Bulk Water Company Plans to Export to India, East Asia and the Caribbean |
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‘Water has to come to the people,’ president of S2C Global tells Circle of Blue. |
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$US9.3 Billion Spent to Protect Watersheds in 2008, Report Says |
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A report by researchers at Ecosystem Marketplace is the first to catalogue the dollar value of payments to landowners for watershed protection. |
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Bottomless Precedent: BP Gulf Gusher Endemic to Global Oil Problem |
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Big spills and bigger damage to people and water resources around the globe. |
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India and Pakistan Dispute Water Use for Hydropower, Agriculture |
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India strives to redirect water, currently used for Pakistani agriculture, on the Kishanganga River for 330 megawatts. |
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Investment in Ecosystem Restoration Brings Water, Land Benefits, UNEP Report Says |
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Protecting natural capital provides significant benefits at a fraction of the cost of restoring a degraded ecosystems. |
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Infographic: Alaska to India Bulk Water Export Data |
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Sitka, Alaska to send millions of gallons of water to India, which will then be distributed in the Middle East. |
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Public Opinion on Bulk Water Sales Ranges From ‘Makes Sense’ to ‘Hell No!’ |
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Bulk water sales have succeeded and been banned around the world. |
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Sitka’s Resource Piggy Bank is Water |
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After a decade of unsuccessful attempts to sell bulk water, Sitka hopes to sell 50 million gallons by 2011. |
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Timeline: North American Bulk Water Sales |
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Bulk water has been attempted and banned around the world. Visualize the last decade of attempts in Sitka. |
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Remedies for Nitrate-Contaminated Water in California are Anything but Quick, Cheap |
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John and Rosenda Mataka never gave a thought to their tap water until 1995, when the city of Modesto took over the town of Grayson’s water supply wells and informed everyone that they had been drinking nitrate-contaminated water for over a decade. |
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The Himalayas With one-fifth of the world’s population relying on seasonal Himalayan melting, the disappearance of the Third Pole is already giving off warning signs.
Bottomless Precedent: Global Oil Problems Big spills and bigger damage to people and water resources around the globe
Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis Counting down the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis captured by a GlobeScan and SustainAbility poll.
Bulk Water Exports As demand for freshwater increases globally, a few companies and water-rich countries envision water shipped in large tankers.
Water + Climate It's evident - without water as part of the equation, there can be no long-term solution to climate change.
The Price of Water: A Comparison of Water Rates Across the country there is wide variation in use and price for water consumption in major urban areas.
Industrial Transformation in an Era of Water Scarcity Acute water shortages will change strategy, business operations.
Coal Ash: Toxic Water Dirty Legacy Contaminates Groundwater of an Indiana Town
Tracking the Asian Carp Asian carp have become the poster children of potential threats to the Great Lakes.
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Yunnan China: Water Crisis Yunnan Province is a microcosm of the challenges facing China's vulnerable freshwater supply.
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Patagonia's Hydropower Dilemma In Chile's Trackless Mountain Wilderness, A Clash Between Pristine Rivers and Hydropower Prospects.
The Biggest Dry: Australia The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation.
Niger Delta: War on Water Thousands Search for Fresh Water, Food in a Monumentally Contaminated War Zone
Water: The Top Global Priority International Circle of Blue | GlobeScan survey finds fresh water pollution, scarcity drive public concern.
