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An anonymous Arkansas donor paid the overdue water bills for an entire town, sparing customers facing disconnection from being behind on their payments on Monday.

A Camden, New Jersey, community came together behind a 16-year-old after he was robbed by a group of thieves while selling water.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti threatened “non-essential” businesses Tuesday that if they do not obey the city’s “stay at home” order to close during the pandemic crises, he will cut off their water and their electricity.

The number of cases of the Chinese coronavirus in communist Cuba is continuing to rise as its population faces the pandemic without widespread access to hygienic essentials such as soap and clean water.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said that the environment in the U.S. is the best it has ever been since its initial tracking 50 years ago.

Marine Maj. William Easter made it his “moral obligation” to dive into the dangerous, choppy seas to save a pregnant Okinawa woman who was drowning.

Federal officials have ordered the closure and drainage of the Anderson Reservoir, the main reservoir supplying water to Silicon Valley, because of engineers’ concern that the structure would be unstable in an earthquake and subject to “catastrophic” collapse.

The Trump administration issued a new scientific opinion Tuesday that suggests increased water pumping in state and federal irrigation systems will not hurt fish and other marine wildlife in the California Delta.

New York City is so out of control that, in two separate incidents, punks are allowed to assault NYPD cops with water and water buckets without facing consequences.

The internationally-recognized Libyan government over the weekend accused an armed group loyal to renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar of shutting off water for two days, ending on Tuesday, to areas in and around Tripoli, further tormenting residents already reeling from weeks of fighting.

Democrats continue to use water problems in Flint, Michigan, as a campaign line, but a new report suggests that their own policies and mismanagement are responsible for the city’s failure to replace lead pipes in the local water system.

Venezuelans are now experiencing chronic shortages of water as regular blackouts and prolonged power outages continue to choke the country’s basic ability to function, raising further fears about the severity of the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis. 

The Trump administration sued California’s State Water Resourced Control Board (SWRCB) in federal court in Sacramento on Thursday, escalating a legal war over the fate of the water in the San Joaquin River valley system.

New desalination and water recycling technology, combined with wise management and political cooperation, hold out new hope for California’s water.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday in his first “State of the State” address that he would be cutting the California WaterFix, also known as the “Twin Tunnels,” from one tunnel to two.

California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed his first budget for the state on Friday, and it includes a tax on drinking water. The budget, titled “California for All,” declares drinking water a “fundamental right,” and adds: “The Budget includes short-term measures

“Republic of Thirst” is a three-part series made possible by a generous fellowship from the Robert Novak Foundation. Part I of examined the debate over how California’s scarce water resources should be allocated. Part III will examine whether those resources can

California’s State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) voted Wednesday to approve the Bay-Delta plan, which will re-allocate water from farms and cities to the environment in an effort to restore dwindling fish numbers.

Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown will not be in office to see his “twin tunnels” project completed — if it is ever begun at all — after the state’s Department of Water Resources withdrew a key certification last Friday.

Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown has reached a deal with U.S. House Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to extend the 2016 Water Infrastructure for Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, which would provide more water to farmers and fund water storage in the state, to 2021.

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) voted Wednesday to delay the adoption of the controversial new Bay-Delta plan after most of the stakeholders asked for more time to negotiate agreements on water use.

Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) is touting his success in fighting for water in the Central Valley, releasing a letter Friday from the Trump administration to the State of California criticising the new Bay-Delta plan.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed delivered a surprising veto on Friday against the Board of Supervisors’ unanimous vote on Tuesday for a resolution supporting the state’s controversial new Bay-Delta plan.

The fight over the Bay-Delta Plan is a classic clash of interests over California’s scarce water — and has created some strange bedfellows.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously 11-0 on Tuesday to endorse California’s new Bay-Delta plan, which will restrict the city’s water supply. The reason: to spite President Donald Trump’s water policy.

President Donald Trump signed a new memorandum Friday to provide more water to California’s farmers, lifting spirits in the Central Valley — and potentially lifting the fortunes of embattled Republican congressmen.

A new ad by Republican Elizabeth Heng, who is challenging incumbent Democrat Jim Costa in California’s 16th congressional district, shows a Costa lookalike walking down the sidewalk in Nancy Pelosi’s high-heeled shoes.

Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) told acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler last week that the Bay-Delta Plan is a “water grab” by state authorities, and that the federal government should stop it.

Though Democrat Josh Harder says he opposes the Bay-Delta Plan, his absence from a major rally has continued to provide ammunition for Jeff Denham’s campaign.

The $8.9 billion Proposition 3 water bond on California’s November ballot has gained bipartisan support because most of its proceeds will fund watershed and water infrastructure.

President Donald Trump is being credited for the passage of a new provision through the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday that will provide funding to help California to build its first water storage infrastructure in 40 years.

Beer maker Anheuser-Busch has announced plans to send 300,000 cans of fresh water to the expected victims of Hurricane Florence.

Residents in Kirkuk, Iraq, are protesting that they have run “out of water,” joining a chorus of protests in cities like Basra over Baghdad’s inability to provide basic government services, the Kurdish outlet Rudaw reported on Wednesday.

Central Valley farmers are teaming up with the City of San Francisco to oppose a plan by California’s State Water Resources Control Board to divert more water to salmon runs along the Tuolume River.

The Mendocino Complex fire, a fire made up of two adjacent blazes, became the largest wildfire in California’s history on Monday, reaching 283,000 acres by Monday evening.

A newly-released poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has found that over half (56%) of likely registered voters in the Golden State say a political candidate’s positions on environmental issues will be very important in determining their vote in the upcoming governor’s race.