LOSS OF SPECIES: #Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study | #PublicHealth #GlobalRisk theguardian.com/environment/ar…

UK FAIL: ‘Deeply concerning’: Environment watchdog raps UK Government over #WaterQuality approach | #UKpoli edie.net/deeply-concern…

TOXIC HIGHWAYS: #StormwaterShepherds target roadway pollution for policy and behavioural change | #ZeroPollution

FLOOD TRACKER: The Number of People Affected by #Floods Will Double Between 2010 and 2030 | #AqueductFloods data tool wri.org/insights/numbe… via World Resources Inst

AUSTRALIA: Water has the power to make or break livelihoods. On the world's driest inhabited continent, it's also making a few big investors very rich | #WaterMarkets #MurrayDarlingBasin bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-… via Bloomberg Green

USA VIRGINIA: Unregulated #DrinkingWater contaminants and adverse birth outcomes | #FetalHealth | PLOS Water journals.plos.org/water/article?…

BRAZIL: Severe #Floods inundate southernmost state, displacing 115,000, 80 dead | #ExtremeWeather | Al Jazeera aje.io/gn1l86 via Al Jazeera English

NEXUS FIELD TRIP: #WaterEnergyFood in #Mediterranean Region

BRAZIL #Flooding : At least 75 people have died and 103 are missing, authorities say - ABC News via ABC News - abcnews.go.com/International/…

SLAUGHTERHOUSE DISCHARGE: Tyson Foods Dumped Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of #Foodprocessing #Pollutants Into U.S. Waterways, Report Finds ecowatch.com/tyson-foods-po…

KENYA: Unprecedented #Floods and #Landslides Kill 188, Displace 165,000 | #ExtremeWeather ecowatch.com/kenya-flooding…

CARIBBEAN INVASION: Toxic gas, livelihoods under threat and power outages: how a #Seaweed causes chaos | #Sargassum theguardian.com/environment/20…

INDIA: Prolonged Heatwave and Summer scorcher: Falling water level in #Bengaluru 's Sankey tank | #WaterStorage deccanherald.com/india/karnatak… via @deccanherald

UGANDA: Used bottles turned into #WaterStorage tanks: #Kampala ramps up efforts to recycle single-use #Plastics channelnewsasia.com/world/uganda-p…

SHIPPING NEWS: #ElNino , #WaterManagement issues blamed for snarling #PanamaCanal reuters.com/business/envir…

INDIA: Unique digital distribution system launched for #Irrigation water in #Rajasthan thehindu.com/news/national/…

CLASSIFICATION DOWNGRADE: Court rules that Perrier is soda, not French mineral water — and therefore taxable | #BottledWater nypost.com/2024/05/01/bus… via New York Post

RIVER WATER STORAGE: New Study Provides Estimates of How Much Water Courses through Earth’s #Rivers ; stream-gauge measurements combined with computer models of about 3 million river segments around the world | #Hydrometrics Sci.News - bit.ly/3Qrl1nq

MISLED: As #Heatwave scorches Asia, #WaterShortages should be reclassified as unwise water use, expert says f24.my/AIaL.X via FRANCE 24

UBIQUITY: Rapidly rising global levels of TFA #ForeverChemical alarm experts; found in #DrinkingWater and rain thought to damage fertility and child development | @LeanaHosea & Rachel Salvidge theguardian.com/environment/20…