Mar 24—WILKES-BARRE — Joshua Salvaterra and the DIRT Project he founded will soon embark on their fourth venture in Kenya, helping to build a sixth water irrigation system that will provide clean water and food to a remote village . DIRT stands for Deeply Invested In Reaching the Third World. The nonprofit organization raises money… Read More »
As the world warms due to human-induced climate change, it is becoming increasingly difficult for many people to access fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning. That’s because the warming world is leading to erratic rainfall patterns, extreme heat and periods of drought – on top of decades of poor water management and extraction policies… Read More »
More than two-thirds of children under the age of six in Chicago may be exposed to lead-contaminated water, a new study finds. The study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, analyzed lead exposure based on 38,385 household lead tests collected by the Chicago Department of Water Management between January 2016 and September 2023. The… Read More »
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Bhavani Mani Muthuvel and her family of nine have about five 20-liter (5-gallon) buckets of water this week for cooking, cleaning and household chores. “From showering to using toilets and washing clothes, we take turns doing everything,” she said. It’s the only water they can afford. Muthuvel, a resident of Ambedkar… Read More »
MEXICO CITY – North America’s most populous city is in the grip of a serious water crisis, as persistent drought and years of little rain push the already stressed system that supplies Mexico City with running water to its limits. More than 21 million residents in the Mexico City metropolitan area have suffered water shortages… Read More »
The smell of roasting artichokes wafts past a row of dozens of tractors parked in central Barcelona as rock music blares from speakers and wine is poured into plastic cups. The scene is festive, but this is a protest, not a party. Hundreds of Catalan farmers have entered their region’s capital to express their grievances,… Read More »
The water cycle that cycles Earth’s most vital resource in an endless, life-giving loop is in trouble. Climate change has disrupted the delicate balance of that cycle, disrupting the way water circulates between the ground, the oceans and the atmosphere. The events of 2023 show how extensive these disruptions have become. From extreme precipitation and… Read More »
Alejandro Gomez has been without good running water for more than three months. Sometimes it lasts an hour or two, but only a trickle, barely enough to fill a few buckets. Then nothing for a few days. Gomez, who lives in Mexico City’s Tlalpan neighborhood, doesn’t have a large storage tank so she can’t get… Read More »
Residents of Lenawee County communities, including Blissfield and Morenci, have most likely received letters from their local governments detailing their drinking water supply. Such letters consisted of information about monitoring requirements and test specifications that may have been invalidated due to problems with the sampling equipment or may not have been completed at all. In… Read More »