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Amid water crisis in B'luru, BWSSB bans usage of potable water for non-essential purposes
Amid water crisis in the city, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has banned usage o…
PTI
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The next generation of customised space suits may be moulded around astronauts’ genitalia to filter water from urine!
Researchers have unveiled a Dune-inspired spacesuit technology that can purify urine into drinking …
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Droughts are threatening California's water supply. The state is racing to save what's left.
The US faces a $625 billion cost to repair its drinking- and clean-water infrastructure.
Leila Jordan
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A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis
Andrew Halter delivers water from Mississippi 1,200 miles via the railroad to families on the Navaj…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A water line breakage in Odessa, Texas, could leave the city without potable water for 48 hours as temperatures are expected to hit the triple digits
"Crews are working to close valves in the system to isolate the break, however, this is taking long…
Azmi Haroun
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Purified toilet water could soon be flowing through Californians' taps as the state battles drought
Regulators in drought-stricken California will let water companies pump purified wastewater, treate…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Google's water use is soaring. AI is only going to make it worse.
Google's latest environmental report reveals a notable increase in water consumption. It may not be…
Hugh Langley
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Mumbai rains: Tulsi lake, which supplies drinking water to the metropolis, overflows
The Tulsi lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai, overflowed on Thurs…
PTI
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No one knew a US aircraft carrier water tank had jet fuel in it until the unaware crew hooked it up to the drinking water system, Navy report says
Various problems left the crew in the dark, and an attempt to clean the tank contaminated the ship'…
Jake Epstein
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The USDA is suing an exotic pet farm, citing stressed and traumatized baby animals, water deprivation, and an emaciated cat
Officials who inspected Even Keel Exotics found sick and injured animals, and animals who ate and d…
Michelle Mark
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The US Navy keeps finding traces of jet fuel in the water on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, even after it thought the water was safe
The USS Nimitz has been connected to San Diego's water supply, which "continues to provide fresh wa…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy found E. coli in aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln's drinking water after another carrier discovered jet fuel in its water supply
Just days before the bacteria was discovered, the Navy acknowledged it found jet fuel in the potabl…
Jake Epstein
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A US Navy ship dumped diesel fuel into its own water supply. Years later, sailors were still getting sick.
The USS Boxer is one of several Navy ships to deal with fuel-contaminated water in recent years, th…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy now knows why the water on an aircraft carrier looked and smelled strange. It had wastewater in it.
The Navy found E. coli in the water on USS Abraham Lincoln but said the bacteria was unrelated to t…
Jake Epstein
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New videos from a sailor show 'horrible' polluted drinking water on a US Navy aircraft carrier
Videos obtained by Insider show gray, murky water gurgling from the Lincoln's drinking fountains, w…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy found water that looked and smelled weird on an aircraft carrier last month, and it still has no idea why
E. coli bacteria was found in the water on USS Abraham Lincoln, but Navy officials said this was un…
Jake Epstein
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Sailors on US Navy flattops have been drinking and bathing in water contaminated by jet fuel for decades, veterans say
"We were just told that it'll go away," one veteran said, adding that they used caffeinated water-f…
Jake Epstein
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Where Entrepreneurs Succeeded Because Government Failed
This may come as a surprise to many but the government (both central and state authorities) has hel…
Harshdeep Rapal
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The US Navy said 'traces' of jet fuel were found in the water on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. A sailor says the problem was way worse.
"We were exposed to an unhealthy amount" of jet fuel, a sailor told Insider, adding that they belie…
Jake Epstein
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Sailors have long complained about jet fuel seeping into their water on US Navy aircraft carriers and other warships. Here's how that can even happen.
The US Navy acknowledged last month that the drinking and bathing water on one of its aircraft carr…