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The Global Rundown The Washington state senate passes legislation banning new permits for water bottling in the state. Homes and business remain without power in Jackson, Mississippi, and other areas hit by recent flooding in the southern U.S. More rain from Storm Dennis is expected to hit the United Kingdom, where several communities are already […]
The Global Rundown Hundreds of flood warnings are in place in England, Wales, and Scotland as Storm Dennis brings severe weather to the UK. California once again wobbles on the edge of drought. An Iowa company hoping to withdraw and send 2 billion gallons of water to the western United States pulls its permit request. […]
This is Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue. And this is What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you. In Australia, water levels in Sydney’s main drinking water reservoir surged to 78 percent of capacity after a week of torrential rainfall in the state […]
The Global Rundown A shortage of winter precipitation in California could heighten summertime wildfire risk. Several days of torrential rainfall in Alabama cause millions of gallons of sewage overflow. Scientists propose enclosing the North Sea with two giant dams in an effort to protect 25 million Europeans from rising sea levels. New Zealand threatens legal […]
The Global Rundown Repairs to Michigan roads flooded by the rising Great Lakes, as well as inland waterways, could cost up to $100 million. A Chinese company hopes to construct a $1.4 billion hydropower plant on a Ugandan stretch of the Nile River. A proposed underground copper mine in Minnesota may threaten nearby clean water. […]
This is Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue. And this is What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you. In Australia, parts of New South Wales and Queensland are seeing some of the heaviest rains in two years. The storms are a welcome sight […]
The Global Rundown Canada‘s federal court rejects First Nations challenges to an expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline. Wolverine World Wide and Michigan authorities are set to finalize a $69.5 million settlement over PFAS contamination in Western Michigan. The heaviest rainfall in two years hits parts of New South Wales, Australia. Missouri sues the […]
The Global Rundown Flood watches are in place across New South Wales as the drought-plagued Australian state prepares for fire-quenching rainfall. Torrential rains trap hundreds of tourists on New Zealand’s South Island. California Governor Gavin Newsom announces a new plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan, grants final approval […]
The Global Rundown A new study by Johns Hopkins University warns that toxic byproducts can be produced when chlorine is added to drinking water. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan say they will reach an agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam by the end of the month. The Trump administration’s rollbacks of U.S. environmental regulations could […]
The Global Rundown High water levels in the Mississippi River threaten to flood communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Iowa. Residents of three Colorado towns near the Peterson Air Force Base are in their fifth year of trying to get government compensation over PFAS contamination. Crop diseases worsen food security in Venezuela. Officials in Portage, […]
The Global Rundown In less than a month, 32 inches of rain deluge Brazil’s sixth-largest city. A group of six banks provides a $650 million loan to Kuwait to finance a water treatment plant. A no-confidence vote against the Bulgarian government over a recent water crisis fails. Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives propose […]
The Global Rundown Alaska’s longest drought on record comes to an end. Zimbabweans turn to unsafe open wells as tap water cuts continue. Water rates for communities in Flint, Michigan, remain unchanged for the third year in a row. The Australian government withholds funds from New South Wales after the state fails to complete Murray-Darling […]
