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China's new weapon against water pollution: its people

by Rob Schmitz
May 2, 2016
China's government has asked citizens to help clean up the country's waterways.
The Xiaolong River in a southern suburb of Beijing is filled with trash. Citizens throughout China are being asked to report such rivers to the authorities in a new government campaign aimed at cleaning up its polluted waterways.
Rob Schmitz/Marketplace
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The battle over industrial water pollution in Alabama

by Gigi Douban
Apr 26, 2016
If new EPA regulations set stricter standards for some chemicals, water agencies could face costly clean-up measures
A view of the Tennessee River, which a lawsuit contends has been contaminated with chemicals from a nearby 3M plant for decades. 
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A warning for parched China: a city runs out of water

by Rob Schmitz
Apr 25, 2016
A city suddenly without water highlights northern China's water shortage.
Construction crews put the finishing touches on the middle route of China’s South-North Water Diversion project in Henan province. The project’s three routes (two of which are completed) total nearly 2700 miles of man-made waterways that divert water from China’s water-rich south to its parched northern region.
Rob Schmitz/Marketplace
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Can fixing infrastructure solve rural poverty?

by Caitlin Esch
Feb 8, 2016
A wastewater treatment plant in a small town prepares for more business.
Plant Manager Cyndie Moberly (left) and Engineer Kari Foy at a wastewater treatment plant in Hampton, S.C.
Caitlin Esch
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Lead may be the biggest childhood epidemic in the U.S.

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 1, 2016
The lead problem in America doesn't stop at Flint's city limits.
Tears stream down the face of Morgan Walker, age 5 of Flint, as she gets her finger pricked for a lead screening on January 26, 2016 at Eisenhower Elementary School in Flint Michigan.
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Flint schools face a long-term lead problem

by Raghu Manavalan
Jan 28, 2016
Flint's public schools already faced a $10 million budget deficit before the lead crisis.
Justin Roberson, age 6, and Mychal Adams, age 1, wait on a stack of bottled water at the Heavenly Host Baptist Church January 17, 2016 in Flint, Michigan.
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The long road to fixing Flint's water

by Raghu Manavalan
Jan 27, 2016
One issue facing Flint: locating the lead pipes.
 The City of Flint Water Plant is illuminated by moonlight on January 23, 2016 in Flint, Michigan
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Flint is swimming in water bottles

by Tony Wagner
Jan 26, 2016
What happens when all those donated bottles are empty?
Pallets of bottled water are seen ready for distribution in a warehouse January 21, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. The warehouse is the emergency water supply for Flint residents affected by lead-contaminated water.
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Once famous for beer, Milwaukee now bets on water

by Sarah Gardner
Jan 26, 2016
Milwaukee, on the shore of Lake Michigan, hopes to become a center for water-technology research and jobs
Milwaukee was a city built on water. Now it's trying to become the global center of technology to address the world's water woes. 
Jeffrey Phelps
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On the ground in Flint, Michigan

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 22, 2016
Marketplace Weekend host Lizzie O'Leary reports on the water crisis from Flint
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