Customers deal with water outages, hoping for better service

According to the PSD’s social media posts, outages have been caused by leaks, low tank levels, and frozen infrastructure. Customers said the problems have worsened with recent cold weather, forcing ...
Observer-Reporter

Water service restored in Elrama

Water was flowing freely from taps in Elrama Tuesday after residents of the Mon Valley community were without service for ...
The New York Times

Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.
THE WEEK

The world is entering an ‘era of water bankruptcy’

The planet has incurred a watery debt. Society is using far more water than is ecologically sustainable, leading us to what's called water bankruptcy. The problem is only going to worsen with climate ...
Smithsonian Magazine

United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’

More than 1.8 billion people lived under drought conditions in 2022 and 2023, according to a report from the United Nations. Daniel Garrido via Getty Images Life around the world has been feeling the ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Water bankruptcy’: U.N. scientists say much of the world is irreversibly depleting water

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Excessive water pumping from rivers, lakes and underground has pushed much of the world into an era of “water ...
CBS News

The world is entering an era of "water bankruptcy," U.N. report warns

The planet is entering an era of global "water bankruptcy," a United Nations research agency said in a new report, which warns that humans' water use over the long term has exceeded the renewable ...
CNN

The world has entered a new era of ‘water bankruptcy’ with irreversible consequences

The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. Regions across the world are afflicted by severe water problems: ...
Circle of Blue

Planet Enters Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy,’ UN Report Says

The planet’s water reserves are overstretched and polluted, pushing the warming world into a dangerous condition of “water bankruptcy,” argues a new UN University report. This is not an alarm bell for ...
AOL

The world has entered a new era of ‘water bankruptcy’ with irreversible consequences

The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. The global situation is so severe that terms like “water crisis” or ...
Texas Monthly

The Cross-Border Fight for Water in the Rio Grande Valley

Water scarcity is a fact of life for people in South Texas and the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico. While Texans in the Rio Grande Valley have so far avoided scientists’ predictions of a “Zero ...