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BC Smelter Puts Toxins in Columbia River
Ottawa: new drug rules aimed at protecting water
CA: Energy Glut Spurs Fresh Interest in Desalination
CA - ". . . called (water company) . . . said they were out of water"
Water treatment plant fire spills millions of gallons of sewage
CA: Sewage-related beach closures in Orange County up amid sewer system failures, paper reports
FL - Latest Leesburg sewage spill prompts call for investigation
Ulyanovsk Region: Dysentry Caused by Discharged Water
St. John's Water Contaminated
Sewer systems spew raw waste into West Virginia rivers
Big sewer spill floods into Alabama creeks
Vancouver Island town declares emergency after water supply tampered with
Ship sinking off South Africa
MI: Wixom tap water quality threatened
(OR)Water fight engulfs parched Northwest* Irrigation cutoff meant to save fish wiping out crops*
NM - Major water line ruptures in Espaņola
OH: Medina adds boil advisory to woes
Big stink in the Hudson river
Water usage concerns grow. Detroit area officials insist on restraint
Edmond to buy water from city
County urges some residents to take it easy with using water
CA - Sewage spill closes stretch of Doheny State Beach
Israel: Tel Aviv Water Safe (fertilizer blamed)
OH: Stark water causes fear, frustration
Newfoundland: Boil Water Orders
N. J. Water Restrictions Spread
California water systems fret blackouts
Pump stations fail; water low for Baltimore.Co.
Canada's Water Systems: Massive Investment Needed
Quebec: Bad Tap Water
Alberta Water Advisory Remains
Billion Asians could be parched in 24 years
Canada: Big Farms a Big Threat to Water Quality
Drought disaster declared in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties
North Battleford Update: Deaths May Be Linked to Drinking Water
Bottled water 'a waste of money'
Water main break disrupts service to more than million customers
Water Alert in New Jersey
North Battleford, Sask: Cryptosporidium, another water treatment plant problem
Greywater resource
World Water Day (useful link for clean water info included)
Water agencies warn of safety problems from blackouts
UN promotes cheap technique to clean water
OR - Power outage forces millions of gallons of sewage into Willamette
CA: Thousands Will Be Asked to Ration Water for a Couple of Days
California Water users face a shock
Sewage spills into Puget Sound
FL-se: Water restrictions tightened even more, Phase 3
Part of NW (DC) Waterless for Four Hours After Pump Fails
Spain: Thousands Protest Water Policy
AZ - Homes got tainted water during treatment plant malfunctions
Crisis brings back talk of Auburn dam
Snowpack remains a water concern
Couple's soaring water bill is 'insane'
Sewer rates spike likely in East Bay
Signs of another El Nino
State Evicts Dozens From Trailer Park
"Turning Water Into Wine" (article on water and sewage)
TX - Sewage troubles plague Amador
Power generators, farmers to work together to conserve water
Water officials warn of possible 80% cutbacks
What's our next crisis? Try water
Seattle Asks Residents To Conserve Water Too...
s-OT: Bad drinking water? Here's how to fix it.
Red Deer: Nursing Home Evacuated
Aging water mains often break under stress of cold
Washington, DC water main breaks (many)
Tampa Bay Water officials confront a crisis
California: Demand threatens water supply
Water shortage leaves Alcan high and dry in B.C.
WHAT ON EARTH? Rising Waters
SC - Water main breaks at East Lee, Edwards roads
NC - Clogged line, pump blamed in sewage spills
Update: Walkerton 198 Days With No Water
AL - Hundreds in western area with no water
ME - Newport Water District pumps fail
SC - Some Cayce residents asked to boil water
OH - Water from main break damages services building
IN - Ligonier goes dry as main line fails
NE - Pumping Station Problem Sends Sewage Into River
TN - Sewer Gas Makes Manhole Covers Fly
Thirsty markets turn water into valuable export
Ca:Water shortage in Coachella Valley
OR: Portland billing glitch flows downhill
NJ Officials pocket cash as sewer crumbles
Pakistan Danger of deadly famine looms
Norway: Water sells out in Oslo
Kentucky Coal Slurry Spill Threatens Water Supply
Kadhafi Alerts Arabs On Impending Water Shortage
Allies deliberately poisoned Iraq's water supply: paper
MA - City copes with STEP complaints
Oregon Reservoir leaking 400 without water
2 Texas lakes drop to 50 percent conservation urged
Sante Fe: PNM blamed for water-billing errors
Kenya: City Reels Under Water Crisis
Crackdown planned on water bills
PA - GREENVILLE Water authority chief resigns
OR: System checked out before sewage spill
Lebanon fixes water mains after 130 people poisoned
IL Update - E.C. identified cause of flooding last week
CA: Pendleton sewage spill is 2.7 million gallons | Weeklong contamination is county's 2nd-worst this year
Maryland: 10 million gallon sewage spill in Patapsco City discharge: Downplaying pollution episode reinforces state, federal concerns about attitude
NC - High and Dry: Elm City Without Water
NY - Bottled water poisoning puts drinkers on alert
NJ: More test samples show cholera in Ocean City lagoon
Sewage Released Into Okla. River
CA: Sewage spews into capital river
Vancouver Sewage Line Fixed
Canada: Water warning issued after Halifax-area sewage spill
UPDATE Walkerton, Ont. Water System Still Contaminated
Houston to discuss water rationing today
Kenya: Nairobi Water Crisis Could Ebb Soon
OK:Emergency water ban ordered because of pump failure
CT Update: Beach Reopens After Sewage Spill
TX - water pressure failure cancels Odem-Edroy ISD classes
UT - Water Main Break Caused By Boulder
OH - Boiling water needed for safety
Warning of possible water shortage in S. Florida
Israels Water situation critical
Texas:Main breaks, spilling thousands of gallons
GA - Missing Water Still A Mystery
Arington TX Residents set a one-day mark for water
FL - Water company leaves bad taste in residents' mouths
Sinkhole forces Seattle water pipeline to be shut down
Boil-water advisory issued across Quebec
Virginia man stuck in outhouse pit for 3 days
Oregon town runs out of water
MS:Total outdoor water ban issued for Fulton
UTAH - Water Main Break
Michigan:Sewage floods lagoon
MO - Worst water-main break in memory cripples KC's supply
Drinking Water Source of Death in Mexico - OECD
CA: Bad Pipes Big Cause Of Spills
MD - Water customers in Westminster hip-deep in bills
Arizona, California and Nevada: Chemical in Water May Cause Thyroid Troubles
Sante Fe Stage 3 Water Emergency In Place
NC - Equipment failure causes oil spill
UPDATE - Macon records 14th major spill of the year
MD - Massive Water Main Break Repaired
CA: Water pipe break plagues Encanto area
Salt Lake City worst water main break in decades
Pittsburgs Biggest Water Main Break Is History
Central Asia: Water Becomes A Political Issue
UT - Bad Water Line Break Blamed on Loose Valve
Vancouver Stanley Park Water Contaminated
MI: TOWNSFOLK URGED TO BOIL WATER
CA - Sewage Blamed on Pipe Rupture
MO - Crews Can't Stop Sewage Leak; Millions of Gal.
Cleveland Sewer System Overloads, Fails
60% in Del. prefer not to drink water from tap
TEX: Ruptured water main floods area, homes
GA - Ice Cream blamed for wastewater treatment plant woes
UPDATE - MACON, GA - Grease, drought blamed for latest sewage spill
States reach compromise over California's use of Colorado River
CA - Water Main Break Creates Huge Hole
As our infrasructure collapses: Census Bureau: Projects Immigration Will Double Nation's Population This Century
IOWA - Meters may account for 'missing' water
NM - Raw Sewage Not Part of Spill
Water for Africa's thirsty cities
TX - Ruptured Pipe Prompts Boil Water Order
Sewage dumped into Rio Grande
Five water main breaks keep San Diego city crews busy
OR: Electrical failure causes sewage discharge
Hull, Quebec Tainted Water Warning
Nigeria: Water defaulters to feel pinch
Kenya announces water rationing after power cuts
Tenn: 2 Counties Without Water
GA - Gasoline Found in Storm Drains
KY - Boil-Water Advisory After Main Breaks
Untreated sewage spills into Boise River
CA - UCD is sued for allegedly polluting creek
Nicaragua: Water woes in Managua
Boil water order in B.C.
'Water doomsday' near at hand, ecologist warns
CA: DANA POINT sewage spills
GA - Bibb County suffers 10th major sewage spill of year
HI - Nanakuli water mains break
ATLANTA - Pump Station Glitch Causes Water Alert
TORONTO (AP) - Investigators Rule Out E. coli
Oslo:Burst water main causes flooding
NC:Smithfield Residents Asked to Boil Tap Water
Milwaukee, WI - Leaky mains could mean suburban fines
Sweet Springs, MO - Boil order issued
Michigan Sewage spill closes Lake
Charlotte, NC - Sewage spill reaches Catawba
Philadelphia Water main blows
CA: Sewage from Navy facility overflows
CA: Clogged Pipeline Causes Sewage Spill
IN, UPDATE State issues orders for Seelyville water works
Chinese cities fight severe water shortages
Hundreds of Newfoundland communites get 'boil water' order
FL, Jacksonville Beach, Computer problem causes 16,000 gallon sewage dump
Canada, UPDATE Walkerton water unlikely to be safe to drink 'any time soon'
NC, Morning water break disrupts downtown Asheville
FL, Boil Water Alert Continues in Sanford after water main break
FL, Water main break results in boil water order in Flagler
OR: Sewer Line Mix-Up spills1.7 Million Gallons into river
Miami Raw Sewage Poops on Party
FL, St. Lucie Boulevard gets boil-water alert
PA, Crafton residents: Third main break in 9 months
GA - Sewage Spill Afftects Indian Mounds
MI, Water main break prompts boil warning
NC, Pumping station's power loss spills 18,000 gallons of sewage
Florida: Sanford On Boil Water Alert
NAIROBI: Power cuts, now water taps run dry
Sewage spill closes Florida beaches
TEXAS - 9 Million Gallons Sewage Spilled in Pump-Station Outage
AZ - High Chlorine in Pool Sends 7 Kids to Hospital...Power Outage Suspected for Buildup
IL - Water Line Break Causes Drowning
AL - Sewage Spill Prompts Warning in Lillian
Sewage floods UC Davis labs, offices
Mass: Water Disrupted Again
SC: 350,000 customers effected by water main break
Columbus OH issues water warning
Detroit Sewage Backup Concerns
NC Damaged Water Pump Leaves Elm City Dry
CA: For 4th Time This Year, Raw Sewage Closes Seal Beach
SC: 250,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled
GA: Eighth big sewage spill plagues Macon
NJ Pressure loss may cut use of water for 4,000
B.C.'s water tests still substandard
FLORIDA - Residents Urged To Boil Water
MT - 180,000 Gallons of Raw Sewage Leak From Glacier Pipe
UPDATE - Walkerton, Ont. E Coli
MO, 'Abuse of system' mandates boil order for Linn Creek
The sickening sewer crisis
Kalispell, Montana: 180,000 gallon raw sewage leak
Scotland pollution accidents soar 50%
OR: Irrigation District working to repair failed water system
Sackville NB Told to Boil Water
Mexico City Sewage Flood
Louisiana mayor declares emergency
GA, Augusta - Power Outage Prompts Water Restriction
GA - Water Authority Reports Two More Sewage Spills
Tucson:Water use may be cut soon
Ky: fecal coliform bacteria in the water
Salmon Arm, B.C. Another Contamination Scare
Ontario E Coli spreading to other towns
LA: "Boil water" order is issued for town in Caddo Parish
INm City of Bloomington to clear algae from drinking water
2 Million Gallons of Waste Pour Into Black Sea
Sewage spill, Chronicle article
Otago: Corrosion cause puzzling council
Large Sewage Spill Enters Houston Watershed
Houston Sewage Spill
OH, Blissfield warned of river pollution
MI, HEALTH HAZARD: Adrian Residents warned to avoid river
Capri Waters Off-Limits to Bathers
GA, Water color changes concern residents
Ontario, Canada:Drinking water blamed for E. coli outbreak
FL - Billing Errors on Sewer Bills Cost City $53,000
SD - Sprinkler Malfunction Woes
Pineville, La Sewage Line Feeds Into Water Line
CA, Orange County - Weekend Sewage Spill Releases 8,000 Gallons...23rd Beach Closing This Year
Arsenic contaminates Bangladesh water
NY, ALBANY - Power Outages Causes 465,000 Gal. Water and 6.2 Gal. Chemicals to Spill
FL: West Broward residents under boil-water order
CA - Sewage Closes Beach, O.C. Now Has As Many Closures in 2000 As It Had In All of 1999!
NJ - Water Bill Computer Glitches Confuse Customers
CA - Water Main Break Disrupts Business
ALABAMA - Million-Gallon Sewage Spill Soaks Wetlands
Seattle: Raw sewage released into Lake Washington
RUSSIA - Accident at Sewage Station in Khabarovsk Led to Mass Discharge of Polluted Waters
S. AFRICA - River Contaminated from Industrial Spill
BUENOS AIRES - Too Much Clorine? Tap Water Toxic, Argentine City Says
GA - Macon Reports Year's 5th Big Sewage Spill
CA - 21,000 Gallon Sewage Spill Closes Beach
WA - Brown's Point Water System a Mess
GA - EPA: Resort Spilled Sewage
Toxic water effects 35 towns in South Australia
California officials want to turn toilet water into drinking water
EPA To Propose Tap Water Rules
Cleveland: City wants its water plants fixed
Lexington SC: Boil Alert Issued
Bolivia Marshall Law - followup "water wars"
Water Infrastructure Needs $1 Trillion Over Next 20 Years
CA - Imperial Beach Woes After Estimated 24 Million Gallons Untreated Sewage Flows North via Tijuana River
KY - 200,000 Gallons of Sewage Spill Near Hamburg Place
Calcutta reels under water shortage
KARACHI: Acute water shortage continues
Ethiopia has desperate water shortage situation
SAN DIEGO - Leaking Water Main, Failure in Pipeline's Valve Used to Relieve Pressure
Ohio: Waterline break closes school
Bolivian Govt Backs Off Water Hikes
Ahmedabad Water supply on schedule
Bolivia declares emergency over water protests
ISLAMABAD Muharraf to discuss water crisis today
Texas officials insist Tawakoni water drinkable
CA - Update...Plant Spills 1.7 Million Gallons of Treated Sewage
Orlando sewage treatment plant dumped 7 million gallons
Dallas asked to adopt the toughest water restrictions in 50 years
Chicago: Heavy load from unknown source said cause of major water-main rupture
MI - Fraser Admits Dumping Raw Sewage, 2nd Time Since February
FLORIDA - Sewage Dumpted in St. Johns, Equipment Malfunction Emptied 7 Million Gallons
CA - Newport Beach Wakes Up to Water Outage
FLORIDA - Accidental Spill of 441 Gal. Sulfuric Acid on March 7 Results in Charges for 3 Water Workers
ILLINOIS - Unusually High Number of Recent Problems with Water Lines Prompts Look
WARSAW, ILL - City Looking For Water Leak
SAN DIEGO - City Plans $250,000 Computerized Sewer Pipeline Monitoring System
TEXAS - Update...Tawakoni Water Unsafe, City Decides
KARACHI: serious water shortage
FLORIDA - State Agency Looks Into Paint Spill at Lakeland Pond
FLORIDA - 2" Water Main Break Angers Residents
SAN DIEGO - Rash of Sewage Spills Causing Alarm
CA - Repeated Sewage Leaks Since January Could Trigger State Action
KARACHI - PPP Blames Government for Water Shortage in Sindh
TEXAS, Update...W. Tawakoni Continues Hauling in Water After Spill...
New Mexico: Utility Works To Fix Bills
GUILIN - China's Famous Tourist City Combats Sewage
MA - Ruptured Water Pipe Floods Nashoba Tech, Halts Classes
GEORGIA - Fulton Sewage Treatment Spills Anger Cobb County Officials
SPOKANE - High Nitrate Levels Found in Water
Eastern Wa some county wells have tainted water
GA - State EPD Says Lacks Resources to Investigate Every Sewage Spill in Georgia
OHIO - Sewer Problems Stall Growth
ARKANSAS - Union County Looks to Industry to Solve Water Crisis
States' Water Pollution Report Card: Study: 40 States Lax On Permits,
Lawsuit alleges violations at Nogales wastewater treatment plant
Arizona: Lawsuit alleges violations at Nogales wastewater treatment plant
TEXAS--Dallas Spill Adds to Concern About Fuel Additive
Texas Water worries ease in West Tawakoni
TEXAS--More on West Tawakoni, City Monitoring Shows Contamination Levels Dropping...
OHIO -- Earthworms Found in Tank of City Water
MASS.--Chemist Charged with Faking Water Data
Louisiana DEQ fails on water report
INDIANA--Walkerton Under Bottled-Water Order
COLORADO--Chemical in Sewage Worries Officials
TEXAS--Update...West Tawakoni Gets Shipment of Water, Officials Say Chemical Levels Safe After Spill
ANGOLA - Luanda Without Water For Past Week, Officials Blame Technical Problems
Philadelphia suburbs learn of water contaminants
ST. THOMAS--School Closed Thursday--No Water
TEXAS--Update...Longhorn Pipeline Could Contaminate More Than 20 Drinking Water Supplies Serving 750,000 People
MA--Air Force Says It's Out of Options for Fuel Spill Cleanup
FLORIDA--Alarm Raised about Creeping Water Pollution
OAHU, Kauai--Drought Sparks Big Isle Emergency
TEXAS--Update...Gas Spill Forces Water Shut-Off
INDIANA--Water Main Break Causes School Delays
GEORGIA--Line Break Dumps Raw Sewage
BANGLADESH--New Pump Station Installed (Article Cites Massive Power Disruptions)
SAN DIEGO--Update, Multi-Million Gallon Raw Sewage Spill Shows Repeated Failures
S. CAROLINA--Lexington Spill Has Broad Effect, Hard Hit on Dept. Budget
KENTUCKY--50,000 Gallons Water Lost When Tower Valve Malfunctions
NC--Water Leak Detectors May Prevent Another Water-System Failure
NEW JERSEY--Shadow Cast on Drinking Water
ILLINOIS--Study: Methane May Be Causing Foul Smelling Tap Water
TEXAS--Spill Update, Toxins Found in Source of Dallas Water
Water Should Cost More
INDIANA--Sewer Trouble Leaves Jail Without Water
World water crisis needs huge investment
Hungary bans use of Tisza water
SC--After Spill, County Must Deal with Cleanup Costs
INDIANA--Treatment Plants Have Encountered Some Close Calls
Nevada residents uneasy over tainted water
Mass.--Connected Corp. Supplies S. FL Water Management with Network Backup
St. Thomas--Update on 'State of Emergency' - $30 Million Plans
CA--City Sewer System Being Revamped--5 Recent Spills Show Need
San Diego--City Sewage Spill Could Cost Millions
Ohio--Tiffin Prepares to Deal with River Spill (Update)
St. Thomas--'State of Emergency' at Public Works
CA--Ruptured Sewer Line Closes Beach Near Venice (3/8/00)
Delaware--Water Now Safe To Drink After Failure At Treatment Plant
Delaware water problem
Oregon - Sewage spills into Siuslaw R. at Florence treatment plant
Lake Erie - 2.2 billion gallons of untreated Sewage dumped annually
New computer system has its glitches in Saginaw
Valve failure prompts water rationing in Galveston
Raw sewage flowing for a month in DC
New Hampshire water treatment plant out of commission
Pennsylvania Massive sewer line collapse
Sewage overflows into lake
Alabama spills spills and spills
Sewer spill Oceanside CA
Indiana, Madison County - Sewage Plant has third incident since December
Cleveland January Water main break still leaking
Update: Chicago Water Main Leak Creates Comuter Chaos
Cleveland: Continuing Problems from January Water Main Break
Chicago loop flooded
Chicago Water Main Break disrupts business and transportation in downtown area
Ventura: Glitch causes False Alarm About Dam
No Water In Perth - Water Filtration Pipe Extension Bursts
Massachusetts - Wastewater Treatment Plant struck by Y2k bug
500,000 People in Puerto Rico Without Water
900,000 gallons sewage into river
A little insight into how sewage pipes can have problems with Y2K
Houston Officials not sure why wastewater lines are breaking at higher than normal rate
Australian Sewage Spill
Australia: Sewage spill due to power failure
Pump and alarm failure cited as causes of huge Baby salmon kill in Oregon
Sewage Spill of 20 Olympic-sized Pools Y2K Related or No?
RUMOR DEBUNKED: Possible sewage malfunction (Albany, CA)
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