The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) board of directors on 10 June 2010 unanimously approved taking the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California to court over the 2011 and 2012 water rates MWD adopted in April. (more…)
The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. (more…)
The Government has just welcomed an official report that calls for every home in the land to be metered, so this is hardly the time to be attempting to turn back the tide. (more…)
Environmental activists who are upset about Indiana’s water pollution rules say they’ll ask the federal government to take action against the state. (more…)
A North Texas water district seeking to buy billions of gallons of water from basins in southern Oklahoma has filed an amended lawsuit against officials in Oklahoma. (more…)
In our view, in taking the course of action it did, the committee chose to continue to pursue meaningful environmental and health and wellness initiatives in Upper Grand District School Board schools rather than engage in “environmental symbolism” by prohibiting the sale and distribution of bottled water in those facilities. (more…)
The governors of Alabama, Florida and Georgia are optimistic that they will find a solution to their three-state water dispute within one year, the Associated Press reported. (more…)
One afternoon in October, bureaucrats and industry experts gathered at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo to discuss a national strategy to counter the overseas “water majors.” (more…)
All levels of government should act now to protect Canada’s water resources as they continue to come under threat by privatization and the bottled-water industry, public advocacy groups said Sunday. (more…)
Much of India’s success in the race to emerge as an economic super power in the coming decades, experts opine, will depend on the country’s ability to manage its enormous water resources. (more…)