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Obama Pledges Over $2 Billion for U.S. Drought Relief, Climate Adaptation
The president announces $US 1.2 billion for those affected by severe weather now and proposes $US 1 billion more for adaptation and research.
The Stream, February 13: Coal Slurry Spills Into West Virginia River Near Charleston
Little more than a month after a chemical spill shut off drinking water for West Virginia’s state capital, approximately 100,000 gallons of coal slurry has spilled into a creek and another of the city’s rivers, the Charleston Gazette reported. The spill is downstream of drinking water intakes, but it could severely damage the creek and, […]
Drought and Uncertainty Nurture U.S. Water-Planning Renaissance at State Level: 2014 Preview, Part III
Seven states will release a water plan — either in draft or final form — this year, and at least six other states are talking about updating existing plans or creating a first-ever plan. For context, only two states released water plans in 2013 and five in 2012.
Two NASA Satellite Missions Fill Gaps in Water Knowledge: 2014 Preview, Part II
From soil to stratosphere, scientific understanding of the water cycle will take a giant leap in 2014.
Federal Water Tap, February 10: Budget Bill Muddles U.S. Foreign Policy for Large Dams
Language in the budget deal that passed Congress in January instructed U.S. representatives to the World Bank and other development banks to oppose loans, grants, or policies that support large hydroelectric dams, defined as those taller than 15 meters (49 feet). It is not clear, however, how that message, which was directed at international financial […]
The Stream, February 5: Drought Emergencies Put Water Supplies at Risk Around World
Drought As California endures a drought that could be the worst in 500 years, federal politicians are wrangling over how best to allocate available water supplies, the San Jose Mercury News reported. You can see Circle of Blue’s reporting on California’s drought and water pollution here. Severe droughts are also threatening water supplies for communities […]
Federal Water Tap, February 4: Water Crises a Global Threat, Says National Intelligence Director
James Clapper, director of national intelligence, presented the 2014 assessment of global security threats to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week. For the fourth consecutive report, a section is dedicated to water. “Risks to freshwater supplies – due to shortages, poor quality, floods, and climate change – are growing,” according to the 31-page […]
The Stream, January 28: Months After Typhoon, Philippines Communities Still Lack Safe Water
Some communities in the Philippines still don’t have access to reliable sources of safe water, despite months of relief efforts following Typhoon Haiyan, AlertNet reported. Aid agencies have been hindered by wet, stormy weather, but even the water trucks and tanks that they have been able to supply are temporary solutions to the water problem. […]
Federal Water Tap, January 27: Pulse Flow Coming Soon through Colorado River Delta
By Friday, a working group comprising state representatives, federal officials from the U.S. and Mexico, and environmental groups will submit a plan for using a high-volume surge of water in the Colorado River to revive its delta. The goal is to begin releasing the water – called a pulse flow – from U.S. dams by […]
The Stream, January 23: Improving China’s Rural Drinking Water
Approximately 100 million people living in rural China do not have access to safe drinking water, a problem driven in part by polluted groundwater, Xinhua reported. In response, some rural communities on Hainan Island are installing “ultra-filtration membranes” to filter out viruses and dissolved compounds, a technology that China believes could be used across the […]
The Stream, January 20: Australia’s Government Sells Off Murray-Darling Water
For the first time since 2008, Australia’s government will sell some of its water allocations in the Murray-Darling Basin, making as much as 10 gigaliters available to irrigators, the Guardian reported. The decision has been applauded by drought-hit farmers, but members of the Greens political party worry that the sell-off could damage communities and environments […]
