New York's aging infrastructure a costly problem

Tens of thousands of miles of aging sewer and water treatment systems need extensive repairs and upgrades that could cost New York billions in the next two decades, an expensive undertaking even with the help of federal stimulus funding, according to state officials.

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Wyo. delegation opposes change to Clean Water Act

The three members of Wyoming congressional delegation is among 28 Republican lawmakers who oppose changing the Clean Water Act to clarify that it applies to all surface water in the United States, not strictly navigable water.

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Seven swimmers swimming, Sacramento to San Francisco.

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Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va.

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Violations of the Clean Water Act and the limited penalties imposed on violators are discussed in this lengthy New York Times article.

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In Galt and South Lake Tahoe, residents are drinking arsenic with their tap water. Traces of the naturally occurring toxic chemical have leached from old mines, rocks and orchards into groundwater, reaching levels that violate state and federal safety standards.

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This week (August 17-23) is World Water Week. During this time, experts, practitioners, decision makers and leaders from around the globe will come to Stockholm, Sweden, to exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions for the most urgent water-related issues.

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Teen requests $1 donations for clean water in Sudan

This teenager is on the right path!!! check out this article... Joshua Guthrie has a message for teenagers: They can do something to make the world a better place.

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The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.

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James Cervino, a professor of marine biology at Pace University in New York City, thinks a little electricity could go a long way in helping oysters return to the city's waterways.

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I went back out on the land, crept up to caribou in crazy blazing hot sun. I thought about this person being President, this person who filed suit against the polar bears, tried to put a bounty on wolves, this Alaskan who doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

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MONTREAL - Acquisitions in the United States gave two Quebec firms a foothold in a water-treatment technology that looks to have huge growth potential as clean water becomes ever more precious around the world.

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Testing prompted by an Associated Press story that revealed trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in drinking water supplies has shown that more Americans are affected by the problem than previously thought — at least 46 million.

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Every day, Manut Ngor Koot leads his family's cow for miles across the southern Sudan plains to a murky swamp that serves as his village's chief source of water. The cow is balky and has a limp. Looking after her is time-consuming, often frustrating.

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Franklin Graham's international relief organization Samaritan's Purse brings relief to thousands in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh.

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Maryland's forests are critical to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. But the Bush administration wants to virtually eliminate almost 100 years of cooperation with the state for forest conservation.

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Half of the waters in the United States are at risk of pollution or destructive development because of a wrongheaded Supreme Court decision in 2006. Who ya gonna call?

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Hendrix Creek, flowing for just over a mile in Brooklyn through East New York, passes under the Belt Parkway and between two dormant landfills before it empties into Jamaica Bay.

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DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world on Thursday to put the looming crisis over water shortages at the top of the global agenda this year and take action to prevent conflicts over scarce supplies.

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Scientists may have found a way to slow deforestation. Fast growing bamboo can help quickly replenish a forest stripped of timber.

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The availability of clean water is one of the central issues of our time, and we all need to do our part to use this resource wisely. Clean water is paramount to the eco-system of our planet. Here are some tips for saving water:

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An historic around-the-world relay run reached its finish line today in New York City, marking the completion of an unprecedented three-month athletic endeavor that is raising funds to deliver safe drinking water to some of the 1.1 billion people who currently live without it.

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Snap! This washing machine turns water into soap and then back again. No more need for detergent. I just wonder how much energy it uses to break apart H2O into H+ and OH-. This might make it an energy hog. But it sounds like an AWESOME idea!

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...PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry.

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Having spent a fair amount of time in occupied Iraq, I now find living in the United States nothing short of a schizophrenic experience. Life in Iraq was traumatizing.

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Fontaine has called for this day of action because of "a series of decisions taken by this government" that, in his opinion, fly in the face of progress that had been well under way prior to the arrival of the Stephen Harper Conservatives.

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"Our global civilization today is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, a path that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse," says Lester Brown in Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble.

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