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The Global Rundown A massive pig slaughter in South Korea raises water contamination concerns. Residents of deluged Venice, Italy, criticize the incompletion of “Mose,” a €6 billion ($6.6 billion) flood protection project designed in 1984 but still unfinished. China is set to spend more than $150 billion on the long-term negative impacts of the Three […]
A day in the life of Jakarta—a city drowning in water insecurity.
The Rundown More infrastructure talk from the White House and Congress. The Justice Department settles with ExxonMobil over a 2011 oil spill into the Yellowstone River. Representatives introduce a slew of water bills in Congress. Hydropower generation declined in 2018 due to lower snowpack in the West. Colorado River hydrologists will discuss the 2019 runoff […]
Weekly water news roundup for January 14, 2019.
The Rundown Republican senators introduce a bill to restrict use of state water quality permitting under the Clean Water Act. The White House chooses a science adviser. Congress passes a four-month extension of the National Flood Insurance Program and approves a new Wild and Scenic River designation in Montana. EPA finalizes a $200 million groundwater […]
Cape Town, a city of 4 million people, almost turned off its taps.
The Rundown Fisheries regulators consider endangered species status for Chinook salmon in the Klamath and Trinity rivers, while the U.S. Geological Survey analyzes a Sacramento River diversion’s effect on salmon. The EPA proposes changes to coal ash regulations. The GAO looks at federal contracts for hurricane response. The Interior Department proposes regional offices based loosely […]
The Rundown Lake Mead receives extra water but not as much as was hoped in March. A U.S.-Mexico task force releases a report on a February sewage spill in the Tijuana River. A federal judge greenlights a dam and fish bypass on the Yellowstone River. The USGS analyzes chemical contaminants in U.S. streams, finding most […]
Worst drought in 140 years leads to farmer deaths, water riots, policy impasse.
The Global Rundown A new study anticipates extreme coastal flooding events will occur in Europe every year by the end of the century. Researchers in China warn the headwaters of the Lancang River are at risk from receding glaciers. Syria’s government is asking the United Nations and U.S. coalition forces to quell air strikes near […]
The Global Rundown Amid water cuts in Damascus, United Nations representatives in Syria said that deliberately depriving civilians of fresh water supplies is a war crime. Population growth and economic uncertainties could exacerbate water supply problems in Saudi Arabia. Human activities are likely to blame for the declining health of waterways like Montana’s Yellowstone River, […]
