Entries by Kaye LaFond

The Stream, June 4: Two-Thirds of China’s Groundwater Unfit for Human Use

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The Global Rundown The majority of China‘s groundwater is too polluted for human use. California upped its conservation game in April. In one village in India, when wives don’t have enough time to fetch water for the family, the solution is to add another wife. “I had to have someone to bring us water, and […]

A Discussion With Lana Pollack, U.S. Chair of the International Joint Commission

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Lana Pollack, U.S. Chair of the IJC, talks with Circle of Blue last month in Chicago about some of the most pressing issues in the Great Lakes region.

The Stream, May 29: Anheuser-Busch Cans Water for Texas Flood Victims

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The Global Rundown Polluted rivers have given Des Moines a record run of water treatment, and a new study underlines that when it comes to climate, what happens in the North Atlantic can affect what happens in the tropics. A beer production plant in Georgia is currently canning water for needy Texas and Oklahoma flood […]

The Stream, May 28: Water Shortages Make Botswana Hurry Along Zambezi Pipeline

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The Global Rundown Water shortages are forcing Botswana to hurry construction of a pipeline, and Detroit is resuming water shut-offs this week. Rapper Jay-Z got a lecture on the price of water from the City of Denver’s water municipality, and scientists in Arizona have traced the origin of a cancer-causing chemical in drinking water. “There […]

The Stream, May 22: Obama Soon to Unveil New Clean Water Rule

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The Global Rundown Municipalities in South Africa may soon be required to devote money to water infrastructure, while the United States federal government may soon have more power to limit pollution in the nation’s surface waters. Refugees from Burundi making their home in Tanzania are experiencing a cholera outbreak. Glaciers in the Antarctic have seen […]

The Stream, May 21: Drought Blocks Argentina’s Main Shipping Route

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The Global Rundown Drought in Brazil is causing a bottleneck on Argentina‘s main shipping route, the now-too-shallow Parana River. Many farmers in the Marathwada region of India have chosen suicide instead of facing debt they cannot repay with drought-racked crops. Minnesota scientists are making a voyage across Lake Superior, taking water samples all the way. […]

Infographic: California Urban Water Conservation Standards

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Cities must cut water use by 25 percent in 2015. On May 5, in response to an executive order from Governor Jerry Brown (D), the State Water Resources Control Board adopted California’s first-ever mandatory water restrictions for urban areas. The state’s 411 urban water suppliers — those serving more than 3,000 connections — will be […]

The Stream, May 15: Impaired Surface Waters in Iowa on the Rise

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The Global Rundown A number of children in Nigeria have died of lead poisoning after a local water source was contaminated by illegal gold mining. A report from the Iowa DNR says that impaired surface waters in the state are on the rise. The United Nations believes ocean release should be an option for dealing with […]

The Stream, May 14: Drying Puerto Rico Imposes Water Rationing

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The Global Rundown Puerto Rico has announced it will start water rationing, while Duke Energy has announced it will provide water to nearby North Carolina residents with polluted wells. An old pipeline sprung a large leak in a Hawaiian forest, and Wyoming has criminalized citizen science. “This is not the time to be filling up […]

The Stream, May 8: Environmental Groups Sue California Over Oil Industry Waste Water Injection

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The Global Rundown Sugarcane farmers in India have been asked to irrigate more efficiently. Australian almond farmers are upping production as Californian competitors are weakened by drought and Asian demand rises. Speaking of California, the state is trying to monitor groundwater from the sky, and is also being sued by environmental groups for allowing the oil industry […]