Latest Stories in Clean Water
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5 ways that urine can help save humanity
From ancient urine helping to track climate change to space-age toilets that monitor our health, pee may be coming to our rescue.
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Breakthrough clean gold mining technique replaces cyanide with... cornstarch!
Mining gold's a dirty business. To extract gold from raw ore, a lot of cyanide is required, and wherever a lot of cyanide is found, there are also big environmental risks.
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28,000 rivers go missing in China's lastest waterway survey... Oops?!
Until recently, China's government estimated that there were over 50,000 rivers and waterways with catchment areas of at least 100 square kilometers.
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16,000 dead pigs found in Chinese river, threatening Shanghai's water supply
Something is seriously wrong with China's agricultural system. Over the past month, around 16,000 rotting pig carcasses (as well as a thousand ducks...) have been fished out of the Jiapingtang.
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55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition, says EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sampled around 2,000 rivers and streams, and what they found is not good...
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A drier Middle East means future water wars
A report from The American Geophysical Union found evidence that water will be the source of Middle Eastern conflict in the coming years.
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Matt Damon boycotts toilets
Until everyone gets access to clean water and sanitation Matt Damon is not going to, well, you know.
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Fighting Slime Crimes in Florida
Florida's waterways are rapidly become gross slimy things.
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Enthusiastic Student Scientist Wins Attention for Promising Solar Clean Water Project
Deepika Kurup's green and sustainable water purification project wins her honors as "America’s Top Young Scientist"
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How Much Water Do You Eat? The Wonderwater Cafe Will Tell You
Taking shorter showers is good, but what you eat will have a bigger impact on how much water you use. A pop-up cafe aims to set the record straight.
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Canadian Government Shuts Down Freshwater Research After 40 Years of Groundbreaking Science
The Canadian federal government has decided to quietly shut down a freshwater research project that has been studying over 50 small lakes in Northern Ontario, conducting what has been recognized as 'groundbreaking' science.
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If You Put All Earth's Water In One Place, It'd Look Like This
How much water is on the planet? it's a whole lot less than you think.
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Potomac River Named as America’s Most Endangered River of 2012
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and while some great progress has been made, there are still many rivers which are endangered, including one flowing through our nation's capital.
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Common Kitchen Ingredient Helps Clean Drinking Water
80% of diseases in developing countries trace back to contaminated water. Could a simple ingredient from the kitchen shelf solve the problem?
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Film "Last Call at the Oasis" is Sobering Look at World Water Crisis
The water crisis is getting worse, whether or not we notice it every day.
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Buy a T-Shirt, Give the Gift of 25 Years of Clean Water
Help fund solutions to the global water crisis by purchasing a t-shirt from a company that donates to Thirst Relief for each shirt sold - enough money per shirt to give one person access to clean, drinkable water for 25 years!
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Access to Safe Water and Sanitation Could Save 2.5 Million Lives Annually
If everyone had access to the most basic of necessities - safe water to drink and adequate sanitation - many lives could be spared. 2.5 million lives, according to WaterAid.
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Students Clean Up Lake, Discover Sunken Treasure
On a recent outing to clean a polluted lake in downtown Oakland, one group sixth-graders were rewarded with something more than just sense of civic pride.
