Water

A report published by cybersecurity firm Mandiant last week claimed that a gang of hackers linked to the Russian government has attacked water utility companies around the world, including a treatment plant in the northern Texas town of Muleshoe.

Johannesburg and the large township of Soweto nearby have been forced to endure several days without water as electricity problems have knocked out pumping stations and a late summer heat wave has strained reservoirs.

Local water authorities are preparing to implement new “toilet-to-tap” technology by 2032 that could see 60% of L.A.’s wastewater recycled rather than being flushed out to sea.

The DOE was wrong when it reversed Trump-era rules making dishwashers and laundry machines more efficient, a federal appeals court ruled.

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) will consider regulations next week that would allow “toilet to tap” reuse of water supplies, treating sewage water and sending it back into ordinary drinking water systems in select municipalities.

A state water agency in Hawaii has been accused of delaying the release of water from a traditional farm that landowners reportedly wanted to use to protect their property as the Maui wildfire spread last week.

Heavy rains in Paris have led to the cancellation of a swimming event in the Seine River that was to be a test for next year’s Olympics.

Two of California’s largest reservoirs in Northern California are near 100% capacity, and the newly-resurrected Tulare Lake in the Central Valley is near its peak size, as the spring runoff from a rainy winter continues.

Rajesh Biswas, a food inspector working for the state of Chhattisgarh in India, was fined 53,092 rupees (about $640) and suspended from his position on Friday because he ordered over four million liters of water drained from a reservoir so he could look for his missing cell phone. 

A top Taliban jihadist warned his group would “conquer Iran” if given approval in a video that surfaced this weekend after a deadly shootout between Iranian border guards and the Afghan terrorist group.

The State of California has decided to provide local water agencies with 100% of the water supplies that they requested for the first time since 2006, up from 5% that was initially allocated before the rainy winter began.

Russian hackers are seeking to “disrupt or destroy” Britain´s critical infrastructure, the UK government has warned.

Police vehicles were torched and clashes were seen as thousands of officers squared off with radical climate change activists on Saturday.

California’s dams are filling up, thanks to the winter’s heavy storms — but soon the state’s dams will be opening their floodgates to prevent overflowing.

An unidentified Florida man died from a brain-eating amoeba he possibly contracted while using tap water to rinse his sinuses, but health officials noted such infections are rare.

Businessman Bernie Moreno, who ran for U.S. Senate in Ohio in 2022 and may run again in 2024, facilitated the donation of a car to a mom whose story of having to carry bottled water while walking home from the grocery store has captivated the nation.

The California Department of Water Resources announced Wednesday that it is boosting its water allocations to 35% of the amounts requested by local agencies, up from 30%, as more rain and snow arrive in the state.

Cincinnati has closed its Ohio River water intake and switched to water reserves as a safety precaution in response to the train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) issued an executive order Monday that directs the state to “consider modifying” ongoing releases of water from reservoirs to save fish in the California Delta rather than storing it.

The government is replacing lead pipes so children’s brains will not be damaged, President Joe Biden (D) said Tuesday.

Environmentalists are still hoping to remove the O’Shaughnessy Dam, even though the Hetch Hetchy reservoir is filling, thanks to recent heavy rain and snowfall in northern California that could relieve the state’s drought.

The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California is at the highest level since 1995, thanks to a series of “atmospheric river” storms at the new year, and another this week, holding hopes for ending the drought.

A major conflict is brewing between western states that rely on the Colorado River for their water supply, with California holding out against an agreement by six other states to share the burden of drought more equitably.

The California State Water Project announced Thursday that it will boost its water allocations to local agencies and users this year from 5% of the amounts requested to 30% of the amounts requested, after the recent rains.

Days of freezing temperatures in Deep South areas that usually freeze for only hours are threatening dozens of water systems as burst pipes leak millions of gallons of water.

Tax officials in France have turned to AI to scan for undeclared swimming pools in order to siphon off more tax revenue from the people.

A farmer in Colusa, California, voiced concern on Friday about being able to produce enough tomatoes for hungry consumers.

This is a Third World state of political collapse. We, the world’s leading constitutional democracy, are abandoning the basic rights and safeguards in our Constitution. We, the world’s most powerful economy, are failing to make basic plans to provide water to sustain life and energy to keep the lights on. Our political elite and our media cling to ideological fetishes and palace intrigues, and fail to learn from the mistakes other countries have made. And we are running out of time to save ourselves.

More than six million California residents have been hit with “unprecedented” water restrictions on Wednesday as the state manages the worst drought in recorded history. 

Severe water restrictions have begun in Southern California, as the Metropolitan Water District has announced that residents of certain areas will be limited to watering outdoor plants just once a week, as the state suffers a third year of severe drought.

Staff of the California Coastal Commission have recommended that a proposed desalination project in Orange County be rejected ahead of a deciding vote on May 12, despite urgent water needs highlighted by an ongoing drought in the region.

The government of Santiago, the capital of Chile, announced on Monday plans to force the city’s roughly 8 million residents to ration water because a decade-plus regional drought has nearly depleted Santiago’s water supply, the website of the Chilean state-run Radio Pauta reported on Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that the state had reached broad agreement with rural water districts on a voluntary framework for conserving water in the Central Valley, potentially bringing years of disputes to a conclusion.

California Governor Gavin Newsom made no mention of the state’s ongoing drought in his annual “State of the State” address on Tuesday evening, ignoring water issues that critics say have become an urgent necessity after years of neglect.

A proposed ballot measure to require the State of California to spend 2% of its annual budget on expanding water infrastructure has been dropped after failing to raise enough money or gather enough signatures.

Ostensibly environmental regulations restricting water diversion and use have “killed” California farming, Victor Davis Hanson said.