#ClimateChange #DrinkingWater #USPol
From ABC News.com: How climate change is impacting drinking water in the US
https://abcnews.com/US/climate-change-impacting-drinking-water-us/story?id=130492298
#DrinkingWater
"India is famed for its stepwells – multi-storey structures built to provide access to groundwater, with steps and platforms descending to the water level. Thousands were built across the country near natural aquifers, mostly between the 11th and 18th centuries.
The well at Bansilalpet was the first of its kind in Telangana to have been restored [to] provide water for domestic and local use such as washing, cleaning, gardening, [and] drinking water."
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/26/ancient-stepwells-brought-back-india-run-out-water-day-zero
#DrinkingWater
When did humans first begin drinking water as a beverage? From ancient survival to modern hydration culture, this is the story of water through time.
#DrinkingWater #FoodCulture #FoodHistory #History #Water #culture #FoodCultureBites
https://foodculturebites.com/when-did-water-become-safe-to-drink/
When did humans first begin drinking water as a beverage? From ancient survival to modern hydration culture, this is the story of water through time.
#DrinkingWater #FoodCulture #FoodHistory #History #Water #culture #FoodCultureBites
foodculturebites.com/when-did-wat...
When Did Water Become “Safe” t...
Even during floods, there is often a shortage of water: clean drinking water. Nobel Prize winner Omar Yaghi has developed a process to produce water from air that is more environmentally friendly than previous methods. It does not replace the drinking water that is lacking on our planet, but it can quickly save people's lives in the event of disasters. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/21/nobel-laureate-omar-yaghi-invents-machine-that-harvests-water-from-dry-air
#GoodNews #Water #drinkingWater #disasterRecovery #saveLives
@climatenewsnow ... and #dataCenters are among the biggest #water wasters, in some areas they alone are causing desertification (e.g. in Spain). The big corporations build more and more ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family
Just about everything I read about Oklahoma makes the place sound awful.
"...[A]fter pulling huge profits from the earth, Oklahoma oil companies left behind tens of thousands of unplugged wells that belch greenhouse gases and allow industrial waste to spread belowground. The state has some of the nation’s weakest regulations pertaining to industry cleanup of old wells."
Their Water Was Undrinkable. Oklahoma’s Oil Regulators Failed to Help. — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family
Researchers tested 6 brands of bottled water against tap water, and there was a clear winner
Safe Drinking Water Is a Basic Human Right That Texas Prisons Fail to Respect
Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.
A crisis emerges across the US as 'forever chemicals' quietly contaminate drinking water wells https://phys.org/news/2026-02-crisis-emerges-chemicals-quietly-contaminate.html
#UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #water #DrinkingWater #ForeverChemicals
An investigation by newsrooms including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Associated Press & FRONTLINE (PBS) has revealed how the economic engine that sustained northwest #Georgia #contaminated the area & neighboring states, too. Downriver from Dalton, AL.com found cities in #Alabama are struggling to remove #PFAS from #DrinkingWater. And in #SouthCarolina, The Post & Courier traced a local watchdog’s discovery of #ForeverChemicals to a #river by a Shaw factory.
#law #health
The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.
They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
Meanwhile, the local public #utility in Dalton, #Georgia responsible for ensuring safe #DrinkingWater coordinated with #carpet executives in private meetings that would effectively shield their companies from #oversight.
Year after year, the #chemicals traveled in #water discarded during manufacturing from mills across northwest Georgia, eventually reaching a #river system that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia & eastern #Alabama.
Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay
…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+
With Desalination Plants Destroyed, Families in Gaza Are Drinking Salty Water
“The water is salty, and sometimes it smells strange, but we have no other choice,” 17-year-old Ruba Al-Amsha said.
Waterborne parasite sickens dozens from Kashechewan First Nation
Parasite outbreak in Kashechewan First Nation water supply confirmed Illness reported among Kashechewan r…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CA #Canada #cases #cryptosporidiosis #cryptosporidium #drinkingwater #FirstNation #gastrointestinal #Health #healthcare #illness #illnesses #Indigenous #Kashechewan #northern #ontario #parasite #Parasites #residents #sewage #sick #Timmins #Water #watertreatmentplant
https://www.newsbeep.com/380605/
@tommorris #Solarpunk at it's best!
Imagine these people wouldn't waste precious drinking water but appreciate some glasses while reading. The rest would remain in nature and there would be no desertification.
Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water https://phys.org/news/2026-01-oversalting-sidewalk-driveway-local-streams.html
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