Color of Water Stories
Under pressure: Sewerage and Water Board requests millions for repairs as pipes keep breaking – The Tulane Hullabaloo
The emergency notification “TU Alert: precautionary Boil Water Advisory” has become familiar to Tulane University community members in the last few months. As water main
Houston communities chart their own path to flood resilience – Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
[from Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment]
California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes — a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise – Los Angeles Times
The new plan aims to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes — representing the
California's snowpack was already meager. Now comes an extraordinary heat wave – Los Angeles Times
Winter has brought California's Sierra Nevada a below-average amount of snow, and the snowpack has been shrinking for weeks. [from Los Angeles Times]
California's snowpack was already meager. Now comes an extraordinary heat wave – Los Angeles Times
Winter has brought California's Sierra Nevada a below-average amount of snow, and the snowpack has been shrinking for weeks. [from Los Angeles Times]
Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems – AP News
A major sewer pipe collapse has dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, highlighting a nationwide problem involving failing infrastructure.
VOICES: Protecting what we love in the age of AI – Planet Detroit
The director of Michigan Green Muslims offers a faith-based perspective on why Great Lakes communities are pushing back against data centers. [from Planet Detroit]
How more than 240 million gallons of sewage flowed into the Potomac River – NPR
NPR's Erika Ryan reports from the site of one of the nation's largest sewage spills ever — just outside of Washington, D.C. — in January.