The US president tells Michigan city to check its children for lead poisoning.

Many areas in Ethiopia lack standard sanitation facilities.

Half of Americans are not confident about the safety of their drinking water, a poll finds.

An activist says the Gaza Strip remains in tatters as the international community overlooks the humanitarian situation there.

Residents in the US city of Flint in the state of Michigan are still suffering from contaminated water.

Water shortage in Gaza strip has become more catastrophic after three wars and an eight-year Israeli blockade.

A new study by U-S scientists shows that almost two million people in California and the Midwest live on aquifer sites with high uranium levels. The study was conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It revealed that uranium concentration in the Midwest measured up to 89 times higher than the standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. California aquifers proved to be even more contaminated, with 180 times the maximum contaminant level. The two aquifers provide drinking water to almost 6 million people and one sixth of the U-S cropland.

Scientists have invented a book with pull-out pages which can be used to filter contaminated water.

A UK-based mining giant in Zambia is polluting drinking water to catastrophic levels, prompting legal action by Zambians affected by toxic leaks.

While the world marks the international Water Day, water pollution in the Gaza Strip has reached extremely dangerous levels. The Israeli blockade and military attacks on Palestinian territory's infrastructure have contributed to the deterioration of water quality there. Our correspondent Ashraf Shannon has filed us this report from Gaza.