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The Global Rundown The UK government warns that England will face water shortfalls by 2050 unless consumption patterns change. Globally, the poor pay more for water than the rich, says a new UN report. An innovative water conservation program in Maharashtra, India, fails to fend off drought. Africa’s fastest-growing cities struggle to meet water demand. […]
The Global Rundown Manila, Philippines, faces its worst water shortages in a decade. California is drought-free for the first time in seven years. An earthquake and heavy rainfall hit Indonesia, triggering deadly flash floods and landslides. Henna crops on Iraq’s Fao peninsula fail due to drought and salty irrigation water. The U.S. National Guard shores […]
The Global Rundown A new plan by the Trump administration hopes to overhaul the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program by raising premiums for the most flood-prone homes. Russia vows to audit a planned water bottling plant on Lake Baikal in response to public outcry. California seals its participation in the Colorado River drought contingency plan. […]
The Global Rundown Two million people in the United States could be exposed to high levels of naturally-occurring arsenic in their well water, a study finds. Siberia’s Lake Baikal, home to one fifth of the world’s unfrozen freshwater, is devastated by algal blooms, poaching, and pollution. A “weather bomb” over the Atlantic Ocean is likely […]
The Rundown A House Committee approves a bill to ease the transfer of irrigation and related infrastructure from the Bureau of Reclamation to local agencies. The Energy Department subsidizes hydropower generation from dams that did not previously generate power. The planet set another yearly temperature record in 2016, with lakes showing warming too. Local water […]
The Global Rundown More resources are urgently needed to prevent a famine in drought-hit Somalia, United Nations agencies warned. The Dakota Access oil pipeline may soon secure a federal permit to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. Heavy rains in Zimbabwe could destroy crops this season, another setback for farmers affected by last year’s […]
The Global Rundown Winter floods in the United Kingdom are expected to cost billions of dollars, while high water levels on the Mississippi River are slowing barge traffic. Water levels on Lake Baikal could reach record lows this April. Warmer water temperatures due to climate change could increase toxic algae along Florida’s coasts. Corrosion control […]
The Global Rundown A report found PetroChina responsible for drinking water contamination in Lanzhou, China last year, while government testing found 75 percent of drinking water sources in Pakistan are unsafe for human consumption. Officials in Tuvalu worry about water and food supplies in the wake of Cyclone Pam, Russian communities struggle with a shrinking […]
The Global Rundown California‘s reservoirs have only one year’s supply of water left, while Russia‘s Lake Baikal is at a record low and infected with algae. A number of people have died as a result of flooding in Angola. Suez Environnement will bring 40 of their global brands under one name, and one of Jupiter‘s moons […]
The Global Rundown Desalination is increasingly common and important in the Caribbean, while in Israel it is is expected to account for half of the country’s water supply by next year. Snowpack in the western United States is well below normal, environmental groups worry dams in Mongolia could further deplete a shrinking Lake Baikal, and […]
United States Approximately 90 percent of urban streams and 61 percent of rural streams in the United States contain levels of pesticides above thresholds that are considered safe for aquatic wildlife, though they are generally safe for humans, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, Reuters reported. The percentage of contaminated urban streams […]
For World Water Day 2013, Skoll World Forum and Circle of Blue asked four of the world’s leading water experts to weigh in. Here is what J. Carl Ganter, director of Circle of Blue, had to say about water’s connection to 21st-century journalism.
