Legislation – Policy

Seattle, suburbs would lose all water pressure within 24 hours of catastrophic earthquake

Photo: Mami Hara, CEO and general manager of Seattle Public Utilities, stands inside the Beacon Reservoir in August 2017, when…

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Water Quality and Emerging Pollutants: addressing new global challenges

Published 03.12.2018 - UNESCO Office in Jakarta Emerging pollutants are commonly defined as synthetic or naturally-occurring chemicals or microorganisms that…

6 years ago

Mayors, Anishinabek Nation Call for Stricter Rules in Great Lakes Withdrawals

Canadian and United States mayors from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative and Anishinabek Nation leadership have joined…

6 years ago

‘Living With Water’: Facing Climate Change, Cities Trade Sea Walls for Parks

Photo: A firefighter wades through Boston floodwater earlier this year. Under a new plan, the city would allow the rising…

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$321 million to improve Hudson water quality — Riverkeeper

Water quality in the Hudson River and its tributaries will benefit from a $320.8 million investment announced by Gov. Cuomo…

6 years ago

California voters rejected Proposition 3. Where now on water?

In this Feb. 25, 2016 file photo, water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli…

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SFWMD: Water district board OKs leasing reservoir’s land to sugar grower

Environmentalists and state officials agree there's "no silver bullet," no single project that will seriously curtail discharges of excess Lake…

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Baltimore first large U.S. city to ban water privatization

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The city of Baltimore voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the privatization of its water and…

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Boxed water replaces plastic at Princeton

Environmentally friendlier packaging is a transitional step as the school looks for a more permanent alternative to landfill-clogging traditional plastic…

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PARCHED: Climate change and growth are pushing Colorado toward a water crisis

Photo: Russian thistle in a former reservoir along the Colorado River in Hite, October 2018. (Photo by John Herrick) Gov.…

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