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US Bureau
SAFE DRINKING WATER
 Water main breaks, loss of pressure and microbiological contamination
When it's time to boil water, how can we be sure everyone gets the message?

Mexico Bureau
WITH MEXICO FINALLY BUILDING ITS BIG DESALINATION PLANT,
The possibility of sending water to the U.S. has surfaced again.
By Vicente Calderón. Water Canada Mexico bureau.

Mexico Bureau
TOPOLOBAMPO: CAN MOVING THE PIPES PROTECT A SACRED BAY?
After a 12-year environmental battle and an encampment blockade now on its 84th day, the Mexican government is proposing a significant change. Will it be enough?
By Tracy L. Barnett for Water Today
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2014; Case ID# CR_2591 (Nebraska)
Sworn affidavits prove false - confined animal feedlot operator convicted for dumping manure in Mud Creek
US Bureau
Decades of drought and over-consumption have reduced Colorado River reservoirs to critically low levels, threatening power and water supplies for 40 million people.
As nature challenges legal entitlement to fresh water in the USA, experts are calling for a multi-disciplinary management strategy to recover and sustain the ecological functions of the continent's rivers

US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2288 (Kansas)
Improper handling of toxic pollutants during building demolition leads to a criminal conviction under the Clean Water Act
US Bureau
Drinking Water Security
Cyberattacks on water plants striking closer to home, the solution is simple, pull the plug

Mexico Bureau
‘NOT HERE’: YOREME-LED BLOCKADE CHALLENGES AMMONIA MEGAPROJECT ON MEXICO’S GULF OF CALIFORNIA
Ohuira Bay is an internationally protected wetland and marine nursery. For 12 years, Yoreme communities have fought an ammonia plant they say threatens their fishing grounds, health and way of life.
By Tracy L. Barnett - For WaterToday
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2774 (Missouri)
Institution of higher learning employee involved in release of dangerously corrosive liquid to waters of the USA

Canada Bureau
MEXICO AND US TEAM-UP TO BUILD DESALINATION PLANT
An international bank says the plant is being built to reduce Tijuana’s reliance on the dwindling Colorado River.
by Vicente Calderón and MacKenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego- With permission

Canada Bureau
Update: Eavor Technologies
NUMBER 2 ON TIME'S WORLD'S TOP GREENTECH COMPANIES 2026 LIST
Eavor Technologies Calgary-based geothermal tech company is second out of 250 companies world-wide

Mexico Bureau
GUADALAJARA’S WATER CRISIS REACHES A BOILING POINT
The scope of Guadalajara's toxic water crisis has long been evident to residents, who have only to look at what's coming out of their taps to know it is toxic.
By Tracy L Barnett, Mexico News Daily - With permission

Mexico Bureau
AFTER ANOTHER DRY SPELL, TIJUANA'S DESALINATION PLANT INCHES FORWARD, AGAIN

Some residents are still waiting for tap water to fully return to their homes after service was interrupted, once again, in the cities of Tijuana and Playas de Rosarito.
By Vicente Calderón.
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2770 (Missouri)
Hazmat handling company flushes thousands of gallons of gas, evacuates a school and local businesses. Sentencing included a fine, probation and a public apology.

US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2174 (Missouri)
The VP knew in 2006. Acid wastewater discharged to City of St. Joseph was 7 times above acceptable limit for zinc. Justice was delivered in 2011 with fines, restitution and probation.
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2139 (Ohio)
Coal mining company, Environmental Manager and Plant Manager catch $7 million in fines and fees for blackening 22 miles of sensitive aquatic habitat in Ohio
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2321 (Louisiana)
Illegal dumping of oil 'With intent to conceal' gets this ship owner $1.2 million in fines

Canada Bureau
VANCOUVER’S GENERAL FUSION NAMED WORLD’STOP GREENTECH COMPANY OF 2026 BY TIME
Recognition highlights the company's progress toward commercial fusion energy as it advances plans to become a public company

Canada Bureau
Update
POTENTIAL IRREVERSIBLE HARM TO AQUIFERS FROM SAND MINE
Before its second proposal has been licensed controversy continues over Sio Silica sand mine after PM Carney announcement

Canada Bureau
RISING EMISSIONS, DEPLETING WATER AND VANISHING LAND
AI is threatening natural resources for billions according to a report by United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health

US Bureau
AI DATA CENTERS ARE SETTING UP IN RURAL USA, WHERE 22.5 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS RELY ON UNREGULATED AND UNPROTECTED GROUNDWATER WELLS
EPA advises well owners seek water quality assurance directly from data center developers. For all the water-positive talk from Big Tech, the public is pushing back for the right to clean water in America
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2014; Case ID# CR_2560 (Indiana)
An environmental services company avoided industrial waste treatment costs; later sentenced $200,000 for illegal dumping

Mexico Bureau
MEXICO HASN'T VIOLATED THE 1944 TREATY, BUT POLITICAL PRESSURE COMPLICATES THE WATER CRISIS
Its trade, its security…and its water.
By Vicente Calderón

US Bureau
 CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2014; Case ID# CR_2627 (Montana)
Federal and Tribal Environmental Authorities team up to protect wetlands and water quality in Montana
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2653 (Montana)
Montana sewage hauler brings his work home, sentenced as a CWA criminal

Canada Bureau

CRIMEBOX
ARCELORMITTAL MINING FINED $100 MILLION FOR VIOLATING THE FISHERIES ACT
The total fine is the highest ever imposed in Canada under the Fisheries Act.

Canada Bureau
UPDATE 5/24/2026
MISSION: CRITICAL ENERGY USE

AIRCO™the NY start-up that first turned CO2 into vodka establishes U.S. Manufacturing Hub for Its Modular Fuel Production Systems with New Pennsylvania Facility that will manufacture AIRCO’s MAD Fuel System™, deployed to produce fuel on demand for remote and operationally constrained environments

Canada Bureau
Update - 5/24/2026

WHAT TAKES ROOT GROWS
Nominated as a finalist in Climate Solutions Prize, B.C.’s Tree Track Intelligence an AgTech reforestation company using new customized drones and UAVs technology to help reduce carbon emission in North America and all around the world reaches new heights
US Bureau
 CRIMEBOX
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2192 (Montana)
Aerial images showed an illegal diversion in East Gallatin River. The streambank erosion project contractor got a surprisingly light sentence for this CWA felony

Canada Bureau
A WATER BATTERY THAT COULD LAST 300 YEARS
Scientists at City University Hong Kong created a water‑based battery using magnesium and calcium salts, a solution similar to the brine used in tofu. Unlike lithium‑ion batteries, which rely on flammable solvents and require hazardous disposal, this design is non‑toxic, nonflammable, and environmentally friendly.
US Bureau
Safe Drinking Water
WATER REMAINS OUR NUMBER ONE PACKAGED BEVERAGE CHOICE, 9 YEARS RUNNING
 Consumers want to know, where does the water in the bottle come from? How is it sourced and packaged, and does it support our health? Here is what we learned.

Canada Bureau
SOMETHING STARTLING IS HAPPENING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
Its waters are heating up twice as fast as the global oceans, with huge implications for hurricane risk.
by Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections
May 13, 2026
US Bureau
 CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2013; Case ID# CR_2451 (North Dakota)
First CWA criminal prosecutions in North Dakota see two sewage hauling companies fined $50,000 for hundreds of loads of sewage sludge drilled into fields and creeks
Canada Bureau
NEW ONTARIO WATER AND SANITATION LAW COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FINANCIALIZATION OF PUBLIC WATER In November 2025, the Ontario government rushed through new legislation to dramatically restructure public drinking water and wastewater services without any public consultation.
By Meera Karunananthan, Carleton University

US Bureau
 CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR_2757 (South Dakota)
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2012 featured a brand new swimming hole in the camp. The dirt hit the fan in Federal District Court with $250,000 sentence levied against the camp and its director.

Canada Bureau
RESEARCHERS TURN RECOVERED CAR BATTERY ACID AND PLASTIC WASTE INTO CLEAN HYDROGEN
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks bottles, nylon textiles and polyurethane foams – using acid recovered from old car batteries, and converting it into clean hydrogen fuel and valuable industrial chemicals.
US Bureau
This waterless separation technology produces some of the best graphene and strongest composites
Will the graphite industry retire water intensive flotation processing and embrace a new process?

Mexico Bureau
U.S. AND MEXICO MOVE TO FIX A KEY PART OF TIJUANA'S FAILING SEWAGE SYSTEM
By Vicente Calderón / WaterToday Mexico Bureau
U.S. and Mexican officials gathered in Tijuana to announce the rehabilitation of a critical part of the city's wastewater system, in a new effort to solve the long-contested problem of transborder sewage pollution.
Mexico Bureau
ZACATECAS RESIDENTS VOTE TO REJECT DAM PROJECT THAT WOULD DIVERT THEIR RIVER AND FLOOD 3 COMMUNITIES
An assembly of local residents and ejido members on Friday voted to reject a dam project in the state of Zacatecas, even as the government staged an “official” consultation that supported the proposal.
Mexico News Daily - With permission
US Bureau
 CrimeBox
Clean Water Act Conviction: Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2180 (Iowa)
Five years probation and $270,000 restitution levied upon this CWA felon for storing hazardous materials without a permit

Canada Bureau
First Nations Treaties & Water
Treaties
FIRST NATIONS LEADERS CALL FOR RESET ON CANADA-MANITOBA “ONE PROJECT ONE REVIEW” CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT

Canada Bureau
 Lead in school water
ARE WE GETTING BETTER AT TESTING DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS?
The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) points to advancements in reducing lead exposure in drinking water in schools across Canada

Canada Bureau
Lead in school water
LEAD IN DRINKING WATER - GOVERNMENT OF NORTH WEST TERRITORIES
 Water testing for schools is part of the GNWT’s commitment to test drinking water in every school in the territory.

Mexico Bureau
ON THE GROUND WITH THE GUADALAJARA WATER CRISIS
Authorities in Jalisco removed the head of Guadalajara’s water agency on Monday, March 23, amid a surge of complaints about foul-smelling, sediment-laden tap water, prompting citizen groups to demand a full corruption investigation and structural overhaul of the system.
By Tracy L. Barnett, Mexico News Daily - With permission.

Canada Bureau
Lead in school water
LEAD IN DRINKING WATER - ONTARIO
Ontario schools get an “F” according to a report published by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)

Canada Bureau
Radioactive waste
PART FOUR
RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN CHALK RIVER
Ottawa Riverkeeper weighs in.

US Bureau
THE RUSH TO STOCKPILE CRITICAL MINERALS IS ON
US and Canada have promised to expedite new mining permits, eyeing the deep seabed outside of international authority, ISA. Can we satisfy our appetite for critical minerals without cataclysmic planetary damage?

US Bureau
SDWA Drinking Water Facility Profile
 River Road Water System
This Serious Violator is expected to supply potable water to a 4 million sq ft data center

Canada Bureau
Radioactive waste
PART THREE
HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE COMMERCIAL WASTE IS SHIPPED FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO CANADA AND THE CHALK RIVER LABORATORIES
Dr. Ole Hendrikson, researcher for Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area brings forth concerns. CNL responds.

Canada Bureau
Radioactive waste
PART ONE & TWO
TOWARDS A TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Large quantities of radioactive waste are being transported to the Ottawa Valley threatening to contaminate the drinking water of millions of Canadians.

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