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JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on January 12, 2025 a Fox News interview:
“Some of these (California) reservoirs have been dry for 15, 20 years."
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • January 17, 2025
More Perfect Union
More Perfect Union
stated on January 8, 2025 an Instagram post:
“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 14, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 5, 2023 a podcast:
Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.
False
By Grace Abels, Jill Terreri Ramos, Luiz Romero • June 28, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 3, 2023 a Facebook post:
Boiling tap water causes fluoride in the water to be “more toxic.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • June 6, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2023 a Facebook post:
“The best type” of drinking water is H3O2, from fruits, “a more structured form of water.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 20, 2023 a TikTok post:
The World Economic Forum and the United Nations have “ordered world governments to ration people’s water supply.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 3, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2023 a video on Facebook:
Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because “chlorine is a poison.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 28, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 an Instagram post:
“NASA stopped exploring the ocean.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 30, 2023
Lindsay Cross
Lindsay Cross
stated on January 3, 2023 a press release:
"Florida's water is dirtier and sicker than when Gov. DeSantis first took office."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • January 13, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2022 a speech:
"They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 a post:
"$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure."
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 6, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2022 an Instagram video:
There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • September 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2022 a Facebook post:
“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • July 19, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 15, 2021 a post:
Two forms of fluoride in our drinking water “are so toxic that the CDC clearly labels these chemicals extremely toxic in both animals and humans."
False
By Monique Curet • October 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2021 a Facebook post:
Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on April 13, 2021 a TV interview:
“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 18, 2021
Scott Manley
Scott Manley
stated on January 31, 2021 TV interview:
“Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water
False
By Laura Schulte • February 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2020 a Facebook post:
"Starting Jan. 1 California residents can’t take shower, do laundry, poop in toilet and flush on same day."
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2020
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on November 20, 2019 news release:
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI." 
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on December 15, 2019 an interview with the Atlantic:
Says the Potomac River "has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • December 18, 2019
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Improve water quality
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Fully fund federal contribution to the preservation of the Everglades
Federal Everglades funding on track | August 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Encourage water-conservation efforts in the West
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Increase funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
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