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ARTICLES

The Poisoning of Flint’s Water - NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/opinion/the-poisoning-of-flints-water.html?_r=0/

East Coast digs out from epic blizzard - CBSNews.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/winter-storm-2016-new-york-washington-dc-virginia-digging-out/

These 4 Things Need to Happen to End California’s Drought - National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160107-california-drought-snowpack-el-nino-rains/

El Niño-fueled storms will put dent in California drought - USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/01/05/california-drought-el-nino/78304844/

No, El Niño Will Not Fix California's Drought - Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/no-el-nino-will-not-fix-californias-drought-1748140177/

8 trillion microbeads pollute U.S. aquatic habitats daily - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/19/us/8-trillion-microbeads-pollute-water-daily-irpt/

Lawmaker looks at proposal to ship water from Alaska to parched California - USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/10/14/shipping-water-alaska-california/73934396/

Legionnaires’ Disease Bacteria Causes Evacuation in Chicago-Area Schools - Yahoo.com
https://www.yahoo.com/health/legionnares-disease-bacteria-causes-evacuation-in-190610589.html

Fire, flood and drought: In Calif., ‘El Nino is a cruel system’ - Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/16/fire-and-flood-in-drought-stricken-california-weather-worries-of-all-kinds-loom/

'Water wars are a myth': Expert Says Many Governments Eager to Cooperate - Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/24/global-water-war-idUSL5N10Y0HN20150824

Cooling Tower Tests Increased Amid Legionnaires’ Outbreak - Wall Street Journal
http://www.wsj.com/articles/cooling-tower-tests-increased-amid-legionnaires-outbreak-1439167089

Historic Hotel Named Source of Deadly Legionnaires' Outbreak - ABCNews.com
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/nyc-identifies-hotel-source-legionnaires-outbreak-33209993

NYC mayor signs cooling tower rules into law after deadly outbreak - Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/18/us-usa-health-legionnaires-idUSKCN0QN20D20150818

Death Toll in Legionnaires' Outbreak Rises to 12 as 2 More Buildings Test Positive for Bacteria
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Legionnaires-Disease-New-York-City-Bronx-Cooling-Tower-Test-Symptom-Death-Cases-321257921.html/

Navajo Nation declares emergency after Colorado mine spill - AP 8/10/2015
http://news.yahoo.com/navajo-nation-declares-emergency-colorado-192647222.html;_ylt=AwrXnCJgddtVCy0AFRLQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjR0MTVzBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM3BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--

One Way to Fight California’s Drought: Desalt the Ocean - wired.com 8/3/2015
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/one-way-fight-californias-drought-desalting-ocean/

California's Drought (Pictures) - cbsnews.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/californias-drought/

Poll: Americans favor farmers & food during drought - AP Article: mercurynews.com/
http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_28578180/poll-americans-favor-farmers-food-during-drought

Farmer visited by Obama is now the face of California’s drought - yahoo.com
http://www.yahoo.com/politics/farmer-visited-by-obama-is-now-the-face-of-125535895256.html

Historic rainfall overtaxes Tampa’s wastewater system - tbo.com
http://tbo.com/news/traffic/gandy-bridge-other-roads-closed-by-flooding-overnight-20150801/

Lake Mead sinks to record low, risking water shortage - usatoday.com http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/24/lake-mead-low-water-shortage/29202475/

Seattle Area Water main break floods streets, leaves some without water - kmonews.com
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Water-main-break-floods-streets-leaves-residents-without-water-311682351.html

California’s Drought Grabs Headlines, But Other States Face Water Woes Too - pewtrusts.org
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/4/16/californias-drought-grabs-headlines-but-other-states-face-water-woes-too

Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act - theguardian.com
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/12/water-shortages-are-coming-time-to-act

VIDEOS

This video briefly details the timeline of the Flint water crisis, and how a savings of roughly $100/month for a municipality in dire financial straits lead to one of the biggest water disasters of our time.

This 2-minute "explainer" shows how tiny plastic microbeads are designed to go down the drain and into our rivers, lakes, and oceans and we can do to stop this ridiculous assault on our public waters.

This news report predicts a big El Niño season for California that could last into the spring of 2016.

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