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Uniting classic journalism and data literacy, Circle of Blue informs global audiences about the growing competition between water, food, and energy in a changing climate.

Breaking Water News

Drought, The Everything Disaster

June 24, 2021
When water stops flowing, painful days are at hand.
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As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing

June 17, 2021
Government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for difficult months ahead.
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Feds Release First Slice of Water Bill Assistance Funds

June 9, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services released $166.6 million in federal funds for the new, Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP).
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Michigan’s Climate-Ready Future: Wetland Parks, Less Cement, Roomy Shores

June 9, 2021
As climate change alters our world, Michigan’s bounty of fresh water could be the foundation of a thriving state economy and superior quality of life.
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Marine Blooms of Harmful Algae Increasing in Europe, Much of the Americas

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Drought, The Everything Disaster

June 24, 2021
When water stops flowing, painful days are at hand.
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As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing

June 17, 2021
Government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for difficult months ahead.
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Feds Release First Slice of Water Bill Assistance Funds

June 9, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services released $166.6 million in federal funds for the new, Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP).
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Michigan’s Climate-Ready Future: Wetland Parks, Less Cement, Roomy Shores

June 9, 2021
As climate change alters our world, Michigan’s bounty of fresh water could be the foundation of a thriving state economy and superior quality of life.
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Marine Blooms of Harmful Algae Increasing in Europe, Much of the Americas

June 8, 2021
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Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

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The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking

May 25, 2021
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Congress’s Stealth Water Infrastructure Deal

May 20, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act allocated $350 billion to states, tribes, and local governments. Some of that money is available for upgrading water systems.
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In Alaska, Climate Research Struggles to Incorporate Indigenous Knowledge

May 19, 2021
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Green Infrastructure: Cities Around the Great Lakes Plan for a Changing Future

May 18, 2021
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Innovative Partnerships and Exchanges are Securing the Gila River Indian Community’s Water Future

May 13, 2021
The Gila River Indian Community is restoring its “lifeblood” back through innovative partnerships and water exchanges.
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Great Lakes Water Diversions Could Be More Numerous

May 12, 2021
Should Michiganders be worried?
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More WaterNews

What’s Up With Water – June 21, 2021

Featured coverage from this week’s episode of What’s Up With Water looks at:

  • In the Middle East and North Africa, leaders of Arab countries have taken steps on a controversial dam project in the Nile basin.
  • In research news, a new study is sounding the alarm on groundwater depletion in Iran.
  • In the United States, drinking water supplies for more than 500,000 Iowa residents are at risk from drought and toxic algal blooms.

This week, Circle of Blue reports on how the drought in California is threatening to dry up drinking water wells in rural areas.

Circle of Blue · What's Up With Water - 6.21.21

Special Features

Ready Or Not

The Great Lakes region is frequently touted as one of the most climate-resilient places in the U.S., in no small part because of its enviable water resources. But climate change also threatens water quality, availability, and aging water infrastructure by exposing existing vulnerabilities and creating new ones.

Read The Full Series Here

Water Debt

Circle of Blue Investigates
Most Americans give little thought to their water bills, paying them on time and in full. But for a subset of people in this country, water debt is a constant and menacing presence in their lives. Circle of Blue investigated the scale of customer water debt burdens in large U.S. cities.

Read The Full Series Here

WaterPoint: How Communities Deal With an Evolving Pandemic in an Era of Dwindling Water

A pillar of improvements in human health in the last century, water, sanitation, and hygiene are also a foundation of the world’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Read The Full Series Here

Daily Summary of Global Water News

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In the United States, a major reservoir in Southern California could save locals from water restrictions, while low water on the Mississippi River are creating obstacles for barges. A U.S. senator has blocked vital funding from going to Palestinians to restore water resources and roads. Arsenic is contaminating water supplies in communities across India. Two U.S. congressional representatives are calling for an investigation into a Canadian company’s oil and gas explorations on a major delta in southern Africa. Agricultural contamination is polluting waters in Brazil’s largest wetland. Read More

Weekly Digest of U.S. Water Policy and Trends.

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  • The administrative preparations for the country’s largest dam removal clear another hurdle.
  • The EPA delays the effective date of the Lead and Copper Rule revisions.
  • A House subcommittee approves bills related to household water debt and PFAS contamination.
  • Federal energy regulators will undertake a new environmental assessment of the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline.
  • The Senate confirms Radhika Fox to lead the EPA Office of Water.

And lastly, NOAA scientists forecast a smaller-than-average Gulf of Mexico dead zone. Ready more

HotSpots H2O examines regions and populations that are most at risk from water-related unrest and conflict. It reveals the challenges individuals confront — and the solutions they discover — as they face the greatest challenge of the 21st century: water.

HotSpots H2O: Longstanding Drought in Iran Begets Farmer Protests, Power Outages, and Widespread Water Rationing

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June 21, 2021
Lack of water is one of Iran’s biggest environmental and social risks.
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HotSpots H2O: Farmer-Herder Violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Persists, a Consequence of Drought and Climate Change

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June 14, 2021
Conflict in Nigeria's central state is a consequence of extreme heat and worsening droughts, byproducts of climate change.
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HotSpots H2O: The Toto, One of the World’s Smallest Ethnic Groups, Face Water Shortages Along the India-Bhutan Border

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June 7, 2021
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HotSpots H2O: When War Destroys Water Systems, Children Suffer the Most

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June 1, 2021
When water and sanitation networks are destroyed during armed conflict, children are harmed the most, according to a UN agency report.
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How the world responds to water challenges in the next months and years will have effects for generations.

ChokePoint:

The conflicting demand for water, food, and energy is the defining challenge of our century. Global Choke Point, a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center, explores the peril and promise with frontline reporting, data, and policy expertise.

No one is better positioned to deliver groundbreaking knowledge on the critical resource of global water than Circle of Blue.

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The combining of journalism, science, data, design and convening power is an innovative model that works.

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To respond to the world’s greatest, most urgent challenges, we need trusted information, clear context, and solutions-focused dialogue. Circle of Blue cuts through the complexities of global development. Through knowledge and informed action, we can make a better future.

Henrik Skovby, Executive Chairman, Dalberg Group

I am happy that this meeting is taking place, for it represents yet another stage in the joint commitment of various institutions to raising consciousness about the need to protect water as a treasure belonging to everyone, mindful too of its cultural and religious significance.

Pope Francis
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