http://www.fourwinds10.com 2026-04-27T05:09:53+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1660322812 8-11-22 Soaring temperatures and lack of rainfall, we are told, are causing the Rhine River, which flows through Germany, to drop to dangerously low levels. As we reported, Germany has had difficulties producing coal as a replacement for lost energy from Russia because of dropping water levels on the Rhine. Now, there is a serious risk of other commodities not being able to make it through the critical shipping route. In addition to coal transport, the Rhine is needed to move other necessities such as food, minerals, chemicals and oil products. If it dries up, as it appears to be doing, then ships will no longer be able to get through, resulting in a shipping halt. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1650386513 4-19-22 Singapore, Panama, Thailand, Japan and India have launched digital Vaccine Passports. So did Africa, Australia, the European Union and many other places! There are at least 87 countries (and growing) that have launched digital Vaccine Passports. The World Health Organization (WHO) is demanding sharing this data “for domestic and cross-border purpose,” which means you may not even have to travel to trigger your private medical records becoming public knowledge—around the world. Below, I’ll share how this is even more sinister than it may initially sound. These governments will not stop trying to collect your private medical information (and using it against you) unless we stop it. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1619709667 4-2-21 Nestlé has been ordered to stop taking spring water from the San Bernardino National Forest for its bottled water products. The decision, made by California’s Water Resources Control Board, comes after a probe into Nestlé’s use of spring water found multiple violations and excessive resource depletion. The company has spent years taking the spring water to package and sell it. The order comes at a time when the state has been ramping up action to conserve water following worsening drought conditions. California is currently facing water scarcity due to persistent droughts over the past decade. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1615400307 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1612896027 2-9-21 Local and federal law enforcement authorities announced that they are investigating a computer intrusion at a Florida city's water treatment plant where a hacker tried to increase a chemical in the city water supply to dangerous levels. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office announced the investigation Monday which includes the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service. The breach happened Friday at the water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Fla. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1594731037 7-14-20 This article was first published on December 21, 2012 by Market Oracle and Global Research  A disturbing trend in the water sector is accelerating worldwide. The new “water barons” — the Wall Street banks and elitist multibillionaires — are buying up water all over the world at unprecedented pace. Familiar mega-banks and investing powerhouses such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Macquarie Bank, Barclays Bank, the Blackstone Group, Allianz, and HSBC Bank, among others, are consolidating their control over water. Wealthy tycoons such as T. Boone Pickens, former President George H. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1589212120 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1588186221 4-25-20 Water, water everywhere and hardly a drop is being protected by the Trump administration. In its latest act of abdication, the Environmental Protection Agency published its Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the Federal Register on April 21. The rule is scheduled to go into effect June 22, completing the elimination of the Obama administration’s Waters of the US Rule. The original rule was designed to protect the majority of America’s water  based on hydrologic science, which clearly shows that water flows on many more surface and subsurface paths than just rivers and other obvious waterways. These many pathways in turn connect wetlands and tributaries with large lakes and wide rivers. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1583160304 3-1-20 Off the northeastern coast of the United States, researchers have found a gigantic freshwater aquifer hiding underneath the Atlantic ocean. An aquifer is an underground layer of water. This particular aquifer’s exact size is still unclear, but the researchers believe it has the potential to be the largest known aquifer to date. For comparison, the largest currently known aquifer is the Great Artesian Basin in Australia, which stretches over 22 percent of Australia, covering approximately 670,000 square miles, and at its deepest, can reach as far as 1,600 feet below the surface. Similar aquifers of varying sizes are located all over the world and are considered a global phenomenon. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1582130707 February 18, 2020 Advocacy groups are encouraging voters in the state of Washington to pressure legislators to back a measure that would effectively ban commercial bottled water production. The legislation, SB 6278, would declare that “use of water for the commercial production of bottled water” is “detrimental to the public welfare and the public interest.” Last week it was placed on second reading by the Rules Committee. According to the Washington Senate Democrats, the “bipartisan effort” would help “protect one the most precious commodities” in the state. The Environmental Priorities Coalition, a network of groups including Americans Rivers, Audubon, and Sierra Club Washington State, last week put the legislation on its highest priorities list, saying it would stop “new water bottling plants from proliferating in Washington state, effecting small rural community water supplies necessary for both agriculture and threatened salmon species. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1579880434 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1577370516 12-23-19 Michigan’s drinking water woes are poised to get even worse as officials recently confirmed that a property in Detroit that was contaminated with dangerous chemicals including uranium collapsed into the Detroit River on November 26. The Detroit Dock site collapsed as heavy aggregate piles were stored there over Thanksgiving weekend. Situated at 5851 West Jefferson, the property was once home to Revere Copper & Brass, who were subcontracted under the Manhattan Project and tasked with building the first atomic bomb in the 1940s. In the 1950s, the company built uranium rods used for nuclear bomb development. The site has been listed by the EPA and the Department of Energy as a contaminated site. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1572974958 11-4-19 Hydroelectric power from dams might be the thorniest question that proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) have to grapple with.  Providing more energy than solar and wind combined, dams could well become the backup for energy if it proves impossible to get off of fossil fuels fast enough. Rivers and lakes are an integral part of human existence, with virtually all major inland cities being located next to one of them.  They provide water for drinking, bathing, food, and medicine. Their sustenance is. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1568215300 9-9-19 Private property rights were challenged time and time again during the Obama Administration. The Obama Administration used both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as weapons to steal property from individuals and to convert state land over to the ownership of an all-powerful federal government. Many would argue that this plot was influenced by the United Nation’s (U.N.) Agenda 21, which was sold under the guise of “sustainable development” of natural resources – an idea that Obama sympathized with. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1565443964 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1559747525 6-3-19 Food and water are essential for your survival when SHTF. You can start a garden in your backyard and stockpile food in your pantry, but knowing how to find and purify water ensures that you have access to clean drinking water when disaster strikes. (h/t to UrbanSurvivalSite.com) You also need water for your garden, doing the laundry, and dishwashing. Take the time to learn about these 10 different ways to purify water in both indoor and outdoor scenarios to avoid water shortages at home or in your bug-out location. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1553527347 3-24-19 This article was first published on World Water Day, 22 March 2018. Author’s Update, March 24, 2019: Today is World Water Day 2019 – and the situation has become much worse. Today, Jair Bolsonaro, is Brazil’s President, pushed in by Washington, a fascist with no respect for human life, as long as it is not his own, or that of his cronies, and even less respect for the environment, the beautiful planet earth which gives us all life.  Under his leadership, not only water is being privatized, but all of Amazonia is up for grabs -that’s what Bolsonaro says and wants to make sure the corporate thieves understand. Rain forest can indiscriminately logged and destroyed, water can be captured and privatized, by major water giants to the detriment of people -and ultimately of peoples’ lives. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1548349459 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1528473096 6-7-18   (Natural News) A new law in the Golden State that limits how much water can be used by families throughout the state is driving more people to throw up their hands in surrender and find other places to live. As if paying quadruple the national average for a crappy little hovel flat or apartment in most big cities wasn’t bad enough, now Gov. Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown and his band of merry Democratic lawmakers have made it impossible for most people to do laundry and take a shower on the same day. Not even kidding. Under the fiction of human-caused “climate change,” the new law empowers California nannies to monitor how many toilet flushes, baths/showers, and laundry sessions residents engage in. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1521138333 3-15-18 Miami (AFP) - The world's leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published Wednesday. "Widespread contamination" with plastic was found in the study, led by microplastic researcher Sherri Mason of the State University of New York at Fredonia, according to a summary released by Orb Media, a US-based non-profit media collective. Related SearchesBottled Water BrandsWater Bottle LabelsPlastic BottlesCustom Water BottlesNalgene Water Bottles Researchers tested 250 bottles of water in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Thailand and the United States. Plastic was identified in 93 percent of the samples, which included major name brands such as Aqua, Aquafina, Dasani, Evian, Nestle Pure Life and San Pellegrino. The plastic debris included nylon, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene, which is used to make bottle caps. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1520613460 3-7-18   Water that once coursed through city sewers may soon find new life coming out of your home faucet. New regulations approved Tuesday by the California State Water Resources Control Board allow treated recycled water to be added to reservoirs, the source of California municipal drinking water. The regulations specify the percentage of recycled water that can be added and how long it must reside there before being treated again at a surface water treatment facility and provided as drinking water, according to the Water Board. "This is a type of indirect potable use — it's not treated recycle water that goes directly to someone's house," said Miryam Barajas at the Water Board. "It's highly treated. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1518289714 Thursday, February 08, 2018 The people of Cape Town, South Africa are currently preparing for what many are now calling “Day Zero,” which the government warns could be the biggest tragedy to ever happen in a major city since World War II or the attacks on the World Trade Centers. But the threat that Cape Town currently faces has nothing to do with terrorism or violence of any kind; rather, it has to do with the city’s water supply, which is dangerously close to running dry. Water levels are decreasing at a rapid rate, and if this trend continues, then the city of Cape Town is prepared to declare Day Zero in less than three months. If this happens, then the taps inside of homes and businesses will be shut off, forcing millions of the city’s residents to wait in long lines for water rations. Looting and widespread chaos are inevitable, and city officials are already bracing for the impact that the situation will have on public health and social order. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1498841593 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1488050251 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1481738596 Dec. 13, 2016 (NaturalNews) We here at Natural News have regularly pointed out the hypocrisy and outright deception that encompasses media coverage and political discussion regarding so-called “global warming/climate change.” The issue is as phony as President Obama’s great economy and the recent fake news Washington Post report on “fake news.” One of the most outrageously false of all the false claims is the one regularly spewed by Left-wing warming alarmists up to and including President Obama is that “97 percent of scientists” believe humans are causing the planet to warm, a figure which forms a genuine “concensus” of “settled science.” The big problem with that claim is that it is based on incredibly skewed sampling. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1481392459 vw:  Dec. 2016  (Mach, 2016 ) What in the world is Barack Obama thinking?  At a time when the United States is facing the greatest water crisis that it has ever known, Obama is allowing water from the Great Lakes to be drained, bottled and shipped to China and other countries around the globe.  Right now, the Great Lakes hold approximately 21 percent of the total supply of fresh water in the entire world.  Considering the fact that global water supplies are becoming extremely tight, that is an invaluable resource.  One recent UN report projected that two-thirds of the people in the world will be dealing with “water stress” and 1. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1479836078 Nov. 22, 2016 The satellite images reveal the devastating impact of years of punishing drought on California's lakes The US Geological Survey (USGS) captured images over the course of a decade to show the changes Long dry spells have gripped the Southwest before, but future droughts could be hotter and more severe Experts predict between a 70% to 90% chance the region will experience a megadrought later this century  The Californian landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade, as waves of dry spells have hit the region. Now, a new set of images released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the devastating impact on the region over the past decade, with lakes shrinking and arid regions expanding. The series of satellite pictures, which capture water sources across the state 10 years apart, show how the region has been punished by drought.  SEE THE SLIDE PHOTOS HERE: http://www. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1478362117 Nov. 5, 2016   The 1972 Clean Water Act1 regulates discharges of pollutants into U.S. waterways and sets quality standards for surface waters. It was supposed to ensure clean water for swimming and fishing, yet after more than four decades of clean water regulations, our waterways are in serious jeopardy. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1478105957 Nov. 1, 2016 (NaturalNews) The 'global warming/climate change' charade is bad enough in that it is nothing more than a politically motivated "issue" used by globalists of all political stripes to gain more control over the world's population. But now it's costing some citizens scarce tax dollars. As reported by The Daily Caller, a top university in Britain has been caught stealing millions of taxpayer dollars from a federal budget that is chronically in the red just to produce phony global warming data. A global warming research center at the London School of Economics received millions of dollars (pounds) from UK taxpayers after taking credit for research it did not perform. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1478022910 Oct. 31, 2016 (NaturalNews) The federal bureaucracy and corresponding state agencies have never been much good at responding to crises in a timely fashion, and that tradition was alive and well during the recent toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In fact, according to a newly released watchdog report, Americans now know that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could have intervened in the crisis a full seven months before it finally did, meaning thousands of residents in Flint would have had to drink far less water tainted with lead. As reported by The Associated Press, the EPA's inspector general said that the agency had the authority and enough information to issue emergency orders to protect Flint residents from the lead-contaminated water they were drinking as early as June 2015, seven months before officials finally declared an emergency. Inspector General Arthur Elkins said in an interim report that the water crisis should have created "a greater sense of urgency" for the EPA to "intervene when the safety of drinking water is compromised. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1472747670 Aug. 29, 2016 Originally published in December 2013 The current Chairman and former CEO of Nestlé, the largest producer of food products in the world, believes that the answer to global water issues is privatization. This statement is on record from the wonderful company that has peddled junk food in the Amazon, has invested money to thwart the labeling of GMO-filled products, has a disturbing health and ethics record for its infant formula, and has deployed a cyber army to monitor Internet criticism and shape discussions in social media. This is apparently the company we should trust to manage our water, despite the record of large bottling companies like Nestlé having a track record of creating shortages: Large multinational beverage companies are usually given water-well privileges (and even tax breaks) over citizens because they create jobs, which is apparently more important to the local governments than water rights to other taxpaying citizens. These companies such as Coca Cola and Nestlé (which bottles suburban Michigan well-water and calls it Poland Spring) suck up millions of gallons of water, leaving the public to suffer with any shortages. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1472228711 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1471709160 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1469116317 July 21, 2016 (NaturalNews) Water is essential to all life on Earth. When it comes to humans, our bodies require water for virtually every biological process needed to stay alive. Playing a crucial part in the body's overall digestive system, water helps to flush out your kidneys and liver, and to rid your body of any previously ingested toxins. If water is such an essential tool in the removal of harmful substances, why would we ever want to contaminate it? Unknown to many, most tap water has been found to contain traces of a myriad of potentially harmful toxins, including antibiotics and heavy metals. According to the Global Healing Center, "There are more than 80 'regulated' contaminants and more unregulated toxins, like the rocket fuel component perchlorate which are present in most tap water. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1468945769 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1468852760 July 14k 2016 The Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in our Nation's History will soon be a topic of discussion. So, we're arming you with the facts. That way, you'll be prepared for the 11th Anniversary. For example, did you know that half of New Orleans is at or well above sea level? And did you know that spokespersons for the Army Corps of Engineers have not admitted responsibility for the flooding of New Orleans without also saying they were "forced" to build the system that failed? Please keep these facts at your fingertips:  http://levees.org/myth-busters-by-levees-org/ You'll need them. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1463853130 Published on May 16, 2016 VIEW THE VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpET4sy9rPc&feature=youtu.be text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1463766292 May 18, 2016 LOS ANGELES — California on Wednesday suspended its mandatory statewide 25 percent reduction in urban water use, telling local communities to set their own conservation standards after a relatively wet winter and a year of enormous savings in urban water use. The new rules are a sharp change in policy for a state struggling to manage one of the worst droughts in its history. They came after a winter in which El Niño storms fell short of what meteorologists projected — particularly in the southern part of the state — but still partly filled parched reservoirs in Northern California and, more critically, partly replenished the mountain snowpacks that provide water into the spring and summer. And Californians, responding to an executive order issued in April last year by Gov. Jerry Brown, reduced their use of potable urban water by 24 percent compared with 2013 levels. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1463160496 FW:  May 13, 2016 (NaturalNews) Many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly eroding as the nation transforms from the land of the free into the land of the enslaved, but what I'm about to share with you takes the assault on our freedoms to a whole new level. You may not be aware of this, but many Western states, including Utah, Washington and Colorado, have long outlawed individuals from collecting rainwater on their own properties because, according to officials, that rain belongs to someone else. As bizarre as it sounds, laws restricting property owners from "diverting" water that falls on their own homes and land have been on the books for quite some time in many Western states. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1462981481 May 9, 2015 Wyoming rancher Andy Johnson talks about his lawsuit against EPA, in news conference in Cheyenne (Photo courtesy Pacific Justice Foundation) A Wyoming rancher threatened by the Environmental Agency with $16 million fines for getting a state permit and building a stock pond on his ranch has reached a settlement that will have the fines go away and he’ll keep his stock pond. WND reported in 2015 on a lawsuit filed on behalf of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, rancher Andy Johnson by officialsl with the Pacific Legal Foundation seeking to vindicate his property rights. The lawsuit explained federal law clearly exempts stock ponds from the rules of the EPA, which had filed a compliance order against him threatening $37,500 in fines per day – which already at the time of the filing had passed $16 million. Now, officials the PLF has announced the federal government has agreed to resolve the case, and a federal court has approved. “Importantly, under the settlement, the Johnson family’s pond will remain; they won’t pay any fines; they don’t concede any federal jurisdiction to regulate their pond; and the government won’t pursue any further enforcement actions based on the pond’s construction,” the legal team revealed. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1461776752 April 21, 2016 Water Treatment Plant foreman, Matthew McFarland was found dead in his home on April 16 by a friend who went to visit him   Autopsy was conducted but did not determine immediate cause of death Authorities are waiting on toxicology report before releasing more details  McFarland's death comes after three men were charged in water crisis   Michael Glasgow, Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby charged Wednesday Trio are accused of falsifying testing data downplaying Flint water crisis Prysby an Busch are charged with misleading a federal health inspector Pair also implicated in lying about city using corrosion control on its pipes Charges are first to come from city water crisis, but more could follow      The death of a Water Treatment Plant foreman, who was found dead at his home on April 16 by a friend who went to visit him, comes amid charges against three men involved in the city's water crisis.  Flint Mayor Karen Weaver announced the sudden death of foreman, Matthew McFarland on Thursday. A friend discovered the 43-year-old's body when he went to visit him at his Otter Lake home last Saturday, according to MLive. His death comes as Flint's water plant deals with the attorney general's announcement of three men facing criminal charges in connection with the city's water crisis. The Lapeer County Sheriff's Department told MLive that there were no apparent signs of foul play and an autopsy conducted did not determine a cause of death. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1459012553 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1458142158 March 13, 2016 BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards today announced that the federal government declared a major disaster for the State of Louisiana. Following a tour of several parishes, Governor Edwards requested that President Barack Obama make the declaration. The initial federal declaration is for Bossier, Claiborne, Grant, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, and Webster Parishes. Additional parish declarations may be made as further damage assessments are conducted.  “I have traveled to every corner of the state to assess the damage of this flooding,” said Governor Edwards. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1457807474 March 11, 2016   So much rain has been dumped in the Ouachita River north of Monroe it has forced the river to flow backward at Sterlington, 25 miles north of the city. "There are some strange things happening with this storm that I've never seen before," said John Stringer, president of the Tensas Basin Levee District. Stringer said because of the volume of water surging above Monroe, "it has flattened out the slope of the river and the current is running in reverse at Sterlington." "Before you ask, no, I've never seen that before," Stringer said. RELATED: Focus shifts to watershed flooding in Ouachita Neither has Michael Sorrels, a hydraulic engineer with the U. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1455902296 Feb. 17, 2016 (NaturalNews) Here's the scoop, folks: I've just announced a non-profit nationwide initiative to test the water supplies from 100+ cities across America, exposing the LIES of the EPA in an effort to protect our children from the kind of lead poisoning that just happened in Flint, Michigan. (Click here to watch my video announcement on YouTube.) I need your help to gather the water samples! My lab in central Texas (see photos below) is ready to conduct all this testing and publish the results, bypassing the EPA and other corrupt government agencies that withhold this information from the people. We are engaged in a groundbreaking, history-making citizen science initiative to build a nationwide map of water quality, city by city, zip code by zip code, all without using a single dollar of taxpayer money. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1455900363 Feb. 18, 2016 (NaturalNews) In an extremely unsettling report by Reuters it seems that Michigan officials were actually aware of a serious problem with the water supply in the city of Flint but took measures to block an investigation into an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is said to be undertaking a full review of the way the water crisis was handled, which led to contaminated drinking water seriously poisoning 87 people – 10 of whom died. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1454433766 Jan. 30, 2015 John Whitaker, executive director of Midwest Food Bank, carries a case of water that was donated to Flint residents on January 27. CREDIT: AP Photo/Darron Cummings The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget decided to haul water coolers into the Flint state building in January of 2015 out of concern over the city’s water quality, a year before bottled water was being made available to residents, according to documents obtained by Progress Michigan. Flint switched its water source from Detroit to the Flint River in April 2014, which is now known to have caused lead to leach into the city’s tap water. After two boil advisories were issued in August and September of 2014, the city sent residents a notice that the level of trihalomethanes (TTHMs), which can cause liver and kidney problems, had exceed federal limits, although they were told that it was still fine to use the water and no corrective actions needed to be taken. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1453858001 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1453664071 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/water/news.php?q=1451584023 Dec. 30, 2015 Severe storms are causing historic flooding in Missouri and Illinois Nineteen levees on the Mississippi River are near overflowing; one has already failed in West Alton, Missouri Seventeen million people are under flood warnings with hundreds of homes threatened The governor of Missouri has declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard At least 20 deaths over several days in the region have been blamed on flooding Flooding is causing travel chaos in Missouri, where Interstate 44 remains closed in one direction   Up to 17 million people and hundreds of homes in Illinois and Missouri are under threat from a rare winter flood that has forced widespread evacuations, left 19 levees on the rising Mississippi River vulnerable and led to the partial closure of interstate highways As the swollen rivers and streams pushed to virtually unheard-of heights Tuesday, inmates were transferred out of an Illinois state prison threatened by flooding and Missouri's governor activated the National Guard to help divert traffic from submerged roads. Record flooding was projected in some Mississippi River towns after several days of torrential rain that also caused sewage to flow unfiltered into waterways.     A storm system that triggered deadly tornadoes and flooding in the U.S.