suva, the capital of Fiji and a fast-growing metropolitan city, are constantly facing water supply disruptions. The residents are raising questions about whether low water levels, rising demands, technical issues, power outages are causing disruptions to water supply and wondering …
