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Water · Middle MusquodoboitHalifax Water warns that water in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S. could be unsafe to drink and that there’s a boil water advisory in effect. In a news release on Saturday, the municipal water service says that impacted customers should boil water for at least one minute before using it for drinking, preparing infant formula, making ice cubes or juice, washing fruits or vegetables, cooking, brushing teeth or “any other activity requiring human consumption”. “This boil water order is precautionary and based on the loss of water resulting from a water main break near 19 Higginsville Road in Middle Musquodoboit,” wrote Halifax Water in a media release. They say the advisory is in place “until further notice”. Halifax Water says they’re monitoring the water quality and working in close consultation with Nova Scotia Environment and the Medical Officer of Health.Middle Musquodoboit is 73 km northeast of Halifax.See the Story
Middle Musquodoboit, N.S., under boil water advisory due to main break
Coverage: 4 sources
Environment · CaliforniaState water regulators voted unanimously Tuesday to place an agricultural hub in central California under “probation” due to excessive groundwater pumping that has dried up the region.
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California water regulators put major farming area on ‘probation’
67% Center coverage: 3 sources
Water · Rio De JaneiroWater reuse company Águas do Rio says production doubled in two and a half years. Here are some numbers about the production of reusable water in Rio de Janeiro. In two and a half years, Águas do Rio, the company responsible for water supply services, claims to have doubled production, going from 1.9 million liters to 4.3 million liters per day. In practice, this means that treated sewage, which is just water, will be used for activities such as…See the Story
In Rio, treated sewage already generates more than 4 million liters of reused water a day
International · EcuadorEcuador on Tuesday began to ration electricity in the country’s main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants that produce about 75% of the nation’s power.
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Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes
64% Left coverage: 11 sources
Arizona Politics · ArizonaPlumbing problems at the dam holding back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. are spurring concerns about future water delivery issues to Southwestern states supplied by the Colorado River.
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Plumbing problem at Glen Canyon Dam brings new threat to Colorado River system
53% Center coverage: 13 sources
Animals · ZeballosA team of about two dozen people is preparing the planned landing area for the complex rescue of an orphaned killer whale calf trapped in a remote tidal lagoon off northwest Vancouver Island.See the Story
Orphaned B.C. orca: Rescue team prepares landing site for complex rescue
55% Left coverage: 11 sources
Animals · ZeballosPlans are settling into place for an attempt to rescue a young killer whale calf stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos within four or five days, says the area's First Nation chief.See the Story
Chief says rescue effort for stranded orca calf four, five days away as plans ramp up
57% Left coverage: 7 sources