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WASHINGTON – Congressional testimony July 10 said that global warming is likely to increase pressure on existing water resources and cause extreme events such as floods and droughts, as well as a rise in sea-levels. During the congressional committee hearing, Heather Cooley, senior research associate at the Pacific Institute, described what to expect and how […]
CALIFORNIA – In the midst of the worst drought in 15 years, California farmers are taking drastic measures to save their crops and their livelihoods, Bloomberg reports. Even as Governor Schwarzenegger called for more water aid for agriculture, struggling farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have begun abandoning crops and spending millions on short term […]
CONTRA COSTA, California – The East Bay’s largest water supplier is likely to impose mandatory rationing next month that could include higher water rates, limits on outdoor sprinklers or possibly a ban on car washing, the Contra Costa Times reports. Elsewhere in the East Bay, residents are expected to be asked to conserve water voluntarily. […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A major desalination plant in London will not open if England declares a drought emergency. Government data reveals groundwater contamination across India. Officials in Bangladesh draft a plan to replenish drying aquifers in the capital city of Dhaka. Piped water is on the way to an immigrant community in Southern Texas after […]
The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water
The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water
Listen to the April 19, 2021 edition of Circle of Blue’s podcast “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you.
The environmental activist Carlos Cerros was killed in Honduras, in the town of Nueva Granada, at the end of March.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A landslide in Vietnam leaves at least 20 military personnel dead. A new report finds France’s largest dairy producer guilty of multiple environmental and public health violations. Almost 80 percent of U.S. homes tested in a new study have concentrations of lead in their drinking water. An invasive mosquito species is evolving […]
A man who protested against a mining development in Honduras was shot and killed inside his home last week. Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo was one of 32 people from the community of El Guapinol charged with criminal offenses for protesting an open-pit iron oxide mine that the community claims threatens its land and water supply. […]
No fatal dam failures in last decade, but plenty of warnings. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue All was quiet at the Fehring house before the flood came. It was before dawn on March 14, 2006. The family was asleep, unaware of trouble upstream. The Ka Loko Dam, strained by six weeks of heavy tropical […]
