Latest Fact-checks in Water Michelle Wolf stated on April 29, 2018 in a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner: "Flint still doesn’t have clean water." Kevin McCarthy stated on July 12, 2017 in a speech on the House floor: "While California’s population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven’t completed a single major (water) storage project in that time." Matt Damon stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank: Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water." Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release: "The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville." Brahma Chellaney stated on December 28, 2016 in a website op-ed: "Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica." Michael Moore stated on November 11, 2016 in remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned." Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas." Bernie Sanders stated on June 1, 2016 in a news conference: "There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water." Dianne Feinstein stated on April 3, 2016 in a newspaper Q&A: California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people." Gwen Moore stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing: Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner. Ted Cruz stated on March 30, 2016 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee: "The EPA has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations." Bernie Sanders stated on March 6, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.: "(Flint, Mich., is) paying three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vt., for clean water." Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower." Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech: To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle." Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release: Replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day. Athens Banner-Herald stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report: Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew. Sharlene Leurig stated on February 9, 2015 in an Austin City Council workshop: "Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water." Sid Miller stated on March 10, 2015 in a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune: Texas agriculture is "at 98 percent efficiency" in water use and "just about maxed out as to what we can do on the conservation end of it." Sid Miller stated on March 10, 2015 in a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune: "We have towns in West Texas that are out of water, that are having to truck in water." Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better." Jesse Ventura stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!" Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: "We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise" in the Miami area and "hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs." Joe Garcia stated on September 5, 2014 in a web ad: Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water." Austin Water Utility stated on May 27, 2014 in as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story: Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use. Matt Damon stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation." Robert Puente stated on September 20, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion: San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used." City of Austin stated on November 6, 2013 in a press release: "Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls." Friends of Clearwater PAC stated on October 21, 2013 in a flier: Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods." Independent Texans stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6: $6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."
Michelle Wolf stated on April 29, 2018 in a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner: "Flint still doesn’t have clean water." Kevin McCarthy stated on July 12, 2017 in a speech on the House floor: "While California’s population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven’t completed a single major (water) storage project in that time." Matt Damon stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank: Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water." Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release: "The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville." Brahma Chellaney stated on December 28, 2016 in a website op-ed: "Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica." Michael Moore stated on November 11, 2016 in remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned." Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas." Bernie Sanders stated on June 1, 2016 in a news conference: "There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water." Dianne Feinstein stated on April 3, 2016 in a newspaper Q&A: California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people." Gwen Moore stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing: Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner. Ted Cruz stated on March 30, 2016 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee: "The EPA has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations." Bernie Sanders stated on March 6, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.: "(Flint, Mich., is) paying three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vt., for clean water." Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower." Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech: To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle." Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release: Replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day. Athens Banner-Herald stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report: Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew. Sharlene Leurig stated on February 9, 2015 in an Austin City Council workshop: "Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water." Sid Miller stated on March 10, 2015 in a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune: Texas agriculture is "at 98 percent efficiency" in water use and "just about maxed out as to what we can do on the conservation end of it." Sid Miller stated on March 10, 2015 in a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune: "We have towns in West Texas that are out of water, that are having to truck in water." Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better." Jesse Ventura stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!" Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: "We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise" in the Miami area and "hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs." Joe Garcia stated on September 5, 2014 in a web ad: Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water." Austin Water Utility stated on May 27, 2014 in as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story: Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use. Matt Damon stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation." Robert Puente stated on September 20, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion: San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used." City of Austin stated on November 6, 2013 in a press release: "Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls." Friends of Clearwater PAC stated on October 21, 2013 in a flier: Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods." Independent Texans stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6: $6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."
Michelle Wolf stated on April 29, 2018 in a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner: "Flint still doesn’t have clean water."
Kevin McCarthy stated on July 12, 2017 in a speech on the House floor: "While California’s population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven’t completed a single major (water) storage project in that time."
Matt Damon stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank: Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."
Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release: "The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."
Brahma Chellaney stated on December 28, 2016 in a website op-ed: "Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica."
Michael Moore stated on November 11, 2016 in remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned."
Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Bernie Sanders stated on June 1, 2016 in a news conference: "There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."
Dianne Feinstein stated on April 3, 2016 in a newspaper Q&A: California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people."
Gwen Moore stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing: Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.
Ted Cruz stated on March 30, 2016 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee: "The EPA has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations."
Bernie Sanders stated on March 6, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.: "(Flint, Mich., is) paying three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vt., for clean water."
Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower."
Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech: To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."
Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release: Replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day.
Athens Banner-Herald stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report: Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.
Sharlene Leurig stated on February 9, 2015 in an Austin City Council workshop: "Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."
Sid Miller stated on March 10, 2015 in a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune: Texas agriculture is "at 98 percent efficiency" in water use and "just about maxed out as to what we can do on the conservation end of it."
Sid Miller stated on March 10, 2015 in a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune: "We have towns in West Texas that are out of water, that are having to truck in water."
Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better."
Jesse Ventura stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!"
Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: "We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise" in the Miami area and "hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs."
Joe Garcia stated on September 5, 2014 in a web ad: Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates."
Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water."
Austin Water Utility stated on May 27, 2014 in as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story: Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use.
Matt Damon stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation."
Robert Puente stated on September 20, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion: San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used."
City of Austin stated on November 6, 2013 in a press release: "Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls."
Friends of Clearwater PAC stated on October 21, 2013 in a flier: Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods."
Independent Texans stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6: $6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."