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The Global Rundown The United Kingdom experiences its driest May and sunniest spring on record. An independent review of water quality in Dayton, Ohio, remains suspended due to Covid-19. Kenya hopes to help alleviate cyclical floods and droughts by building a series of dams. A report warns that chemicals used in fracking could endanger rivers […]
Listen to the June 1, 2020 edition of What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water.
The Rundown The EPA’s chemical risk assessment division is reviewing a two-decade-old safety limit for the neurotoxin methylmercury. A report analyzes the success of water and sewer projects funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission. USDA allocates $280 million for rural water and sewer projects. USAID worries about coronavirus fallout for water providers in developing countries. […]
Water utilities are experiencing a ‘double hit’ in their finances that could hinder operations into the future.
The Global Rundown A new study finds that certain global hotspots are prone to swings between drought and torrential rain. Bulawayo, the second-largest city in Zimbabwe, cuts tap water to just one day per week as water shortages worsen. Heavy rain brings flooding to parts of Michigan. A dry winter and spring threaten wheat crops […]
Listen to the May 18, 2020 edition of What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water.
The Global Rundown The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) elects not to set limits on the water contaminant perchlorate, which has been linked to fetal and infant brain damage. Two Covid-19 cases are confirmed in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps. The U.S. EPA weighs whether to grant Superfund status to the West Van Buren site in […]
The Global Rundown The abrupt changes in pollution levels caused by the Covid-19 crisis could alter monsoon rains. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) independent science advisers argue that a proposal by the on tackling lead contamination is too weak. A dam project operated by Brazil and Paraguay plans to release water for Argentina’s parched […]
The Global Rundown California’s Coachella Valley Water District revises its annual budget in response to the Covid-19 crisis. A U.S. federal judge upholds an April ruling cancelling an environmental permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Laos prepares to move ahead with a sixth dam along the Mekong River. NASA satellite data shows continued flooding […]
The Global Rundown Water supply in Tripoli, Libya, is disrupted by another bombardment of the capital city. A Circuit Court judge rules that lawyers from the Michigan Department of Attorney General can continue representing the state in civil lawsuits linked to the Flint water crisis. The loss of water in global peatlands could fuel wildfires […]
Heavy rainfall and fatal flooding struck parts of East Africa over the past several weeks, leaving hundreds of people dead and displacing thousands.
Listen to the May 11, 2020 edition of What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water.
