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A water main break has resulted in a section of Newhall Ranch Road becoming flooded and closed, according to officials. The call came in at approximately 5:05 p.m. of a water main break, according to Fire Department Supervisor Art Marrujo. Water stopped spilling out of the area where the water main break occurred on …

The entire population of one of Chile’s rarest frogs once lived quite happily—whatever happiness might look like for a frog—in a single stream. But years of illegal water extraction for nearby copper mining choked and dessicated the waterway, squeezing the Loa water frogs that managed to survive into a puddle roughly the size of a …

A water line break at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Mississippi Avenue is causing traffic delays as Denver Water employees try to fix it. Work crews have asked motorists to avoid the area and find alternate routes for their evening commutes. Water from the line was flooding the street. Crews responding to main break …

Updated August 27, 2019 12:14:31 Photo: Grazier Matt Bartlett says the drought has taken a toll on his family life. (ABC News: Elly Bradfield) Parts of drought-stricken South East Queensland are experiencing an unprecedented dry spell, with some regional centres going several months without recording a drop of rain. Key points: Parts of the Southern …

With Newark’s lead crisis garnering national attention and mounting public pressure, the city will receive $120 million to eliminate the source of lead its water in less than three years. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. was flanked by Gov. Phil Murphy and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Monday morning to officially announce the bond program …

Sailors Shannon Lenz and Tom Whitehead have recalled their encounter with a huge sea of floating pumice in the Pacific Ocean in early August. They said the volcanic rocks stretched “to the horizon on all sides”. The “pumice raft”, likely to have formed from an underwater eruption, spans over 150 sq km (93 sq miles) …

An Israeli invention that pulls water from air will be deployed in Nigeria following a meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York regarding the freshwater crisis in the Chad Basin of Africa. Lake Chad is the main source of drinking water for millions of people in Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. The Watergen atmospheric …

MANLIUS, N.Y. — Crews are working to fix a water main break in the village of Manlius. The water main break at 101 Fayette St. was reported at 12:28 p.m. Thursday, Onondaga County 911 dispatch logs show. The Manlius Police Department responded to the break. Homes and businesses in the area between Pleasant Street and …

A state-of-the-art laboratory is testing the quality of drinking water for 2.2 million people 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The facility in Farnborough, Hampshire, is operated by South East Water and tests 500 samples a day for 200 different substances to ensure drinking water is clean. Managers at the laboratory say …

Image copyright AFP Image caption Microplastics have been found in rivers, lakes, drinking water supplies and bottled water Microplastics in drinking water do not appear to pose a health risk at current levels, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In its first report on the issue, the WHO found that larger particles, and most …