Houston, Texas is not the first U.S. city facing issues accessing clean water. Ongoing crises across the country have highlighted the continued fight for access to clean drinking water. Many of the cities or regions experiencing poor water access or conditions are in predominantly Black or Hispanic communities, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The United States’ drinking water shortage is complex and growing. Potable water, traditionally drawn from surface and ground sources, gives people clean water to drink, cook with, and bathe in. Of the issues surrounding clean water access, two huge factors at play are droughts and an ever-increasing reliance on shrinking sources. In states surrounded by water,
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UPDATE: In October 2024—10 years after NRDC and community partners started the fight against the water crisis in Flint, Michigan—the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Lead and Copper Improvements Rule, which requires that nearly every lead water pipe in the country be removed within the next 10 years. In 2020, NRDC, along with partner groups and
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