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Compare and Contrast: One in five New Yorkers may be drinking lead-contaminated water, report finds
The Guardian
One in five New Yorkers may be drinking lead-contaminated water, a new report has found. Roughly 900,000 households – or 21% of the city’s residents – live in properties with lead or possible lead service lines, the pipes that provide city water to individual properties. Lead can leach into the water from the pipes as the water travels through them. Click here to continue reading
Water safety demonstration in Edmonton as search for missing swimmer resumes
Global News
The City of Edmonton demonstrated proper lifejacket fittings, basic swimming skills and required safety equipment Tuesday as part of National Drowning Prevention Week. The third week of July tends to be the most common time for a drowning across Canada, according to Jonathan Kusyanto, executive director of the Lifesaving Society. Click here to continue reading
Sask. government asks feds for relief assessment to help livestock producers deal with drought
CBC News
The continued lack of rain and warm temperatures in many parts of western and southeastern Saskatchewan has the province tapping the federal government for more assistance to help livestock producers. Click here to continue reading
B.C. strengthens community preparedness for climate-related disasters
Water Canada
The Province is providing more than $44 million through the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF), which will go to more than 70 projects in 63 communities under the Disaster Risk Reduction-Climate Adaptation program stream. These investments also support the Province’s Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy, which outlines a broad range of actions until 2025 to address climate impacts and build resilience across B.C. Click here to continue reading
Compare and Contrast: California ghost town disappears again as lake fills after three-year drought
The Guardian
The town had most recently re-emerged in September 2022 amid a three-year drought that brought California’s lakes and reservoirs to record low levels and fueled wildfires and megablazes. Then came California’s historically wet and cold winter that left the state with a massive snowpack. Click here to continue reading
Raw fish and rainwater: Sailor and his dog survive 3 months adrift in Pacific
CBC News
An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, the fishing vessel’s owner said Monday. Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, was aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa in the Pacific Ocean about 1,900 kilometres from land when the crew of the boat from the Grupomar fleet spotted them, the company said in a statement. Click here to continue reading
Compare and Contrast: NSW warned of bushfire dangers as dry El Niño looms after ‘prolific’ vegetation growth
The Guardian
New South Wales residents have been urged to prepare for the impending bushfire season, with three wet years and high vegetation growth possibly giving way to a dry El Niño summer. Click here to continue reading
Province announces $6 million for Great Lakes conservation projects
The Whig Standard
The Ontario government announced a new, $6-million investment in projects to protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes as part of its Great Lakes Program during a news conference in Napanee on Monday morning. Click here to continue reading
Compare and Contrast: The UK’s water pipe upgrade has made it harder to detect leaks – now the race is on to discover new ways to find them
The Conversation (UK)
The UK is losing a staggering 3 billion litres of water each day through leaky pipes. The issue is not limited to the UK alone. Globally, almost 90 billion litres of water are lost daily, accounting for up to half of all the water pumped around the world. Click here to continue reading
Vancouver hands out more than $71,000 in water restriction fines as drought intensifies
Vancouver Sun
The city has also issued 395 warnings or letters to residents to advise them of unnecessary water usage. Hundreds of Vancouver residents have violated water restrictions, despite a conservation warning from the B.C. government as drought conditions intensify. Click here to continue reading