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Hilton Head residents’ ‘paradise’ marred by faulty septic systems
Gloria Murray grew up in Hilton Head, South Carolina. She said the septic system on the island was “disastrous.” (Photo by Bryn Caswell/News21) HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Gloria Murray spent 20 years dealing...
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Episode 6: African American neighborhood in North Carolina left behind
One neighborhood at the edge of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was left off the grid for decades as municipal water systems expanded around them. The Robert Eubanks community, a historically African...
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Millions of Americans turn to bottled water, but is bottled better?
Bottled water piles up in the home of Texas resident Leroy Thomas, who has long relied on bottled water. (Photo by Brandon Kitchin/News21) PHOENIX – When Bonnie Sicard of Beebe Plain, Vermont, started...
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Small Washington community grapples with legacy contamination
Kip Sauve, 59, stands in front of his cabin holding one of the notices he was given not to drink his water. He lives in the Kontree Apartments in Lynden, Wash. (Photo by Nicole Tyau/News21) LYNDEN,...
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Newburgh, N.Y., councilman: Water is basic human right, no matter income level
Nancy Colas is a small business owner from Newburgh, New York. She and her family tested above the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum level for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid last year. (Photo by...
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W.Va. communities must patch up leaks, broken water pipes themselves
Jessica Griffith, a resident of Garwood, West Virginia, holds her youngest son. She said she used the community’s water to prepare his bottle for nine months before learning the water wasn’t being...
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Wyoming couple’s well water problems launch national debate about effects of...
Jeff and Rhonda Locker tour their old farm property in Pavillion, Wyoming. The home now has a cistern and underground tank with clean water because the well is contaminated with benzenes and other...
View ArticleNews21 launches documentary on drinking water in the U.S.
To see the full News21 report on “Troubled Water” and view the 30-minute documentary, go to troubledwater.news21.com. Watch the trailer here: Troubled Water Trailer from News21 on Vimeo. The post...
View ArticleNews21 investigates drinking water in America
“Troubled Water,” an investigation into drinking water contamination in communities across the country, is the 2017 project of the Carnegie-Knight News21 program, a national multimedia reporting...
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Wyoming Wind River tribes want water on their territory to run strong, but...
The Wind River diversion dam in Wyoming was built to divert water to mainly non-Native American irrigators on the Wind River reservation. Many Shoshone and Arapaho tribal members fear the complete loss...
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