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Federal Water Tap, November 7: Colorado River Flood Builds Grand Canyon Sandbars
The Rundown Floodwaters will push through the Grand Canyon this week as dam operators release water upstream to build beaches. The Obama administration reevaluates the Dakota Access pipeline route. Hurricane Matthew wrecked protective sand dunes on the southern Atlantic coast. San Diego’s biggest wastewater facility gets an EPA pollution waiver. The U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
The Stream, November 7: Wetland Restoration In Senegal Raises Hope and Concern
The Global Rundown Mangrove reforestation projects in Senegal help coastal wetlands, but also raise questions about local rights. In Louisiana, water managers refine water diversions from the Mississippi River to protect the delta. Floods continue to besiege Haiti a month after Hurricane Matthew. An earthquake in Oklahoma’s oil hub revives concerns about underground wastewater disposal. […]
The Stream, November 4: Paris Climate Agreement Starts Now
The Global Rundown The Paris climate agreement goes into effect today, legally requiring countries around the world to honor their pledges to cut carbon emissions. Those pledges, however, are not enough to stop climate change from reaching dangerous levels, according to a United Nations report. A separate study quantified the effect of an individual person’s […]
In Supreme Court, Florida and Georgia Argue Over Water Use
Water planning in the South has not kept pace with demand. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The latest round of a long-running water conflict in the Deep South reached the U.S. Supreme Court on October 31. The trial, in a closely watched lawsuit, is expected to decide water management authority and water supply and […]
Water Security: Freedom from Intolerable Water-Related Risks | PODCAST |
Large-scale drought in southern Africa. Floods in North Korea and Haiti. Rumblings of water-related conflicts in Pakistan and India. In Circle of Blue’s latest HotSpots H2O podcast, Dr. David Grey, a visiting professor of Water Policy from Oxford University, argues that water security is closely linked to migration, climate change risk, and economic development. In […]
The Stream, November 2: Long Recovery Ahead For South Africa Reservoirs
The Global Rundown It could take half a decade for water levels to return to normal in South Africa’s drought-hit reservoirs. Floods in Egypt turned the Nile River brown and forced the closure of several water treatment facilities. Saltwater intrusion threatens to turn coastal wetlands in the southeastern United States into “ghost forests”. Ancient cisterns […]
Federal Water Tap, October 31: Many Questions for EPA Lead Regulations
The Rundown EPA report reveals dozens of considerations for new lead rules. Trial begins today in a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit between Florida and Georgia over a shared river basin. Bernie Sanders urges the president to intervene in Dakota Access pipeline protest. Lead pollution and clean drinking water are two of EPA’s environmental justice challenges. […]
The Stream, October 31: Tajikistan Begins Work On Massive Rogun Hydropower Plant
The Global Rundown Tajikistan started preparations over the weekend to construct the world’s tallest dam, which will power the Rogun hydroelectric plant. Security experts in the United States warn that the country’s water infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberattacks. Political considerations may be hindering international funding to aid flood victims in North Korea. Zimbabwe’s largest cities […]
Tunisia’s Thirst Uprising: A Nation on the Edge
Despite major gains since the Arab Spring, Tunisia’s future remains uncertain. By Cody Pope, Circle of Blue In Tunisia, the country where the Arab Spring was born, Tunisians are still self-immolating in protest after nearly five years of democratic reforms. In September two men—a farm worker in Regueb, and a café owner from Fernana—set themselves ablaze […]
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 […]
