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Beyond definitions of public and private responsibility, water remains a people issue. In a presentation to the American Water Resources Association, Special Coordinator for Water Resources at the State Department Dr. Aaron Salzberg presented a federal take on water woes worldwide. Using accessible statistics, the slides chronicle the state of water from drought and famine […]
STROEDER, Argentina — What once was a thriving cattle operation now looks more like a graveyard, entombed by desert. Argentina is suffering from its worst drought in almost four decades. The government recently suspended the weight requirements for cattle, so ranchers can profit from their emaciated herds. Traditionally one of the world’s breadbaskets and a […]
A damp December promises to slake Arizona’s thirst, but the incoming weather system — La Nina — could dry up hopes earlier than predicted. After a decade of drought, the state’s water managers watch enthusiastically as water levels in reservoirs from the Salt and Verde rivers fill. According to The Arizona Republic, snow pack readings […]
In an interview with Circle of Blue, Swarthmore history professor Timothy Burke discusses the land, race and water politics behind Zimbabwe’s current Cholera crisis. He explains the complex history of colonization and corruption that caused the nation’s recent collapse, and explores possible roles the West may or may not play in solving the problem. A […]
Brew a full pot of water through coffee beans and you should enjoy a full pot of coffee, more or less. In California’s Pajaro Valley, however, this is certainly not the case — though no one seems to know why. Each winter nearly 4,500 acre-feet of water travel from a swamp just south of San […]
LOS ANGELES — Drop by vaporous drop, the amount of water farmers lose through evaporation can be significant. But a scientist and his students intend to measure this amount exactly, using a telescope-like laser called a large aperture scintillometer to monitor the losses. Jan Kleissl and his students from the University of California-San Diego believe […]
Grim consequences of failed water and sanitation infrastructure by Sarah Haughn? Circle of Blue UPDATE: Find the full interview with Professor Timothy Burke here. The vicious cholera epidemic sweeping across Zimbabwe is the result of a systemic breakdown in basic sanitation, social services, and economic stability that began decades before Robert Mugabe came to power, […]
By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica David Hasemyer The San Diego Union-Tribune This story was co-published with the San Diego Union-Tribune and also appears in that newspaper’s Dec. 21, 2008 issue. The Colorado River, the life vein of the Southwestern United States, is in trouble. The river’s water is hoarded the moment it trickles out of the […]
SIRTE, Libya — With many African countries feeling the effects of climate change, government leaders decided at a water conference in Libya that cooperation is key. They have committed to form continent-wide information systems in order to improve irrigation techniques, weather forecasting and human resource management. “Together we must find concrete and effective measures to […]
Years of drought have left the state government of South Australia feeling a bit too brittle for comfort. In fact, it just tipped its fiscal bucket by tens of millions of dollars to purchase water for next year. The state should be 61 billion gallons wetter for 2009-10, water security minister Karlene Maywald told the […]
Victoria, the final state to sign a water bill that allows the Commonwealth to manage the river basin waterways, finally consented. According to the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC), the bill gives the Commonwealth the right to establish a Murray-Darling Basin Authority to control funding that should aid the drought-stricken region. Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding […]
What we should do about the dirty world of a dirty word by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue Rose George has squatted, sat, and defecated on just about every continent on the planet. She has gone in the slums of Dar es Salaam. She has used some of the most advanced Japanese toilets. She has […]
