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- Why is America running out of water? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/partner-content-americas-looming-water-crisis 23 comments
- Why is America running out of water? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/partner-content-americas-looming-water-crisis 5 comments indepthstories
- North America’s biggest city is running out of water https://www.vox.com/24152402/mexico-city-day-zero-water-resource-management-solutions 61 comments environment
- In America’s fastest-growing metro, a rising fear water will run out https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/15/st-george-utah-water-crisis/ 166 comments environment
- In America’s fastest-growing metro, a rising fear water will run out https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/15/st-george-utah-water-crisis/ 56 comments environment
- Mexico City is in the midst of a water crisis. Some experts have predicted the metropolitan region, which boasts the highest population of any metro area in North America at nearly 22 million people, may start to run out of water as early as June https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/27/mexico-city-water-crisis-is-due-to-climate-change-and-infrastructure-problems/ 44 comments environment
- People of color in some of America’s wealthiest cities are significantly more likely to live in houses without indoor plumbing essential for running water, new research reveals. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/10/27/2007361117 33 comments science
- São Paulo, South America’s largest city and economic hub, running out of water by June. That's what Brazil's federal government predicted just weeks ago. http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-03-12/south-americas-largest-city-almost-out-water 35 comments worldnews
- Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business | For Pittsburgh, help from the private sector came at the cost of public health. https://www.thenation.com/article/pittsburghs-water-system-is-why-we-shouldnt-run-america-like-a-business/ 23 comments politics
- The system that provides half the drinking water to South America’s largest city, Sao Paulo, will run dry in 45 days if there’s no rain, amid the biggest drought on record. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-04/sao-paulo-biggest-water-supply-system-may-run-dry-within-45-days.html 879 comments worldnews
- California Prepares for More Water Restrictions as Drought Worsens: "The state plans to virtually eliminate the water it supplies to local communities, which are running out of alternatives" [United States of America] https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-prepares-for-more-water-restrictions-as-drought-worsens-11638397099 28 comments economy
- California Prepares for More Water Restrictions as Drought Worsens: "The state plans to virtually eliminate the water it supplies to local communities, which are running out of alternatives" [United States of America] https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-prepares-for-more-water-restrictions-as-drought-worsens-11638397099 7 comments energy
- California Prepares for More Water Restrictions as Drought Worsens: "The state plans to virtually eliminate the water it supplies to local communities, which are running out of alternatives" [United States of America] https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-prepares-for-more-water-restrictions-as-drought-worsens-11638397099 48 comments environment
- São Paulo running out of water as rain-making Amazon vanishes. South America’s biggest and wealthiest city may run out of water by mid-November if it doesn’t rain soon. http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/10/24/foundation-brazil-drought-idinkcn0id1y420141024 77 comments worldnews
- Vulture capitalists are trying to take over life's most precious resource-As of January 2012, pirate equity firms raised nearly $200 billion to take over nearly 300 water infrastructure units. This is just the latest consequence of corporate capitalism run amok in America. http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2012/08/vulture-capitalists-are-trying-take-over-lifes-most-precious-resource 11 comments politics
- 50,000 security disasters waiting to happen: The problem of America's water supplies: "If you could imagine a community center run by two old guys who are plumbers, that's your average water plant," one cybersecurity consultant said. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/50000-security-disasters-waiting-happen-problem-americas-water-supplie-rcna1206 1076 comments technology
- Forbes: Behind New Billionaire Trevor Milton’s $3 Billion Push To Make America Run On Hydrogen. "a growing surplus of solar energy in the Southwest opens the possibility of siphoning off excess power at midday to make hydrogen fuel cheaply out of water." https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2019/09/05/behind-new-billionaire-trevor-miltons-3-billion-push-to-make-america-run-on-hydrogen/ 107 comments energy
- Guess who'll get hit hardest by California's severe water shortage? : "Groundwater systems are key during California droughts, but certain communities are running dry — and there's no real solution in sight." [United States of America] https://capitalandmain.com/guess-wholl-get-hit-hardest-by-californias-severe-water-shortage 17 comments energy
- Guess who'll get hit hardest by California's severe water shortage? : "Groundwater systems are key during California droughts, but certain communities are running dry — and there's no real solution in sight." [United States of America] https://capitalandmain.com/guess-wholl-get-hit-hardest-by-californias-severe-water-shortage 4 comments economy
- America is Dying - "Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier... A parallel would be: Why are the wildlife running to the edge of a forest on fire?" http://www.antemedius.com/content/america-dying 6 comments reddit.com