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Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk

April 12, 2024

By   Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, Fox News April 11, 2024 A dam in Utah is undergoing emergency repairs after a massive crack opened this week, allowing a surge of water through. The Panguitch Lake Dam in southwest Utah has developed a 60-foot-long crack that is allowing excess water to flood a nearby creek, posing an existential threat to the… >> Read More

South Africans warned to brace for massive 6-month shutdown of critical water supply

April 9, 2024

By  Faizel Patel, The Citizen April 8, 2024 The Department of Water and Sanitation has warned South Africans, especially those in the economic hub of Johannesburg in Gauteng and fertile agricultural lands of the Free State, of a looming water shutdown that could last at least six months. It is understood that critical maintenance work on the 37-kilometre Lesotho Highlands… >> Read More

This mega-city is running out of water. What will 22 million people do when the taps run dry?

March 21, 2024

By Patrick McDonnell, Los Angeles Times March 21, 2024 MEXICO CITY —  When Reina Cervantes Trejo heard the truck, gears grinding as it climbed the street to her house, she rushed outside. “Thanks to our good Lord!” she said. “The water has finally arrived!” Cervantes and her husband hurried to help the driver, Fredy Romero, as he yanked… >> Read More

Taps have run dry across South Africa’s largest city in an unprecedented water crisis

March 21, 2024

By  Mogomotsi Magome, AP News March 21, 2024 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this… >> Read More

Trillions of gallons leak from aging drinking water systems, including Alabama

March 4, 2024

By Alabama Public Radio | By Pat Duggins, Associated Press March 4, 2024 Trillions of gallons are lost from aging drinking water systems across the U.S., underscoring an economic and public health reckoning after decades of deferred maintenance and disinvestment that leave some communities struggling to provide reliable service. One Alabama is considered an example. Such communities often… >> Read More

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