# Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-19T05:00:20+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/19/tap-water-no-longer-drinkable-norwegian-town-climate-related-thawing-heavy-metals-arctic-longyearbyen-svalbard
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/tap-water-no-longer-drinkable-in-norwegian-town-as-climate-related-tha-7c0704/

Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the world Residents of a remote town in Norway that is in one of the fastest-warming places in the world have been told they must no longer drink tap water due to heavy metal contamination that scientists have linked to the thawing permafrost. Longyearbyen, in t

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