Plastic Trash in the Ocean Is a Global Problem, and the US Is the Top Source
An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the deluge.
EPA Selects 39 Waterworks Projects to Apply for Billions in Financing
The agency is teeing up projects for a new round of loans under a low-cost borrowing program for water and sewer infrastructure.
Millions of Americans Struggle To Pay Their Water Bills – Here’s How a National Water Aid Program Could Work
Should the U.S. help low-income households afford water service, as it does with heating and groceries? Chile does. An economist explains how it works there and how it could work here.
Salmon to Swim Free as Infrastructure Money Flows
The Biden infrastructure law includes $1B to remove fish barriers in several states.
Coastal States Seek to Limit Seawall Construction
Hard structures can hurt marine life and accelerate erosion elsewhere.
Wildfire Burn Scars, Raising Risk of Mudslides—This Is What Cascading Climate Disasters Look Like
Studies show climate change is raising the risk of cascading hazards that alone might not be extreme but add up to human disasters. Communities and government agencies aren’t prepared.
A Billionaire Wants to Build an Inclusive Utopian City. Government Leaders Are Skeptical.
Former Walmart executive Marc Lore envisions the world’s first 'woke city’ somewhere in the U.S., costing upward of $400 billion and with an application to live there.
Drought-Stricken Western Towns Say No to Developers
“We need to protect the people who live here before we let more people come in.”
A Practical Case for Prioritizing Utility Cybersecurity
COMMENTARY | Utility leaders are behind the curve in cybersecurity policies and practice that will protect states and localities. It’s time for that to change.
40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up Fast.
One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate crisis.
As Colorado River Basin States Confront Water Shortages, it’s Time to Focus on Reducing Demand
The federal government has declared a water shortage that will mean reductions in how much states can pull from the strained river system.
Infrastructure Bill Falls Billions Short on Funding to Replace Lead Pipes
Local leaders and water advocates say up to $60 billion is needed to clean up the dangerous national drinking water pipe problem but the infrastructure package provides only about $15 billion.
For-profit Water Infrastructure Should Not Get Taxpayer Subsidies
COMMENTARY | Most federal infrastructure proposals allow subsidies to flow to private water corporations. This amounts to a misuse of public funds.
The West Can End the Water Wars Now
Far-right radicals in Southern Oregon are threatening to bust open an irrigation canal. Instead, the region could be a model for managing watersheds in a warmer world.
Crumbling Water Facilities Need Central Role in Infrastructure Proposals
COMMENTARY | America’s network of drinking water plants, wastewater treatment facilities and subterranean pipes is in dire need of fixing. It has been deteriorating for years, jeopardizing the health of millions.
US Southwest, Already Parched, Sees ‘Virtual Water’ Drain Abroad
As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.
EPA Announces Intent to Give Governments Back More Authority Over Clean Water Act Rule
Last year 21 state attorneys general sued over a rule change to the act implemented by the Trump administration, saying it lessens states’ abilities to combat pollution.
In Wisconsin, Residents Bear the Impacts of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Four years after a facility disclosed water contamination, locals are using bottled water to cook and battling cancer.
GOP Senators Raise Infrastructure Counteroffer to $928B
Republicans and the White House are still far apart on the size of the package. And there are few signs of agreement on how to pay for it, with GOP lawmakers looking to repurpose Covid funding.
How Much Will it Cost to Replace All Lead Water Pipes in the U.S.?
The initial price is high, but the public health and economic benefits outweigh the costs in the long run, according to research by the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution.
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