Entries by Circle of Blue

Margaret Catley-Carlson: Talking Water at the World Economic Forum

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Margaret Catley-Carlson is chairperson of Global Water Partnership, a working partnership among formed in 1996 by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. From the U.N. Global Compact to what you can do, Catley-Carlson talks all things water at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Margaret Catley-Carlson: […]

John Elkington: Talking Water and SustainAbility at the World Economic Forum

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John Elkington, founder and chief entrepreneur of SustainAbility, the London-based think tank, and co-author, The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World. Elkington puts water into the business context at the World Economic Forum, Davos, SwitzerlandJ. Carl Ganter – Circle of Blue: With last count nine sessions touching on […]

Polluted River Runs Red in China

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A pollution spill on a branch of the Yangtze River has affected water supply for 200,000 people in central China’s Hubei Province, according to local authorities.The serious pollution on the Hanjiang River has affected residents along its three tributaries, namely the Xinglong, Tianguan and Dongjing rivers, local environmental and water company sources said. Read more […]

Water Shortage Hits Seyone

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Residents of forty-five compounds at Seyone village in the Marakissa Ward, in the Kombo Central District of the Western Region, have currently witnessed water shortage. Read more here. Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/

Drought leaves 250,000 short of drinking water in north China

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About 250,000 people in north China’s Hebei Province, which neighbors Beijing, face drinking water shortages as a severe winter drought lingers, government authorities said on Monday. Read more here. Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/

Clean Water = Votes

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Resolve the water issue once and for all if you want my vote, said Au Jin Hing, a resident of Taman Sungai Besi Indah. Read more here. Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/

Perfectly good water down the drain…

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Day-in and day-out we take drinking water and hose down our driveways and our grass, etc. We could just as easily sweep the driveway and change out our plants so they are ocean friendly and zone appropriate. But we don’t. Instead we take water that is clean enough to drink and hose it down the driveway. Read […]

Investing in the future of water in rural China

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China has allocated 38 billion yuan (5.3 billion U.S. dollars) for water infrastructure this year, an increase of 11.8 percent on the financial input for 2007, Chen Lei, Water Resources minister said on Thursday. Read more here. Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/

Good water could come in (and thanks to) very small packages

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Cleaner drinking water at a fraction of today’s costs may now be possible with a promising new filter based on nanotechnology. Read more here. Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/

Water or Coke?

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When it comes to beating your thirst, water may be the real thing. Read more here. Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/

Pending Legislation Would Regulate Brackish Water in New Mexico

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SB262, the bill that would have given the Office of State Engineer regulatory authority over deep drilling for brackish water, got bottled up as a result of opposition from energy interests, afraid that it might bite them, according to Carlos Cisneros, the Northern New Mexico Democrat who sponsored the bill for the state engineer’s office. […]

To tap or not to tap…

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We take for granted the privilege of safe drinking water right from the tap, a privilege that millions around the world don’t share. In fact, lack of clean drinking water is the second largest worldwide killer of children under five with more than 5,000 children dying each day from water-borne diseases. And lack of sanitation, […]