U.S. Resource Page for World Water Day 2021

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Why World Water Day Matters—by Nancy Murray (3/11/21) Here

• Shutoffs and Access

H.R. 616: Emergency Water Is a Human Right Act Here

“The Most Basic Form of PPE”: 1.6 Million Households Face Water Shutoffs (1/2021) Here

Rashida Tlaib Moratorium on Water Shut Offs video Here

“Tlaib, Dingell lead 71 members of Congress in introducing federal ban on water shutoffs during COVID-19” (1/30/2021) Here

Bridging the Water Access Gap through Covid-19 Relief (8/2020) Here

Coronavirus has laid bare the racial fault lines in access to clean, safe water (6/2020) Here

Revealed: Millions of Americans can’t afford water as bills rise 80% in a decade (6/2020) Here

The UK Guardian year-long investigation into ‘America’s Water Crisis” (2/26/2021) Here

UK Guardian downloadable report “The Affordability of Water and Wastewater Service in Twelve U.S. Cities” (5/6/20) Here

Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States—(Dig Deep report, 2019) Here

“Water futures set to join likes of gold and oil and trade on Wall Street for first time ever” (12/2020) Here

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Forever chemicals pervade drinking water sources on Cape Cod, study finds (3/8/2021) Here

Clean water is a human right. In America it’s more a profit machine (6/2020) Here

Why dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ are allowed in US drinking water (9/2020) Here

• Detroit

“Detroit extends water shutoff moratorium through 2022” (12/8/2020) Here

Detroit Water Shutoffs and a Crisis of Public Health (3/2020) Here

Civil rights coalition files class action lawsuit challenging Detroit water shutoff policy (7/2020) Here

• Jackson, Mississippi

“The Daunting Water Crisis Requires a Bold Federal Response” (3/9/21) Here

In Jackson MS many people have gone without water for nearly four weeks since the winter storm that ravaged the South (3/6/2021) Here

• Flint, Michigan

“Key moments in Flint, Michigan’s lead-tainted water crisis" (1/12/21) Here

 “The Unfinished Business of Flint’s Water Crisis” (1/2020) Here

• Enbridge/Line 3

Water Protectors from around the country are gathering to support the six-year struggle of the Annishanaabe Nation to stop Enbridge Corp. from building their Line 3 pipeline that is slated to be filled with filthy tar sands extracted oil and travel through many lakes, rivers and the precious wild rice beds of northern Minnesota. Watch “The next Keystone XL fight is here in Minnesota” (video) Here

Honor the Earth Here

“Water Protectors say Enbridge is pressuring local governments to silence them” (2/2021) Here

“Indigenous Water Protectors Face Off Against the "Pandemic Pipeline" Enbridge’s Line 3 (2/2021) Here

• Navajo Nation

“Four ways to improve water access in Navajo Nation during Covid-19” (9/29/20) Here

 “Navajo Nation Faced Water Shortages for Generations—and then the Pandemic Hit.” (7/2020) Here

• Puyallup, Washington

“Ancestral Waters’ documents Puyallup fight against massive liquefied natural gas plant” (3/2019) Here

• Texas

“'It’s after the storm that’s the hardest part:’  390,000 Texans still don’t have clean water” (3/1/21) Here

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh’s Our Water Campaign Here

• See the Palestine Resource Page for WWD 2021 Here