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In an unprecedented move, India held the water treaty in abeyance after blaming Pakistan for a deadly attack in April. Pakistan denies involvement in the attack and accuses India of "weaponizing water."

On April 25, 2014, Flint's drinking water source was switched to the Flint River. The intent of the switch was to save the city millions of dollars. The result was an environmental disaster.

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.

Several Michigan environmental groups are calling on Governor Gretchen Whitmer to sign a petition demanding that the EPA test drinking water for microplastics.

Voters in Flint’s Third Ward were voting in a special election to fill a city council seat that has been vacant since September, causing a deadlock in city business.

Veolia North America, a private engineering firm that provided consulting services to the city of Flint, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims in a Flint Water Crisis lawsuit.

Michigan's environment department is doling out $2.9 million in grants to fund projects that prevent, reduce, or eliminate polluted runoff.

Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling.

Lifeline H2O replaces a program that served 29,000 households at its peak. Only 5,000 will get into the new program. Advocates demand more funding for water affordability.

There's now a federal mandate for communities to replace their lead pipes, so lessons from Flint's failures are valuable nationwide.