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JAMSHEDPUR, India — In central India lies a town whose utilities are a ‘steel’ so to speak. Thanks to industrial magnate Tata Steel, residents of Jamshedpur can get their water straight from their family faucet through Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO). Now JUSCO wants to take its efficient but privatized supply to the next […]
Although unknown to many, it is no secret that much of the world’s water sources from aquifers beneath the soil. Thanks to UNESCO’s World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) visualizing the supply no longer requires an expert’s eye. WHYMAP’s newest graphic is a colorful global groundwater map, showing transboundary aquifers across the world. The […]
SANTA CLARA, California — After seven-hundred and thirty days of dry weather, California intends to severely reduce the amount of water it allocates at the district level. According to Santa Clara’s CBS 5, the state may decrease the quantity by as much as 85 to 90 percent. Read more here. Source: CBS 5
DENVER — Texans are one step closer to Oklahoma’s faucet. A federal appeals court in Colorado has ruled to hear why Texas should be allowed to drink their neighbor’s water, although Oklahoma wants the case dismissed. Oklahoma currently bans selling water across state lines. Texas’ Tarrant Regional Water District is trying to sue over the […]
HANOI — Vietnam’s citizens are bearing the brunt of their nation’s enviable but environmentally unsustainable growth. Although the country’s industrial push out of poverty benefits its populous, water polluted from toxic factory sludge means that many suffer from respiratory and intestinal illnesses. While the government is beginning to enforce change, environmentalists remain skeptical. Read more […]
China’s Three Gorges hydroelectric dam project on the Yangtze River has displaced some four million people. Now four of the country’s artists have come together to visually communicate the dam’s profound impact on China’s populous, as well as its landscape. Their work is on exhibit at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art from […]
Renowned for her efforts against the privatization of water and for the advancement of water as a human right, Blue Gold author Maude Barlow now serves as the current senior advisor on water to Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, president of the 63rd session of the United Nations. Recently appointed to the position, Barlow told the Ottawa […]
OAKLAND, California — No longer must residents of South Africa’s low-income neighborhoods — such as Phiri and Soweto — prepay for their water and suffer disconnection. For the first time in the nation’s history, a high court has ruled in favor of providing poorer citizens with 50 liters of water per day. In recognition of […]
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska — Rain dances might well be a thing of the past. Instead of praying for precipitation, Monsanto engineers are working hard to produce corn that resists dry conditions. They predict that in four years farmers could have access to a variety of corn that yields ten percent more crop than conventional species […]
This November almost one-hundred creative student thinkers, designers and entrepreneurs plan to gather in New York City for the launch of DROP, a campaign to raise cross-generational awareness of the impending water crisis. A project of social networking site YouthNoise, DROP aims to bring fresh voices into the conversation about water. “The Goal of DROP […]
Not only does war cost human lives, but it also degrades human habitats — causing, among other crises, severe water pollution and infrastructure damage. A recent RAND corporation study explores the costs of conflict on the environment and the benefits of implementing clean-up strategies. The report examines connections between the presence of U.S. troops in […]
Who is bottling water? Where are they doing it now and where will they do it in the future? A newly accessible report from food and drink consultant Zenith International explores the terrain of the emerging and consistently controversial global bottled water market. The report — spanning 75 countries and articulating both past trends and […]
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