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KABUL – Thousands of Afghans were forced to relocate from the northern Chemtal district among fears of a continuing drought and a food shortage. The exodus came after the Afghan government sent nearly 37 tons of food and water aid – too little, for the some 2,000 families leaving the region. Both a lack of […]
LOS ANGELES, California – With its vital and sometimes distant water supplies in question, the city of Los Angeles is taking on the daunting and controversial task of turning wastewater back into drinking water, the L.A. Times reports. In addition to recycling wastewater, the plan will make permanent many of the restrictions seen during the […]
ATLANTA – Georgia’s governor has given the go-ahead to fill up outdoor swimming pools. The five-ring fountain at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park is dancing once more. And some communities may soon allow homeowners to run lawn sprinklers again. Weeks of rain have eased the drought that has gripped the Southeast for the past two years. […]
MCLAREN VALE, Australia – In South Australia’s parched outback, award winning wines are being grown with the help of recycled water. World winning winemaker Michael Fragos pioneered the idea of waste water reclamation nearly 5 years ago. Since, the practice has spread to other small vineyards throughout McLaren Vale. “I think the severity of drought […]
NEW SOUTH WALES – New figures released yesterday show more than 48 per cent of the state is drought-declared, up from 43 per cent last month. Another 24 per cent of the state is marginal. Opposition spokeswoman Pru Goward says drought subsidies and water restrictions are not long-term solutions. Read more here. Source: ABC News […]
ST. LOUIS – Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it is investing $6 million in a new center in Gothenburg, Neb., that will focus on technologies, corn breeding and agronomic practices to address water management in crop production. The Monsanto Water Utilization Learning Center will expand the size and focus of the company’s existing facility in Gothenburg. […]
by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue Almost two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa’s rural poor could benefit from investment in water, a new UN report finds. The jointly commissioned report, Water and the Rural Poor, was presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the […]
Pollution and global warming threaten Asia’s most important freshwater source.
Dr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Dabelko discusses water, peacemaking and challenges in China and the Tibetan Plateau. Hear the interview here. This is a rush transcript with excerpts provided for convenience; verbatim accuracy is not guaranteed. […]
On the Tibetan Plateau, where a whim of nature created the highest points on Earth, many of the world’s major rivers are born. Each day their flows bring life to more than a billion people downstream in Asia, the planet’s most populous region. As we watch the headlines in an age of shifting water supplies, […]
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — More than a year before Georgia’s historic drought demanded the Atlanta area’s attention, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accidentally released about 22 billion gallons of water downstream from Lake Lanier in 2006, while trying to save taxpayers $138. Read more here. source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/ajc.com
Scientists point to global warming, drought, growing demand and other factors to explain the contined drop in lake levels around the world. A photo collection from Newsweek provides perspective. Read More here. Source : Newsweek
