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Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue, with stories from the week and in this episode, a look at how a lawsuit in Hawaii could lead to a new interpretation of the Clean Water Act.

This excerpt comes from the September 23, 2019, episode of What's Up With Water. It is a story of water in the West United States: There’s not enough water to go around in the Snake Valley, and experts are weighing options as humans compete with habitat.

Your weekly "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue, with the major stories, and, this week, a look at water in the West as a new study considers the groundwater limits of the Snake Valley.

This coverage is an audio excerpt from the September 16, 2019, epsidoe of What's Up With Water. Listen for the full coverage of the World Bank's report on the issue of groundwater quality.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue, with top stories and, this week, a look at a new World Bank report on the perils of pollution.

This audio excerpt comes from the September 9, 2019 episode of What's Up With Water and looks at Houston’s recent agreement to protect water quality with a massive refit to its sewer system. The agreement ends a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue, with top stories and, this week, a feature on Houston's massive sewer refit aimed at improving water quality.

This audio is an excerpt from the 9/3/2019 edition of What's Up With Water, which looks at India’s ambitious plan to harvest energy from the sun – which has a potential dark side when it comes to water.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue, including this week's feature: how solar pumps in India could threaten the nation's groundwater.

This excerpt on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's findings that identifies deficiencies in plumbing and building codes, policies, and research in relation to combating Legionnaire's disease in the U.S.

Your "need to know" news from Circle of Blue, with summaries of the top stories and a look in this episode at Legionnaire's Disease in the U.S.

This excerpt looks at the challenge of forecasting urban water crises and comes from the August 19, 2019 episode of What's Up With Water.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue, with important stories from the week. This episode's Circle of Blue feature looks at the challenge of forecasting urban water crises.

This excerpt on a new study that examined Massachusetts water affordability, and how a state-level study fits within a national narrative, comes from the 8.12.19 episode of What's Up With Water.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water, from Circle of Blue, with top stories and, this week, a look at affordable access to water services in Massachusetts, and what that shows about water management in the U.S. as a whole.

From Circle of Blue's full 08/05/19 episode of What's Up With Water comes a brief on the state of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, which is increasingly desperate for water. Two million people live in the metropolitan area, and the mayor said that over half of residents could get running water only once a week. Instead, they are lining up for hours at springs, streams, public wells, and boreholes – water sources that are themselves at risk of failure. As residents forego laundry and sanitation and focus on finding water, the crisis magnifies social and economic hardships in a country already grappling with inflation, currency devaluation, and the high cost of imported goods.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue, with the major stories of the week.

To locate sufficient supplies of fresh water, the nation’s groundwater wells are being drilled deeper and deeper, according to an analysis of more than 10 million well records since the 1950s.

In the latest episode of Speaking of Water, host Eileen Wray-McCann speaks with Dr. Peter Gleick, President Emeritus of the Pacific Institute, on a new bill in California that directs some $130 million dollars to improve access to clean drinking water for many state residents.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water, with top stories and a special focus this week on the trend toward deeper wells in the United States.