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[NAIROBI] Safe water supply is key to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic but access to this vital commodity remains elusive for millions of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa, reports say.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/schools-and-hospitals-fighting-water-issues-covid-19/

GUILFORD, Maine — For the first time in decades, the pond that serves as Dover-Foxcroft’s water supply has a solid dam built for the future.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://bangordailynews.com/2021/12/22/news/piscataquis/dam-reconstruction-at-dover-foxcroft-water-supply-solves-erosion-and-low-flow-issues-xoasq1i29i/

Woodward Township, Pa. – Emergency response to a large structural fire in Woodward Township early Wednesday morning caused a temporary water pressure issue at the Jersey Shore hospital, but officials maintain that water supply is adequate in the Jersey Shore area.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/woodward-township-fire-response-causes-temporary-water-pressure-issue/article_e43f971c-6322-11ec-a237-2f8c32b6cd7d.html

Last week NPR reported that Hawaii had ordered the U.S. Navy to halt operations at the World War II-era Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility after a petroleum leak was found to have contaminated Honolulu’s drinking water supply.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064514935/water-contamination-hawaii

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Water Sewer Department is experiencing a series of water main break problems that are affecting water service around the town.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://sippican.theweektoday.com/article/mattapoisett-dealing-multiple-water-main-issues/56069

NEWBURG, Mo. (KY3) – The city of Newburg issued a boil water order. A water main broke in the city. We do not know a timeframe for the fix.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.ky3.com/2021/12/21/city-newburg-mo-issues-boil-water-order/

GEARY COUNTY (KSNT) – Water problems are still plaguing Geary County days after a storm passed through Kansas causing damage and taking lives.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/geary-county-issues-guidelines-for-water-usage/

Stow residents will need to boil drinking water through at least Monday, pending the results of water testing following a “catastrophic” water main break Saturday on a side street behind the municipal center.

Officials in Arizona, California and Nevada have agreed to a new water conservation plan in an effort to stabilize the water level of Lake Mead, which in June fell to its lowest point in history.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/water-conservation-plan-looks-reverse-lake-meads-historic-decline-rcna8560

WILLINGBORO, N.J. – People in Burlington County are on edge after they found out a well is contaminated with a chemical that’s dangerous to drink. It affects Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority customers in Willingboro and Westampton.

FOR FULL ARTICLE: https://www.fox29.com/news/chemical-in-willingboro-water-has-officials-working-to-notify-residents-and-resolve-issue