DoomsdaysCWOct 25, 2024

Nevada jury hands $5.2 billion verdict against Vegas company in #BottledWater liver damage lawsuit

Updated 3:25 PM EDT, October 24, 2024

"Juries have previously delivered separate verdicts against the company, awarding plaintiffs almost $3.1 billion in June,$130 million in February and $228 million in October 2023. Juries have been told that tests found #RealWater contained #hydrazine, a chemical used in #RocketFuel that may have been introduced during treatment before bottling."

https://apnews.com/article/bottled-water-lawsuit-vegas-jury-award-liver-aa005d843c180dfd1af66d3cddbbf6b1

#BigWater #WaterIsLife #AffinityLifestyles

Nevada jury hands $5.2 billion verdict against Vegas company in bottled water liver damage lawsuit

A jury in Nevada has delivered a $5.2 billion award in the latest large-sum civil lawsuit against a former Las Vegas-based bottled water company found responsible for causing liver damage in customers in 2021. The verdict came Wednesday in the negligence and product liability trial of AffinityLifestyles.com and its Real Water brand. Attorney Will Kemp, representing several plaintiffs in this and other cases, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the company has filed for bankruptcy. The company was headed by Brent Jones, a Republican Nevada state Assembly member from 2016 to 2018. Jones and attorneys for the company didn't respond to emails seeking comment. Other juries have delivered verdicts totaling almost $3.4 billion in three previous trials against the company.

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BlueNewsJun 9, 2024
Planning for India's Rural Drinking Water in the Jal Jeevan Mission Era
Rural drinking water sector in #India is undergoing rapid changes driven by a $45-billion nationwide program called the #JalJeevanMissionLearn more about it below & read the #REALWater report: https://globalwaters.org/resources/assets/planning-indias-rural-drinking-water-jal-jeevan-mission-era…
@USAIDWater @Aquaya @atree_org @safewaternet @RuralwaterKNUST RWSN @RuralWaterNet
BlueNewsApr 13, 2024
Check out Uganda's Institutional Framework for Water Supply, a report developed by #REALwater that provides a detailed overview of
🔹Legal framework
🔹Water and environmental policies
🔹Water infrastructure, management, tariffs, monitoring
👉https://globalwaters.org/resources/assets/uganda-institutional-framework-water-supply by RWSN @RuralWaterNet
Uganda Institutional Framework for Water Supply

Uganda is a young, fast-growing, and rapidly urbanizing country: 45 percent of the population is under 15, the urbanization rate is 5.6 percent per annum, and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2021 was $884. The country’s Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.525, ranking 166th among 191 countries.  The 1995 Constitution defines clean and safe water as a fundamental right for all Ugandans and divides responsibilities for water service provision between the national government and the 146 district local governments. 

Uganda Institutional Framework for Water Supply | Globalwaters.org
BlueNewsMar 29, 2024
RWSN @RuralWaterNet
📖 🚰 Did you miss the #REALwater report on Technological Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings?
Learn more about #solarpumps, community-scale #disinfection, membrane #filtration, #reverseosmosis, and more here: https://globalwaters.org/resources/assets/technological-innovations-rural-water-supply-low-resource-settings
Technological Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings

CHALLENGE Rural areas pose special challenges for water supply, as homes may be too few or too dispersed to justify the cost of installing underground pipes from a high-quality water supply source or a centralized drinking water treatment facility. As of 2020, the majority of people lacking even basic water services (i.e., water from a protected source requiring no more than 30 minutes to collect) lived in rural areas. REPORT OBJECTIVES

Technological Innovations for Rural Water Supply in Low-Resource Settings | Globalwaters.org
BlueNewsDec 28, 2023
Aquaya @Aquaya
💧🛖 What are the emerging trends in rural water management?
📑 This #REALWater report blends a review of emerging trends in rural water services delivery, focusing on 12 countries.
▶️: https://ow.ly/Lt0X50Qj266
Emerging Trends in Rural Water Management

This report, developed by USAID’s REAL-Water initiative, synthesizes a desk review of emerging trends in rural water services delivery, with a focus on 12 countries (Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, the Philippines, Uganda, and Zambia), drawn from the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) 2021 list of high-priority, priority, and strategically aligned countries.

Emerging Trends in Rural Water Management | Globalwaters.org