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Microplastics seen washing into a waterway from a manufacturing plant`s stormwater drain has been called totally unacceptable by the local board chair

Waste from a plastic tank manufacturer was seen washing into a waterway that feeds into Auckland`s Manukau Harbour.

The Wiri-based company, Bailey Tanks, has previously been fined $750 for discharging polyethylene granules to land. 

Local Shaun Lee said he’s seen plastic pellets on the banks of

Mar. 1, 2020

Farah Hancock

The largest water and sanitation sector gathering in Africa ended Thursday in Uganda with a call for governments to invest in climate-resilient water systems and irrigation to reduce vulnerability to climate change.

African Water Association (AfWA) Program Director Dr. Simeon Kenfack said as governments implement ambitious national climate action plans and strategies, they must show the world that Africa is able to work as a family to address risks of climate impacts using existing kn

Feb. 27, 2020

Hamza Kyeyune

The flow of the Colorado River is dwindling due to the impacts of global heating, risking “severe water shortages” for the millions of people who rely upon one of America’s most storied waterways, researchers have found.

Increasing periods of drought and rising temperatures have been shrinking the flow of the Colorado in recent years and scientists have now developed a model to better understand how the climate crisis is fundamentally changing the 1,450-mile w

Feb. 21, 2020

Oliver Milman

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to regulate “forever chemicals” in drinking water, as recent studies have renewed concerns about the health impact of the substances that are found in most drinking water sources across the country. One recent study placed Miami near the top<

Feb. 21, 2020

Adriana Brasileiro

The wheels are still attached to the house trailer that Pamela Rush calls home, but the 49-year-old mother of two is trapped. A lifelong resident of Lowndes County, Alabama, she lives off disability checks, struggling to pay the bills on a ninth-grade education. It’s hard to attribute her situation to any one cause—she was born in one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states and, like the rest of the county’s mostly African-American population, she wrestles with

Feb. 15, 2020

Justin Worland

At a Glance

  • A new study proves that while adding chlorine to water has kept water clearer of diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever, it can leave behind toxic byproducts.
  • These byproducts may have the potential to harm an individual’s long term health.
  • At this point we don`t even know all the byproducts left in the water from the current treatment methods.

Your tap water might be worse than you think. When used to t

Feb. 7, 2020

Rachel Delia Benaim