● Denmark’s pig industry has contributed to the contamination of a majority of the country’s wells, placing water at the center of recent prime minister elections.
● A massive water treatment plant planned for Boise, Idaho, to mitigate the impacts of drought and development has been paused.
● A new study estimates that the filling of U.S. wetlands since 1985 has led to $10 billion in flood insurance claims.
● Groundwater pumping and irrigation in the U.S. Corn Belt is contributing to stronger, longer thunderstorms in the region.
