Some utilities in cities like Milwaukee and Washington, D.C., are selling biosolids from wastewater treatment to fund water infrastructure improvements; in other places, private water companies are buying out smaller, struggling public water companies.
The report suggests that many more people are struggling for water, either because there is not enough fresh water in the area or there is no infrastructure to provide access.
These countries are already struggling with water scarcity and will continue face similar levels of water crisis through 2040.
Among those cuts is the proposed elimination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's $498 million water and wastewater loan and grant program, which helps struggling rural water utilities fix their infrastructure systems.
Hotels are rationing water to their guests, and the small manufacturing sector is struggling without water for cooling and cleaning.
An adorable and widely disseminated YouTube clip that appeared to show a pig rescuing a goat struggling in water was, in fact, carefully staged, Dave Itzkoff reports.
Eleven schools had sent children home because of the flooding and motorists were struggling with water on roads, the BBC reported.
Struggling in water far above his head, Mr. Clow floated on a cooler in which he had stuffed two kittens, some cigarettes and a stash of beer.
Watch Cut-Off, Viceland's visit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to two remote First Nations communities struggling with water access and suicide.
China and Tibet are are not alone: any number of regions, from Israel to Mexico to the United States to Peru to Sub-Saharan Africa, are struggling with water scarcity.
