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Millions in US at risk of ’water shutoffs’ amid layoffs triggered by pandemic

Millions of Americans risk losing running water if they fall behind with bill payments in coming months, as mass layoffs triggered by the coronavirus pandemic…

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Sudan: Acute drinking water shortage in South Kordofan, Blue Nile

Attributed variously to corruption and neglect of water pumps and infrastructure under the former regime, parts of Sudan are suffering severe drinking water shortages. In…

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Kenya’s push to harvest rainwater has a new payoff: battling coronavirus

Demand for clean water is on the rise in Kenya as the World Health Organization and the government urge people to regularly wash their hands…

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Google Data Centers’ Secret Cost: Billions of Gallons of Water

In August 2019, the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association built a 16-foot pyramid of jugs in its main entrance in Phoenix. The goal was to…

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Fears for water quality after NSW allows coalmining extension under Sydney’s Woronora reservoir

The New South Wales government has approved the extension of coalmining under one of Greater Sydney’s reservoirs in a move that environment groups say could…

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EPA urges states to support water, wastewater operations during COVID-19

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler has sent a letter to Governors in all 50 states, territories and Washington, D.C. urging them to…

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Tibet improves drinking water safety for rural residents

Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has been making efforts to provide safe drinking water to the rural residents and the problem of safe drinking water…

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Why did Ecuador’s largest waterfall disappear?

Earlier this year, the 500-foot-tall San Rafael waterfall in the Ecuadorian Amazon seemed to vanish. The country’s largest waterfall in both height and volume, its…

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Saudi’s NEOM to harness 800 litres of drinking water from the air daily

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund-backed (PIF) flagship NEOM gigaproject will be able to produce up to 800 litres of drinking water daily from humid air….

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Parts of England could run short of water within 20 years, NAO warns

  Unsustainable water abstraction processes and infrastructure, compounded by climate change and population growth, will result in parts of southern England running out of water…

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