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Preventing CAFO Water Pollution Not An EPA Priority
Inspections continued to decline in 2015. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue A concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), the rectangle in the foreground, is a dark speck on the landscape of Weld County, Colorado. Click image to enlarge. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue Despite designating water pollution from animal waste a […]
Could Insurance Markets Help Water Utilities Respond to Drought?
Drought restrictions and wet summers shake utility budgets. Researchers propose a new financial tool. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue A town in California’s Central Valley touches the edge of an irrigated field. In an era of conservation, urban water utilities must become better financial managers. Click image to enlarge. By Brett […]
Federal Water Tap, January 18: Obama Administration Declares Federal Emergency in Flint Water Crisis
The Rundown Federal aid — in the form of bottled water and filters — will flow to residents in Flint. Science board questions EPA fracking study while EPA’s Bristol Bay mining assessment is cleared of accusations of bias. California congressman introduces bill to settle farm drainage lawsuit. EPA wastewater survey suffers from lack of reporting. […]
U.S. Governors Address Water
State of the State speeches highlight water resources Photo © Brian Lehmann / Circle of Blue Harvesting irrigated corn near Edson, Kansas. In his State of the State speech on January 12, Governor Sam Brownback discussed efforts to conserve the Ogallala Aquifer, which is the lifeblood of irrigated agriculture in western Kansas. Click image to […]
The Stream, January 15: Water Ranked As Biggest Long-Term Global Risk
The Global Rundown Water crises pose the biggest long-term risk to global society, according to a report from the World Economic Forum. A plan to build a dam on the Ganges River to augment water supplies in Bangladesh faces opposition from India. Water customers in Britain paid too much for services due to a mistake […]
World Economic Forum Ranks Water Crises as Top Long-term Risk
Water is connected to the world’s most severe problems.
The Stream, January 13: Methane Emissions From Freshwater Lakes Could Rise Sharply
The Global Rundown Emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, could increase more than 50 percent from northern freshwater lakes by the end of the century, researchers found. A small glacier in Colorado could disappear in 20 years, and a rule to protect U.S. streams from coal mining may be defeated […]
