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This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers groundwater concerns at a potential Tesla factory in Germany and water pollution in a Pennsylvania town. Plus, Circle of Blue reports on rising Legionnaires’ disease trends.

What's Up With Water - February 22, 2022 by Circle Of Blue

The American Rescue Plan Act includes $350 billion to assist states, tribes, territories, and local governments in responding to financial challenges wrought by the pandemic. Water infrastructure improvements are one of four broad spending categories authorized by the act. It is clear that ARPA will have a far reach. Plus, funding is not just going to large, multimillion-dollar projects.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: snow-making for the Beijing Olympics and Baltimore's new income-based water rate. Plus the second part of a CoB report on nitrates in groundwater.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Louisiana using federal covid relief funds for water and sewer systems and a rise in crop insurance payments in the US due to drought and flood. Plus the first of two CoB stories on the impact of farm chemicals on families and communities in Nebraska.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: water system failures in Mississippi's capital, New Mexico starts preparing for another dry year in the Rio Grande basin, drought warnings in Somalia.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: U.S. special forces bombed a strategic dam in Syria in 2017; how the rising cost of water in one major American city is hurting people of color; UK water companies under scrutiny on wastewater.

Parag Khanna and Giulio Boccaletti by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: drought/hunger/migration in Iraq, an oil exploration company violating environmental laws in Namibia, and a deal in the Colorado River basin to bolster Lake Mead.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: water contamination from a naval fuel storage site in Oahu and Iraq contemplates taking Iran to international court over water use. Plus, CoB's water year in review.

Water Affordability In Michigan by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: wetlands protection in Uganda, flood risk for toxic sites in California, and oyster reef restoration in Virginia. Plus a CoB feature on a Michigan water affordability study.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: water restrictions in South Africa, flooding in South Sudan, and a tussle over hydropower imports in New England.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: flooding in Canada, drought in Africa, water cooperation in the Middle East and PFAS regulations in Pennsylvania, U.S. This podcast has been updated to reflect corrections.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: drought and hunger crisis in Afghanistan, swift lead pipe removal in Newark, and a CoB feature on federal water bill assistance.

Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the United States by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Columbia pledges aggressive timeline to protect land; an Oregon city sues to keep Google's water-use data a secret; and a CoB feature on how climate change is gripping trout streams in the U.S.

In the United States, it’s election week, and Circle of Blue reports on state and local ballot measures related to water. In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. The state of Maine also has a ballot measure linked to water. This hotly contested referendum is focused on the future of electric power in the region. In Boise, Idaho and in Virginia Beach, Virginia, city officials are asking residents to approve measures for massive public works projects.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: A COP26 preview, dam negotiations in the Nile basin and a CoB feature on U.S. ballot measures relating to water.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: India floods, removing invasive trees in Cape Town's watershed, and salmon and tribes in California.