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Worst-Ever Power Outage Deepens Venezuela Water Insecurity

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March 18, 2019

When a nationwide power outage struck two weeks ago, parts of the country slipped into total chaos.

Is U.S. Groundwater Quality Getting Better or Worse? It’s Hard to Say

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March 14, 2019

Too little data so far for main national monitoring network.

HotSpots H2O: Drought, Violence Spread Hunger in Ethiopia

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March 11, 2019

A web of violence, past droughts, and current dry conditions is ensnaring Ethiopia in an ongoing food crisis.

Severe Drinking Water Contamination Surfaces After Brutal Camp Fire

March 6, 2019

California town’s water pipes fouled by benzene and other toxic compounds.

With Alternate Water Sources, Some Paradise Businesses Reopen

March 6, 2019

County health department requires trucked-in water for restaurants.

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Is U.S. Groundwater Quality Getting Better or Worse? It’s Hard to Say

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March 14, 2019

Too little data so far for main national monitoring network.

Severe Drinking Water Contamination Surfaces After Brutal Camp Fire

March 6, 2019

California town’s water pipes fouled by benzene and other toxic compounds.

With Alternate Water Sources, Some Paradise Businesses Reopen

March 6, 2019

County health department requires trucked-in water for restaurants.

Scenes From Paradise, Four Months After the Camp Fire

March 6, 2019

The Camp Fire was the most destructive in California's history. Recovery will take years.

‘It Will Probably Resemble a Military Operation’: Q&A with Andrew Whelton on Recovery of Paradise Water System

March 6, 2019

Andrew Whelton leads a Purdue University research team that is advising the town’s water utility.

New Jersey Said 10 Years Ago It Would Rank Its Most Contaminated Sites. It Never Did.

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February 28, 2019

For decades, New Jersey’s chemical plants, textile mills and metal factories helped power America. That came at a price.

Lake Erie's Bill Of Rights

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February 27, 2019

Toledo, Ohio, residents will vote on an unusual and controversial proposal to steward their water – by giving Lake Erie its own legal rights

Permian Oil Boom Uncorks Multibillion-Dollar Water Play

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February 15, 2019

Producing oil produces even more water. Getting rid of it is a large and expanding business.

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From Michigan to the Nation – A Groundwater Emergency

Furious and fearful, residents are asking a simple but urgent question: what’s in my water?
But PFAS are the tip of the spear for threats to groundwater in Michigan and nationally. Nitrates, industrial chemicals, and pathogens have been swept underground for decades — aquifers used as garbage cans. What else is in the groundwater? And what are the risks?

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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.

Daily Summary of Global Water News

A UN report warns that millions in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa could die prematurely if environmental protections are not improved. Hundreds fall ill in Malaysia after toxic waste is dumped into a river. Increased rainfall in Iraq leads to a larger-than-expected wheat crop. Cyclone Idai closes in on the coast of Mozambique. Water interruptions worsen in Manila, Philippines, prompting a government investigation. Read More

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

California Republicans aim to redirect federal funds for high-speed rail into water storage projects. FEMA only partially reimburses California for Oroville Dam repairs. The Trump administration orders rapid scientific review of California water proposal. The Army Corps approves a large copper mine in southeastern Arizona. New Mexico representatives introduce a bill to respond to PFAS groundwater contamination. A bipartisan House bill authorizes $23.5 billion over five years for wastewater infrastructure. The GAO updates its list of federal programs with a high risk of waste, fraud, and mismanagement, a list that includes environmental cleanup, flood insurance, and climate risk. American and Canadian negotiators meet to discuss the Columbia River Treaty. And lastly, the Energy Department offers a prize for wave-powered desalination. 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.

Worst-Ever Power Outage Deepens Venezuela Water Insecurity

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March 18, 2019

When a nationwide power outage struck two weeks ago, parts of the country slipped into total chaos.

HotSpots H2O: Drought, Violence Spread Hunger in Ethiopia

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March 11, 2019

A web of violence, past droughts, and current dry conditions is ensnaring Ethiopia in an ongoing food crisis.

HotSpots H2O: Suicide Bombing Sours India-Pakistan Water Relations

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March 4, 2019

A suicide bombing in Kashmir has resulted in another setback in India-Pakistan water relations.

HotSpots H2O: Humanitarian and Political Crisis Roils Venezuela

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February 25, 2019

Some 3.4 million Venezuelans have fled their country amid a political crisis that is crippling healthcare service, nutrition, and sanitation in the region.

What’s Up With Water – March 11, 2019

This week’s edition of What’s Up With Water includes stories on:

– Water quality concerns in Greece

– Poisoned pipelines in Paradise, California

– How a suicide bombing in Kashmir caused another setback in India-Pakistan water relations

– How population growth and climate change are threatening the long-term sustainability of water basins in the U.S.

– In New Zealand’s, the Environment Ministry says that two-thirds of the country’s rivers are now unfit for swimming due to contamination

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How the world responds to water challenges in the next months and years will have effects for generations.

Delhi is thirsty, even parched. As the 3rd largest population center in the world, its 25 million people need water, and lots of it, to survive. It’s clear that how India responds in the next months and years will have effects for generations. How will it mange the intensifying competition between water, food and energy in a changing climate?

It’s clear that getting enough water day-by-day is foremost on people’s minds. When the challenge is so great and children so thirsty, people often take their water sources into their own hands. Some entrepreneurs bring water by tank pulled by a tractor, and sell at an inflated rate. Others drill their own unsanctioned wells, some even in the middle of the street.

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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.

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Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group

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Hon. Jane Harmon, President, Wilson Center

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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