Update: China Completes Tunnel Under Yellow River for South-North Water Transfer Project
China is on target to begin transferring water from the Yangtze River Basin to Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin by 2013.
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Infographic: Map of Water Allocations in China’s Yellow River Basin
Water allocations for the Yellow River Basin’s nine provinces. A 1987 plan to allocate and enforce specific allotments of water to each of the 9 provinces in the Yellow River Basin is based on an estimated river volume of 58 billion cubic meters (15 trillion gallons). This estimate, however, has proven faulty: last year, the […]
Irrigation to Industry — Trading Water Rights in China’s Yellow River Basin
New industries invest in repairing irrigation canals in exchange for the right to use water from the Yellow River.
Toxic Yellow River Intensifies ‘China’s Sorrow’
BEIJING — One third of China’s Yellow River is now poisonous to drink, new data reveals. The Yellow River Conservancy Committee, in its release of a 2007 survey, reports that only 16.1 percent of the water is potable. This is a disturbing statistic, reports the Associated Press, for a river that hydrates millions of people […]
The Stream, November 8: Cleaning the Yellowstone River Oil Spill
When Texans head to the ballot box today, they will be asked to vote on a constitutional amendment that would give tax breaks to landowners who conserve water and preserve water quality, Associated Press reported. United States Energy company Exxon Mobil said that its response to the July oil spill into the Yellowstone River in […]
Michigan ‘river walker’ program warns anglers on eating contaminated fish
By Ashley Zhou, Bridge Michigan – August 7, 2023 The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water. This […]
Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene
The global climate crisis has devastating effects on indigenous communities. In St. Vincent, Borneo, and Alaska, decades of displacement, deforestation, and warming have defined a harrowing Anthropogenic Epoch.
The Stream, July 9, 2021: Colorado River Indian Tribes Play Crucial Role In Drought Management
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Dry conditions overwhelming much of the American West are shrinking the region’s largest natural lake, in Utah, while Native American tribes along the Colorado River are playing a crucial role in managing the drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture allocated millions for upgrading rural water infrastructure. Ohio expanded a program to incentivize […]
Manmade Flood Gives Life to Colorado River Delta
A battered ecosystem begins to recover. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue On March 23, 2014, the gates were opened wide at Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma, Arizona. For the next eight weeks, water pitched into the dry bed of the Colorado River, wetting its delta like the spring floods that coursed […]
India Supreme Court Again Pushes National River Linking Project to Proceed
This is the second time the court has promoted the mega-project that would link the major rivers in the north with those in the south as a way to better manage water, moving it from areas of perceived surplus to areas without sufficient supplies.
Infographic: Map of Pollution Levels in China’s Major River Basins
The seven major river basins, as a whole, have had steady improvements in water quality over the past decade.
