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News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events — BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, or Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophes in 2011 — but some events come with advance warning. Here is a preview of the water news to look for in 2012.
Read more ...As an energy boom, propelled by natural gas, continues to gather steam, mining and drilling companies square off with landowners around the globe over who has the right to resources that are located deep below ground.
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On Australia’s western coast, the city of Perth is in critical danger of depleting the water reserves held by its dams. In response, the government is pumping treated wastewater into the Gnangara Mound Aquifer.
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To feed water-hungry mining industries, similar plans are in the works to supply drought-ridden regions of Australia and China.
Read more ...Well-defined water rights, increasing demand and projections of scarcity are attracting investment funds from abroad.
Read more ...Storm runoff can result in a variety of problems, and its causes are just as numerous.
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