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- Across the U.S., trillions of gallons of drinking water are lost every year, especially from decrepit systems in communities struggling with significant population loss and industrial decline that leave behind poorer residents, vacant neighborhoods and too-large water systems that are difficult to maintain.
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Apr 19, 2023 · As pollution, engineering, population growth and climate change pose challenges to freshwater quality and quantity in America, the safety and amount of water in parts of the U.S. is in question ...
Aug 11, 2020 · Nearly 165 million Americans rely on groundwater for drinking water, farmers use it for irrigation―37 percent of our total water usage is for agriculture—and industry needs it for manufacturing.
- Jon Heggie
Jun 22, 2021 · In 2020, 1,165 community water systems were not of adequate quality, and more than 21,000 facilities that discharged directly into US waters posed a severe level of environmental...
Mar 23, 2021 · As the nation already wrestles with water shortages, contamination and aging infrastructure, experts warn more frequent supercharged climate-induced events will exacerbate the pressing issue of safe drinking water. It’s no surprise then that the Biden-Harris administration has identified safe drinking water as one of the nation’s top priorities.
Jun 22, 2021 · Using data from the American Community Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency, we show there are 489,836 households lacking complete plumbing, 1,165 community water systems in Safe...
- J. Tom Mueller, Stephen Gasteyer
- 2021
Sep 9, 2022 · Ongoing crises across the country have highlighted the continued fight for access to clean drinking water. Many of the cities or regions experiencing poor water access or conditions are in ...
Aug 21, 2021 · Many scientific studies have examined why there is less water flowing into the river. Nearly all have found the fingerprints of human-caused climate change.
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