#Water Crisis

[1mysteriousstranger]

Is Canada’s tap water safe? Thousands of test results show high lead levels across the country. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians could be drinking water with dangerous lead levels.

Many cities said that some of the hundreds of thousands of lead pipes underground would likely not be replaced for decades. In addition, the cities also said it was difficult to co-ordinate replacements since they would require property owners to pay for changing lead pipes on the private side of the property line.

In addition, the journalists working on this investigation interviewed nearly 1,000 people and filed more than 700 requests through freedom-of-information legislation to get access to the thousands of municipal water sample test results, which were never previously posted publicly. These add up to a collection of about 79,000 results since 2004.

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#health #lead in water #water crisis

[cirilee]

let the woman speak, godamnit!

#eine wunderbare feindschaft #nurse poppy #muskat #teflon #jerry #cirileeart #original characters #webcomic #comic #politics #water crisis #mad scientist #quicklime #desiccation

[snekdood]

*casually posts this at the same time to further my agenda of growing native plants instead of grass and shitty ornamentals*

#gardening #water conservation #biodiversity #kill your lawn #native plants #native pollinators #pollinator garden #climate change #sustainability #environmental rehabilitation #habitat restoration #wildflowers #native flowers #animals #water crisis #didnt mean to post that grass one whoops. i think i skimmed it and wasnt thinking about it too much #but ig its true grass would be better than roads. lets just uh. make it native grass yaknow?

[the-lady-maddy]

#endisraelsgenocide #israeli terrorism #israeli war crimes #disease #human health #health crisis #medicine crisis #medical crisis #clean water #water crisis #hygiene crisis #palestine #gaza #basic human rights #i stand with palestine 🇵🇸 #free gaza #free palestine 🇵🇸 #gaza strip #free palestine #gazaunderattack #palestine resources #israel is a terrorist state #israel is committing genocide #Instagram

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #moses west #flint michigan #water crisis

[politijohn]

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Saudi company buys Arizona land and groundwater.

Said company pumps water, unregulated, from this land and exports it.

Said company’s lobbyist is elected to the county Board of Supervisors where there is now a water dispute.

Arizona is experiencing a severe water shortage.

#politics #us politics #capitalism #Saudi Arabia #water crisis #Arizona #news #important

[wildliferehabstudent]

https://gofund.me/a0a870c8

I know water crises are global these days, but the coal miners in west Virginia are getting chemical burns from their water.

And before all the "anti-fossil fuel" people come at me- coal miners are not your enemy. All the creatures that depend on this water are dying. The government is claiming it's safe because they're only testing for bacteria- it's too toxic for most of the bacteria that they test for to survive. You can't boil the smell of paint thinner out of water.

This isn't just a human rights and welfare issues, it's also an extreme environment crisis. These are impoverished, exploited people desperate for help.

Explanation of the GoFundMe is under the cut

This fundraiser is raising money to purchase safe drinking water for people in Wyoming and McDowell Counties in West Virginia's coal camps. All proceeds will go directly to Sweet Springs Institute, Inc, a West Virginia local 501(c)3, and 100% of funds raised will be used to purchase water for local residents.

Currently, thousands of people in these two counties, the poorest counties in the United States, are without access to safe water. Their water comes out in shades of gray, black, and brown, smells like paint thinner, and causes immediate rashes and lesions on the skin. It is not safe to be consumed or even touched.

Independent tests show lead, arsenic, and aluminum levels hundreds of parts per million over the legal safe limits. Local residents have had stream water tested to reveal the water has surfactants in it-- an industrial chemical used to separate coal from impurities.

Residents are collecting water from roadside streams because they cannot afford to purchase water from grocery stores.

The coal and natural gas industries have created horrifying living conditions for West Virginians who have suffered exploitation and poverty to power the country and keep the lights on for over 150 years.

If we end up raising more money than is necessary for the local demand for water, or if state or federal emergency efforts finally respond by providing water, then we will use remaining funds to provide other emergency response provisions to locals that may include food, clothing, water filtration, or independent testing of soil and water safety.

#west virginia #coal #water #water crisis #toxic water #fundraiser #gofundme #safe water #coal miners arent the enemy #theyre exploited and impoverished #these are some of the poorest counties in the us #and i havent seen anyone on tumblr talking about this at all #appalachia #appalachian coal miners #appalachian

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

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#b'tselem #water #water crisis #water libel

[bumblebeeappletree]

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow.

Dye-infused effluent worsens India's water crisis. A fabric workshop and chemical firm in Gujarat have some ideas — from harvesting rainwater to bio-remediation via canna — and using sustainable pigments.

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Credits

Supervising Producer: Nooshin Mowla

Field Producer & Script: Aadya Baoni

Video Editor: Richard Kujur Associate Producer: Ipsita Basu

Director of Photography: Paul Varghese

DoP Asst: Vivek Bhaya

Production Assistant & Script: Aakriti Thatal

Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu

#Scroll.in #eco india #solarpunk #dye #fabric #textile #textile industry #water #water crisis #fabric workshop #Gujarat #india #rainwater #rainwater harvesting #bio-remediation #canna #pigments #sustainable pigments #Youtube

[gwydionmisha]

#Fracking #Water #water crisis #Pollution #News

[yourleftpocket]

PLUMBING EMERGENCY

⚠️ EMERGENCY UPDATE AS OF 8/18 ⚠️

Abridged version: They're still chipping away at the original amount. They'll have to have **at least** bottled water until Monday

Annnd as of last night we don't have water again. I went to take the dog out and heard rushing water under the house. There's another leak. Hopefully it's where they fixed 2 weeks ago because they guarantee their work for 2 years and will fix it free. If it's anywhere else we're fucked and have to eat the cost on another expensive two repair we can't afford.School starts in like a week... I'm so done. They won't be here until Monday unless there's a cancelation

Original post:8/1

Alright now y'all, they've been w/o water since Saturday, with kiddos, its summer. Plumber is there now trying to assess etc. Its gonna be several hundred, absolutely egregious amount that is beyond their means and control. We'll take whatever you can give this family and be grateful for it.

263/1505

CA VN YOURLEFTPOCKET

PayPal.me/YLP2023

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#mutual aid #plumbing #emergency fund #water crisis

[candispice]

I have posted about a water crisis in Canada (lead)

I know that information given was from 2019-2022.

Know this; cities are only removing lead pipes as they break, and only a certain amount of line per year.

Rural areas are slower in: 1) acknowledging there is a problem, 2) doing anything about it.

The poor areas get updated after the more affluent areas; this also true for the whiter the area the quicker the update.

As there is already lead in the water, changing only the pipes is not the solution; it is merely a fraction of it.

Water treatment facilities need also be part of the solution in ridding lead from the water.

Take a stand; let your city, your municipality know what you want and be adamant about.

#health #water #water crisis #canada #take action #take a stand #nature

[the-lady-maddy]

#bisan owda #bisan gaza #wizard bisan #bisan #displacement #displaced #water crisis #gaza hunger crisis #hunger crisis #palestine #gaza #free gaza #i stand with palestine 🇵🇸 #free palestine 🇵🇸 #gaza strip #free palestine #gazaunderattack #palestine resources #israel is a terrorist state #israel is committing genocide #Instagram

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #brett farve #phil bryant #mississippi #football #welfare fraud #volleyball #southern mississippi #water crisis

[1mysteriousstranger]

Our Drinking-Water Crisis Goes Far Beyond Flint

At least 18 million Americans are drinking tap water from water systems that have violated federal rules for lead safety, government figures show, due to widespread failures in the testing, monitoring, and enforcement of federal drinking water standards. For many other people, the system isn’t working well enough for us to do much more than guess whether their water is safe to drink, an NRDC analysis of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency records has found.

This is also true for many Canadians.

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#water crisis #lead in water #unsafe water #health

[grasshoppergeography]

It's World Water Day today!

As we are seriously off-track to meet SDG6, this year is about accelerating change. The more people talk about global issues, the more action will be taken - on personal and on governmental level as well. We decided to contribute to the campaign with some posters you are free (and encouraged!) to share on social media. Give people the chance to talk about the importance of freshwater. You can find more info and all the posters here.

#world water day #world water day 2023 #water #water crisis #rivers #american rivers #mississippi #river basins #watersheds #map #waterhed map #maps reimagined