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Kalamazoo commissioners to take up water rate hike

City leaders say it would be the seventh rate increase in 10 years for the water system, and more rate hikes are expected.

Aquatic plants and debris are exposed by the falling water levels at the Kakhovka Reservoir. Researchers say that the draining of the reservoir by Russian forces are but one example of the war's effect on Ukraine's water supply.

A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

In a year of water quality reckoning, national imperative is impeded

Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.

State officials warn against misleading election robocalls in Flint

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced they are getting reports of robocalls to some Flint…

The Colorado River flows by the historic Navajo Bridge on June 23, 2021 in Marble Canyon, Ariz.

The Supreme Court wrestles with questions over the Navajo Nation's water rights

Almost a third of the reservation's 170,000 residents lack access to clean, reliable drinking water. The tribe wants to be able to represent itself in litigation over the Colorado River.

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…

EPA takes a beating in latest Congressional hearing on Flint water

A U.S. House committee held a second hearing on the Flint water crisis Tuesday, taking testimony from some key players in that disaster.Former Flint…

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,…

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…

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