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The Thirst for Safe Water Part #4: Mississippi Drinking Water: Epic Danger

It’s part of Pittsburgh and Denver. It stretches from Alberta to New Orleans. It’s the Mississippi watershed–one of the world’s great river systems–that drains more than a million square miles of forests, farmland and cities in North America. The Mississippi watershed is home for a great variety of wildlife and a key waterway for shipping. […]