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Highland Park asks state for quick bankruptcy to pay off water debt

Highland Park is on the hook for a $19 million bill to the Great Lakes Water Authority, plus interest. City leaders say that’s simply unaffordable for the tiny, low-income city, and the state needs to act.

Zhang Meixue, head of a farmer's association in southern Tainan county, walks through one of her former rice paddies. Before the drought, the paddy would normally be filled with enough water to simultaneously raise ducks. Now she's growing flowers in the dried-out paddy to beautify the area and attract tourists.

Epic drought in Taiwan pits farmers against high-tech factories for water

The island is facing one of its worst dry spells in a century, and both the agricultural and high-tech sectors are competing for scarce water resources.

Flint warns commercial water customers to pay up or risk shutoff

The city of Flint is warning its delinquent commercial water customers that it’s time to pay up or risk being shut off.City workers were out Friday…

Flint mayor accuses former official of capitalizing on city's crisis

The city of Flint has hired an attorney to investigate allegations that Flint’s mayor tried to redirect donations from a water crisis fund to another fund…

Flint city council can't agree on money to keep water distribution centers open

The Flint city council fell short tonight in an effort to keep the city’s water distribution centers open for another month.The centers are expected to…

Flint resident: State’s decision to stop bottled water leaves the most vulnerable in the lurch

The state of Michigan has decided there’s no further need to distribute bottled water to people in Flint. That free bottled water program began after…

Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati.

3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems

The deal would compensate water providers for pollution with substances known collectively as PFAS, described as "forever chemicals" because they don't degrade naturally in the environment.

A new research study says that maintaining backyard pools, like this one pictured in Los Angeles in August, 2005, are one way that rich city dwellers are over-consuming water.

Swimming pools and lavish gardens of the rich are driving water shortages, study says

Socioeconomic disparity is just as influential as climate change and population growth when it comes to explaining why so many cities are struggling with their water supply, researchers say.

University of Michigan Professor Rosina Bierbaum says scandals like Flint's water crisis have eroded public trust in the safety of drinking water

Howes: Suspicion of state motives holds up new water source decision in Flint

There's a political and legal battle happening over Flint's drinking water.U.S. District Judge David Lawson ordered Flint's City Council to choose a…

Flint mayor agrees with critics on water liens, but notices will still go out

Many Flint residents are upset that the city has started threatening to put liens on homes that are delinquent on their water and sewer bills.Last month,…

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