Getting safe water a struggle for many of Venezuela’s poor

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mexico and US reach agreement to address Mexico’s habit of falling behind in water-sharing payments

MEXICO CITY — Mexico and the U.S. said they reached an agreement they hope will address Mexico’s habit of falling behind on water-sharing payments in the Rio Bravo watershed, also known as the Rio Grande. The agreement announced Saturday provides Mexico with tools and flexibility to deliver water earlier in a five-year cycle under the 1944 U.S.-Mexico water treaty, according …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Residents of Mexico City suburb are anxious after living over a month in black sewage water

Hindustan Times

CHALCO, Mexico — As 56-year-old Juana Salazar Segundo walked through her home in Chalco, a low-income suburb southeast of Mexico City, she recalled how black, reeking water had reached up to her belly button after flooding early last month. “Day and night we couldn’t sleep, the water just rose and rose,” she said. “I haven’t been able to work because …

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4 months ago

Tourists queue for bottled water as another drought hits Spanish holiday destination

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A severe drought has rendered tap water undrinkable in several towns along Spain’s Costa Blanca, forcing …

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5 months ago

Many couples in troubled Venezuela are breaking up as people make plans to migrate ahead of election

Associated Press

Lee esta historia en español: La incertidumbre que reina en una Venezuela en crisis también afecta a las relaciones de pareja CARACAS, Venezuela — Victoria Estevez finally met someone who saw past her shyness. The sign reads in Spanish “More changes and transformations.” In a country rife with instability, dating is not spared The last 11 years under President Nicolás …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Worsening floods and deterioration pose threats to US dam safety

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved a path around it, eroding so much of the riverbank that most of a house fell into the river. Most dams are privately owned and there’s a huge need for resources — just fixing many of the country’s most …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Worsening floods and deterioration pose threats to US dam safety

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Most dams are privately owned …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

A New Mexico city faces drinking water crisis following torrential rains and mudslides

NPR

A New Mexico city faces drinking water crisis following torrential rains and mudslides Federal officials are hopeful a temporary drinking water system will be in place this week for the city of Las Vegas, N.M. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Federal Aid is now flowing into a northern New Mexico city that's been facing a drinking water crisis for almost two weeks. …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Threat, sabotage: How water mafia is holding Gurugram residents to ransom

Hindustan Times

Gurugram A view of the damaged pipelines leading to Imperial Garden in Sector 102. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Around 200 residential societies located along the Dwarka Expressway are being forced to pay “protection money” to the water mafia, residents alleged, after the water pipeline leading to a high-rise in Sector 102 was damaged and supply disrupted as residents refused to …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Threat, sabotage: How water mafia is holding Gurugram residents to ransom

Hindustan Times

Gurugram A view of the damaged pipelines leading to Imperial Garden in Sector 102. Around 200 residential societies located along the Dwarka Expressway are being forced to pay “protection money” to the water mafia, residents alleged, after the water pipeline leading to a high-rise in Sector 102 was damaged and supply disrupted as residents refused to pay ₹50,000 to a …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Check pilferage, act against water mafia: SC to Delhi govt

Hindustan Times

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday lamented that Delhi’s drinking water crisis cannot be solved unless there is action taken against the recurring water transmission losses and the tanker mafia operating in the Capital, and sought a report from the Delhi government on the action taken in this regard within 24 hours. Why was a false statement made before …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Riots erupt in drought-stricken central Algeria over months of water shortages

Associated Press

TIARET, Algeria — Violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households. In Tiaret — a central Algerian city of less than 200,000 located 155 miles southwest of Algiers — protestors wearing balaclavas set tires aflame and set …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

As water reservoirs go dry, Mexico City and Bogotá are staring down ‘Day Zero’

Raw Story

This story was originally published by Grist. Coining the very phrase “Day Zero” was part of Cape Town’s solution to a water crisis that many officials had seen coming for years. “Culture is really important — making sure that you remain on message.” Political leaders in Mexico and Colombia have both been sending out the same dire warnings: One prominent …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

MCG outlines plan to tackle water supply crisis in Gurugram

Hindustan Times

Gurugram: Amid the ongoing water supply crisis in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has outlined a comprehensive plan to ensure uninterrupted water for residents, including sending water tankers to address any shortfall, officials aware of the matter said. Bangar said the city has been strategically divided into different zones, each zone overseen by designated officials responsible for monitoring …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Devon dirty water crisis could go on for 10 days: School forced to shut, families warned to boil water and panic buying hits supermarkets as hundreds fall ill with vomiting and diarrhoea amid parasite

Daily Mail

Devon's water crisis could last for 10 days after hundreds have fallen ill with vomiting and diarrhoea amid a parasite outbreak in contaminated taps. South West Water yesterday urged people to boil their tap water after hundreds fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pains. Eden Park Primary School in Brixham told parents last night they would not be opening …

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7 months, 1 week ago

US dedicates $60 million to saving water along the Rio Grande as flows shrink and demands grow

Hindustan Times

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate change and growing demands. “When drought conditions like this strike, we know it doesn’t just impact one community, it affects all …

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7 months, 1 week ago

US dedicates $60 million to saving water along the Rio Grande as flows shrink and demands grow

Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate change and growing demands. “When drought conditions like this strike, we know it doesn’t just impact one community, it affects all …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Too much water, and not enough: Brazil’s flooded south struggles to find basic goods

LA Times

Volunteers carry an elderly man rescued from an area flooded by heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on Tuesday. Five of the city’s six water treatment facilities aren’t working, and Porto Alegre Mayor Sebastião Melo ordered that water be used exclusively for “essential consumption.” Local shops have also been short on water supplies. Brazil’s President …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Colombia’s capital starts rationing water after reservoirs hit historically low levels

Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia — Luis Soler is caring for water as if it were the most expensive ingredient at his restaurant in Colombia’s capital. The city’s warnings allowed him to prepare for the change, buying bottled water for cooking purposes and storing tap water for dish washing, and since his entire neighborhood was facing the same inconvenience as the restaurant, he …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Mexican authorities stop water extraction from reservoir that’s home to upscale lakeside community

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Struggling to deal with a severe drought, water authorities in central Mexico decided Tuesday to stop taking water from a rapidly emptying reservoir that is home to an upscale lakeside community. Residents around the Valle de Bravo reservoir had protested about Mexico City drawing water from the lake, an area dotted with expensive homes about two hours …

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9 months ago

Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task

Associated Press

As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people. Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn …

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9 months ago

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

LA Times

When Reina Cervantes Trejo heard the truck, gears grinding as it climbed the street to her house, she rushed outside. “Every year, more cities will face ‘Day Zero,’ with no water in their piped systems.” Mexico City — founded by the Aztecs on an island amid lakes, with a rainy season that brought torrents and flooding — might have been …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Water situation is of concern, but not as alarming as it is being projected: BWSSB Chairman

The Hindu

As the water situation in Bengaluru and regions around the Cauvery basin continues to dominate headlines after a drought-hit 2023 in Karnataka, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board chairman Ram Prasath Manohar, in an interview to The Hindu, says though the situation is concerning, drinking water needs will be fulfilled until the monsoon. About 34 tmc ft of water is …

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9 months, 1 week ago

In Mexico, a once glittering lake is being sucked dry by development, drought and lawlessness

Associated Press

VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico — Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking, increasingly polluted patch of mud flats and water by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning and lawlessness. Residents said Thursday that Valle — as the reservoir has been known since …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Violence is battering Haiti's fragile economy and causing food and water shortages

New Indian Express

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti's poor — a consequence of the unrelenting gang attacks that have paralyzed the country for more than a week and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. “People are desperate for water,” said Jean Gérald, who was …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt to take over all borewells in Bengaluru to deal with water crisis

Hindustan Times

Deputy chief minister and Bengaluru development minister, DK Shivakumar, has issued a directive to the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board to take charge of all irrigation and commercial borewells. Bengaluru is facing a water crisis for the past week or so due to less than normal rainfall in two monsoon seasons. Bengaluru has been facing a water crisis for …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Civic bodies asked to prepare plans for dealing with water crisis in summer

The Hindu

As drinking water scarcity looms large during summer in the wake of monsoon failure, the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration has asked the civic authorities in the district to chalk out a plan of action to deal with the situation in April and May. While most civic bodies in the district depend on the Cauvery to meet the drinking water requirements, …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico City residents protest ‘unprecedented’ water shortage

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In recent days, Mexico City residents have taken to the streets to protest against water …

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1 year ago

Oil spills increase in Venezuela as it revs up output after the U.S. lifted sanctions

NPR

Oil spills increase in Venezuela as it revs up output after the U.S. lifted sanctions Enlarge this image toggle caption John Otis for NPR John Otis for NPR LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to pull blobs of congealed oil out of the water, but the black goo sticks to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Louisiana's struggle with influx of salt water prompts a request for Biden to declare an emergency

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

With temporary status for Venezuelans, the Biden administration turns to a familiar tool

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

In scorching, earthquake-ravaged Hatay, water shortages lead to illnesses

Al Jazeera

Authorities, however, point to widespread destruction, low funds and dwindling outside help as obstacles to their work. “We are experiencing water, food and hygiene problems,” said Ayhan Tekin, 43, after collecting a dozen bottles of water from the distribution point. “The biggest problem we have here is not using water while removing the rubble and demolishing buildings,” said Sevdar Yilmaz, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Will provide water for every cent of land, every home: Speaker Tammineni Sitaram

Deccan Chronicle

VISAKHAPATNAM: Speaker Tammineni Sitaram said the state government was making efforts to provide water to every cent of agricultural land and provide safe water through taps to every home in the state. The Speaker inaugurated a â‚¹50 lakhs scheme for providing drinking water to every home in Belamam village in Amadalavalasa mandal in his home constituency and another scheme worth …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Salty, gritty tap water has residents of Uruguay’s capital fuming as drought empties reservoir

Associated Press

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Residents of Uruguay’s capital are increasingly exasperated after two months of salty-tasting tap water that has damaged water heaters, boosted demand for bottled water and reportedly caused stomach ailments. The water “comes out saltier and saltier so you can’t drink it, but you’re thirsty and so you need to drink it,” said homemaker Natalia Moreira, 33, who …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Phoenix Is Dangerously Close to a Water Crisis. Are These Old Ideas Solutions?

Slate

This story was originally published by High Country News and has been republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Recently, however, while I was digging through my digital archives—files I’ve saved from past reporting projects—I ran into an old report from 2008 put out by Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy. But the authors distill many …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Philadelphia Officials Now 'Confident' Tap Water Is Safe To Drink After Chemical Leak

Huff Post

City officials had urged residents not to drink tap water after more than 8,100 gallons of a chemical solution were released into a creek late Friday night. Tomasz Krok/ EyeEm via Getty Images Philadelphia officials say they are “confident” that the local tap water is safe to drink after initially advising residents to switch to bottled water “out of an …

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1 year, 9 months ago

AP PHOTOS: World’s water in focus as clean supplies squeezed

Associated Press

It’s one of the world’s most vital resources. A woman washes utensils outside her house in a slum area on the eve of World Water Day in Mumbai, India, March 21, 2023. A girl takes a bath near a manual water pump at a slum area in Muntinlupa, Philippines, March 21, 2023. A girl walks past a manual water pump …

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2 years ago

79 per cent Afghan households with severe water shortage: UNICEF survey

Firstpost

Some Kabul residents reported that water levels have dropped down and most wells have dried. Water shortages have also posed a challenge for people to consume clean and safe water Around 79 per cent of households in Afghanistan reported severe water shortage, making it challenging for the people to consume clean and safe water, Khaama Press reported citing a survey …

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2 years, 1 month ago

How the war in Ukraine has raised hopes in Venezuela and bolstered its strongman president

LA Times

Just three years ago, Venezuela was a nation on the verge of collapse. “We are seeing what is a tentative but still clear reengagement on the part of the United States with Venezuela,” said Theodore Kahn, senior analyst in Bogota, Colombia, with Control Risks, a consultancy group. Last week, a jovial Maduro — under U.S. indictment for alleged “narco-terrorism,” a …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Misery deepens in Haiti as unrest rages and water shortages bite

Al Jazeera

Days of protests over fuel prices and crime have slowed or halted water distribution in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Many residents of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince have been forced to shelter at home this week as gunfire broke out and burning tires blocked streets during protests over fuel price hikes and crime. Many took advantage of an expected half-day truce on Saturday …

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2 years, 3 months ago

In Arizona, worry about access to Colorado River water

Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. — Robbie Woodhouse’s grandfather began nearly a century of family farming along the Gila River near Yuma in the middle 1920s when he dug up a bunch of mesquite stumps on his land to make way for his barley, wheat, Bermuda seed, cotton and melon fields. Due to a logjam in interstate negotiations for massive cuts in Colorado …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Dirty water, drying wells: Central Californians shoulder drought’s inequities

LA Times

On a hot morning in August, the pressure gauge on Jesús Benítez’s well read about 10 pounds per square inch — barely enough for a trickle. “In water quality control, it’s often said, ‘The solution to pollution is dilution.’ When you have the opposite — very little amounts coming in, little recharge happening with fresher flows — you get an …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Water crisis looms for eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk

Associated Press

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people gathered around Sloviansk’s public water pumps, piercing the uneasy quiet that smothers the nearly deserted streets of this eastern Ukrainian city. The members of Sloviansk’s dwindling population only emerge — a few minutes at a time — to fill up at the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Taps have run dry in Monterrey, Mexico, where there is water for factories but not for residents

LA Times

Three months pregnant and queasy with morning sickness, Yasmin Acosta Ruiz pushed a cart laden with buckets of water through the scorching July heat. Here on the outskirts of Monterrey, a sprawling industrial city that has become the face of Mexico’s water crisis, every drop counts. “It should be a wake-up call,” said Samuel Sandoval Solis, an expert in water …

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2 years, 5 months ago

US officials back in Venezuela in a bid to rebuild ties

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Senior U.S. government officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to bring home detained Americans and rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on, forcing the U.S. to recalibrate other foreign policy objectives. President Nicolás Maduro confirmed the visit during televised remarks, saying the delegation would meet …

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2 years, 7 months ago

US to ease a few economic sanctions against Venezuela

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — The United States government is moving to ease a few economic sanctions on Venezuela in a gesture meant to encourage resumed negotiations between the U.S.-backed opposition and the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Maduro himself is under indictment in the United States, accused of conspiring “to flood the United States with cocaine” and use the drug trade …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Shortage of water: the same old story of 27 villages in Kalyan, Dombivli

Hindustan Times

Forty-year-old Sunita Yadav, a resident of Kamani in Bhopar village, walks for more than half-a-kilometre to a well daily to fill water for her daily chores. People carrying pots of water on their heads, women walking long distances in search of water, water tankers supplying water and very low pressure on water taps are some of the regular problems the …

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2 years, 8 months ago

US taps $420M to boost water supplies hit by climate change

Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials slated millions of dollars for rural water projects in several states, with the Biden administration looking to shore up infrastructure needs made more urgent by long-term drought conditions that have been exacerbated by climate change. “This will take us far in the construction of this critically important project,” said Michael Morris, chairman of the water …

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