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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN California’s Department of Water Resources says that while a barrier in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta is protecting drinking water supplies, it may be harming wildlife. A new report out of Australia reveals that a massive horticulture project overstated its economic benefits and could threaten water supplies and Indigenous communities. Monsoon rains […]

YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Colorado’s top water official weighs in the responsibility lower Colorado River Basin states have in cutting water use. A new study links childhood diarrheal disease with drought exposure in low-and-middle-income countries. India’s major reservoirs sit at critically low levels even as monsoon rains pummel parts of the country. Officials ask residents in […]

YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A dry riverbed in Mexico is coming back to life due to an agreement between Mexican and U.S. governments.  Millions of children in Bangladesh are at risk as the country battles its worst flooding in a century.  Cholera outbreaks are a top concern for aid organizations in Afghanistan where a devastating earthquake […]