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World Water Day Rises to International Prominence
Water Gets Attention As Conditions Change By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue March 22, 2016 The 24th World Water Day, which occurs on Tuesday with events held all over the world, will be celebrated by the Obama administration with a “White House Water Summit” in Washington, D.C. The administration’s conference theme is innovation, technology, and collaboration […]
The Stream, March 15: Pakistan Experiments With Small Hydropower
The Global Rundown Rural communities in the mountains of Pakistan are using small hydropower plants to produce electricity and reduce the amount of trees cut down for wood fuel. Rising sea levels threaten millions of people in the coastal regions of the United States, according to a new study. A drought and saltwater intrusion in […]
Water Systems Need Investment and Affordability
Utilities are pulled by opposing economic and infrastructure pressures.
Flint Water Crisis is Unexpected Opening for City Water Systems
Climate conditions are changing U.S. water systems and providing space for innovation.
The Stream, March 4: Honduras Activist Who Opposed Dams Is Murdered
The Global Rundown A prominent environmental activist who opposed hydropower dams in Honduras has been killed. Farmers and herders in Tanzania are reaching peaceful agreements to share water in times of drought. A flash flood in Angola killed dozens of people. Greenland’s ice is caught in a feedback loop that encourages more melting, researchers found, […]
The Stream, March 3: Syria Drought Most Severe In 900 Years
The Global Rundown The recent 15-year drought in Syria is likely the region’s driest period in nearly a millennium, a new study found. A drought in Tasmania is curbing hydropower supplies, and California snowpack is still below average. Meanwhile, intense rain triggered floods and landslides in Peru. Mining companies responsible for a deadly tailings dam […]
The Stream, March 1: China Plans Water Diversions To Clean Algae From Lakes
The Global Rundown China plans to divert water from several rivers to lakes in Yunnan province in an effort to clean up massive algae blooms, while the U.S. Supreme Court denied to hear a challenge to a plan that limits nutrient pollution in Chesapeake Bay. Drought-hit California is expecting more rain in March after an […]
The Missing Ingredient in the Obama Water Strategy
Science and technology are fundamental pieces, but policy change may be the hardest fix of all.
Federal Water Tap, February 29: Mexico Settles Rio Grande Water Debt
The Rundown Mexico complies with bilateral treaty on sharing Rio Grande water. Congress sets the terms for Flint water aid, but a few senators delay approval. House committee discusses California drought while a Senate committee praises/condemns the Interior Department budget. Canada and the United States agree to cut phosphorus in Lake Erie. A federal appeals […]
Flint Scandal Is Already Changing the Water Utility Business
Utilities respond to lead contamination Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley spoke in Flint, on February 6, 2016, at the Flint Neighborhoods United meeting. ‘Fixing Flint is my life now,’ Calley told the group of community leaders. Click image to enlarge. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue […]
The Stream, February 18: Children Suffer Malnutrition As Drought Grips Africa
The Global Rundown Millions of children are severely malnourished in Africa because of ongoing droughts, according to the United Nations. El Nino-linked droughts across the continent have hit countries like Mozambique particularly hard, destroying consecutive harvests. In India, successive droughts have forced some farmers to sell their blood for income. Globally, conflicts related to water […]
