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HotSpots H2O: Water Scarcity in Palestinian Territories Puts Farming at Risk

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November 30, 2020
Water scarcity in occupied Palestinian territories continues…
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As Water Backs Up, an Asset in Michigan Becomes a Liability

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November 24, 2020
A drainage dispute roils Jackson County’s prized attraction…
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HotSpots H2O: Months of Flooding and Violence Force South Sudanese from Their Homes

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November 23, 2020
Nearly a half million people have been displaced due to abnormally heavy rainfall and flooding in South Sudan this year.
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As Global Poverty Rises, USAID Plans for Covid-Altered World

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November 20, 2020
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As Great Lakes Pummel Michigan, Beach Towns Rush to Set Development Rules

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As Water Backs Up, an Asset in Michigan Becomes a Liability

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As Global Poverty Rises, USAID Plans for Covid-Altered World

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As Great Lakes Pummel Michigan, Beach Towns Rush to Set Development Rules

November 18, 2020
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North Carolina Panel Designates Financially Distressed Water and Sewer Systems

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November 18, 2020
North Carolina officials took a decisive step in a years-long process to identify financially struggling water and sewer providers and assist them in a transition toward financial stability and reliable service.
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Michigan Governor Whitmer Orders Enbridge Line 5 Shutdown, Citing Easement Violations

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November 13, 2020
Following a review that found the Line 5 pipeline is putting the Great Lakes at risk, Michigan ordered Enbridge Energy to shut down the pipeline by May.
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Overlooked Army Corps Rulemaking Would Shrink Federal Stream Protections

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November 12, 2020
Conservation groups and state regulators are alarmed by proposed changes to nationwide permits that authorize construction across streams and wetlands.
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California Water Board Collects Data on Household Water Debt, Utility Finances

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November 10, 2020
More people are behind on their water bills because of the pandemic. State regulators in California want to know how many and how far behind.
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2020 Election Recap: Florida County Overwhelmingly Supports Granting Legal Rights to Rivers

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November 4, 2020
Voters approved water-related measures in several states.
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What’s Up With Water – November 30, 2020

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

  • The United Nations launched a new fund last week, hoping to raise $2 billion over the next five years to address sanitation-related health crises around the world.
  • In a separate report, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization highlighted the risk of water scarcity for the world’s farmers. The report estimates that over a billion people live in agricultural areas with major constraints on water resources.
  • In the United States, the Canadian energy company Enbridge is suing the state of Michigan over what the company calls “illegal actions” by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
  • Enbridge is at the center of another oil pipeline decision in the Upper Midwest. Reuters reports that last week the company got a permit from federal regulators to replace its Line 3 pipeline, which runs from Alberta, Canada to refineries in the Midwest.

This week Circle of Blue reports on how the U.S. government’s foreign aid agency is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Circle of Blue · What's Up WIth Water 11.30.20

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Water Debt

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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.

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Water, Texas

The story of Texas is the state’s devout allegiance to the principle that mankind has dominion over nature. In 2020, the pandemic, climate disruption, and ever-present challenges with water supply and use are writing a much different story of vulnerability to nature’s bullying, and to government’s uncertain capacity to adjust.

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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.

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Legionnaires’ disease is the deadliest waterborne-illness in the United States

Present in the natural environment, the Legionella bacteria flourish in building plumbing systems. Reported cases of the pneumonia-like disease, spread by inhaling droplets contaminated with the bacteria, are rapidly rising, up five-fold since 2000.

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Australia approves a project that will drill over 800 wells in a forest in New South Wales. A Canadian oil pipeline is approved for replacement in the United States. A new government program in Kenya aims to increase access to drinking water and restore biodiversity. Subglacial lakes in Antarctica could provide a glimpse into how ocean life flourishes, a new study finds. Chicago puts forth a plan to provide the nearby city of Joliet with water from Lake Michigan. Read More

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A National Intelligence Council memo finds water risks giving rise to economic stress and political instability. The Army Corps denies a permit for a mine in the headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay. The Army Corps also grants a permit for replacing an oil pipeline in northern Minnesota and withdraws from a project to deepen a shipping channel for oil tankers through San Francisco Bay. A FEMA report highlights the importance of building codes in reducing property damage from natural hazards. USAID contributes to a dioxin cleanup in Vietnam. The National Drinking Water Advisory Council will hold a public meeting this week. And lastly, President-elect Joe Biden names a climate envoy and says a climate policy coordinator will be forthcoming. Read 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: Water Scarcity in Palestinian Territories Puts Farming at Risk

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November 30, 2020
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HotSpots H2O: Months of Flooding and Violence Force South Sudanese from Their Homes

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November 23, 2020
Nearly a half million people have been displaced due to abnormally heavy rainfall and flooding in South Sudan this year.
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HotSpots H2O: In a Year of Unrelenting Floods, Yet Another Storm Hits Central Vietnam

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November 16, 2020
After months of intense storms and flooding, Tropical storm Etau is the twelfth to hit the country this year and the eighth in the past month.
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HotSpots H2O: Water Systems in Eastern Ukraine Deteriorate as Conflict Continues

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November 9, 2020
Frontline communities in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia lack access to clean drinking water and sanitation.
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