Water is essential to life. In fact, it’s often called the most essential of all nutrients. It’s estimated that water makes up 60 to 70 percent of the human body, so it stands to reason that proper hydration is essential to good health. But as you go about your day, you lose water through the…
Houston Lifts Boil-Water Order Affecting More Than 2 Million
HOUSTON—Houston officials lifted an order Tuesday that had called for more than 2 million people in the nation’s fourth-largest city to boil their tap water before drinking or using it. The boil order had been in effect since Sunday, when a power outage at a purification plant caused pressure to drop. The order led to…
Water Boil Order Issued for More Than 2 Million in Houston
HOUSTON—More than 2 million people in the Houston area were under a boil order notice Monday after a power outage caused low pressure at a water purification plant, officials said. The order means water must be boiled before it’s used for cooking, bathing, or drinking. Multiple Houston area public and private schools, as well as…
Murray Darling Basin Authority Says Vital Projects Wont Meet Deadlines
The Murray Darling Basin Authority’s Chief Executive has said that the vital projects required to meet the Basin plan’s proposed targets will not be completed by the 2024 deadline. In an address to the National and Rural Press Club on Nov. 22, Chief Executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), Andrew McConville, said despite the…
Calls for States to Boycott the Federal Government’s Water Rights Intervention
November 21, 2022
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Australia’s food production and security will be “at risk” if the New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian state governments do not withdraw from the contentious Murray Darling Basin Plan, one community representative has warned. Jan Beer, a representative from the Upper Murray River Catchment Association in Victoria, told The Epoch Times that the implications of…
In California, Water Worries a Farmer-Congressman
November 10, 2022
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On the road from Yuba City to Chico in the northern half of California’s heavily agricultural Central Valley, it’s hard to stop thinking about water—especially during election season. Political signs advertise candidates’ positions on the issue, an indication of its virtually unmatched importance to the people and communities between the Sierra Nevadas and the California…
Long Arm of Bureaucracy Causing Trouble For Farmers in the State of Jefferson
November 8, 2022
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If you look carefully, you’ll spot it all over the place in rural Siskiyou County, California—on flags, on banners, and even on bumper stickers. Two ‘Xs’ in a yellow circle symbolize what supporters see as the double-crossing governments of Oregon and California. Words encircle the double-crosses: “The Great Seal of State of Jefferson.” The movement…
Secret Water Buyback Fund Criticised by Australia’s Farm Groups
Australian farm groups have criticised the Albanese government’s opaque water buyback plan saying the move is cause for concern for communities along the Murray-Darling Basin. This follows the release of the recent federal budget (pdf) in which funding allocations to meet water-saving targets for the Murray-Darling Basin were undisclosed “due to commercial sensitivities.” “Communities are…
Australia’s Water Minister Hints at Extending Murray-Darling Basin Plan’s Deadline
Australia’s federal water minister Tanya Plibersek has hinted at the potential extension of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan’s 2024 deadline, acknowledging the states’ difficulty in achieving the plan within the set time-frame. In a meeting with basin states on Oct. 12—the first since Plibersek was appointed the portfolio in May—Plibersek said the federal government was committed…
Recent Rains Raise Port Jervis Water Reservoirs to 73 Percent Full
Three reservoirs providing drinking water for Port Jervis, New York, are now 73 percent full, according to the city’s chief water plant operator Scott Decker on Oct. 11. Following a good amount of rain, the city’s smallest reservoir at the head of the water filtration plant is now full, followed by the Huguenot Brook reservoir…
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