Drinking water

26 articles / 12h

5 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.

26 items in the last 12 hours. Google News caps the feed, so this is recent velocity, not total volume. Need 9 points for a level baseline (have 1). No alert from this indicator.

Google News items in the last 12 hours about boil-water advisories, do-not-drink orders, water outages or contamination. Utilities post these on their own sites, and there is no national feed. Source: Google News, observed 2026-10-30 17:30 MDT.

1. 10-30 15:30Some Upper Saucon Township residents under boil-water advisory after water main break - WFMZ.comWFMZ.com
2. 10-30 15:26Scituate issues boil-water order that might last days - The Patriot LedgerThe Patriot Ledger
3. 10-30 15:25Boil water order issued for portions of Lead Hill Waterworks - KTLOKTLO
4. 10-30 15:12Some Upper Saucon Township residents under boil-water advisory after water main break - WFMZ.comWFMZ.com
5. 10-30 14:58Scituate issues boil-water order after bacteria found - The Patriot LedgerThe Patriot Ledger
6. 10-30 14:36Boil-water advisory lifted in Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., after nearly 9 months - Yahoo News CanadaYahoo News Canada
7. 10-30 14:22Boil water order issued in Scituate after E. coli detected - WCVBWCVB
8. 10-30 14:17Boil water advisory issued for Scituate after E. coli detected in water sample - Boston 25 NewsBoston 25 News

3 articles / 12h

5 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.

3 items in the last 12 hours. Google News caps the feed, so this is recent velocity, not total volume. Need 9 points for a level baseline (have 1). No alert from this indicator.

Google News items in the last 12 hours about bottled water selling out, purchase limits, empty shelves or emergency water handouts. There is no public shelf-stock feed. Source: Google News, observed 2026-10-30 17:30 MDT.

1. 10-30 15:10My people in Uciwai don't have water– Dutt calls for basic services before Constitution changes - FijivillageFijivillage
2. 10-30 07:59Where to buy the government’s emergency kit as demand for radios and torches surges - London Evening StandardLondon Evening Standard
3. 10-30 07:25Costco 'chaos' as panic buying shoppers stockpile water and toilet roll after 'survival kit' warning - The MirrorThe Mirror
4. 10-30 05:02The everyday items Britons are panic buying after government call to stockpile - The IndependentThe Independent
5. 10-30 03:50High and dry: Inside St Giles, where Joburg’s water crisis became a dignity crisis - News24News24
6. 10-30 03:05Calls grow for households to stockpile food and water - 'one item a week' - AOL.co.ukAOL.co.uk
7. 10-30 01:13UK households urged to prepare for emergencies and ‘attacks’. Here’s what to buy - The IndependentThe Independent
8. 10-29 22:46CWM Hospital patients can expect improved water supply as upgrade nears completion - FijivillageFijivillage

13.53 % of area

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13.5% of the home state is in extreme or exceptional drought (D3-D4) on the map of 2026-10-27, and 51.1% in severe drought or worse. Drought builds over months, so this is context for water supply, not a fast alarm.

Fixed thresholds: amber at 50, red at 80. Status green.

Share of the home state in extreme or exceptional drought (D3-D4), from the weekly US Drought Monitor. Drought builds over months and decides reservoir and well levels. Amber at 50% of the state, red at 80%: 2020-2022 reached both, and 2018 peaked at 47%. Source: US Drought Monitor, observed 2026-10-27 12:00 MDT.

• Home state, extreme or worse13.5% · D4 exceptional 0.0%, map of 2026-10-27
• Home state, severe or worse51.1%
• Lower 48, extreme or worse9.4%