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Could technology help alleviate the dilemma facing the Murray-Darling River Basin? Professor Gary Jones of eWater Cooperative Research Centre thinks it can and now he has six million dollars to prove it. RiverManager, a forecasting tool that connects groundwater data with surface water science, allows those in charge to allocate diversions and monitor the health […]
Drought-stricken South Florida has found some relief in the past month from the torrential rains of Tropical Storm Fay, raising Lake Okeechobee nearly three-feet to a two year high. The rains from Tropical Storm Hanna are also continuing to fill the lake and reservoir — which surpassed 15 feet above sea level last week. The […]
After nearly two years of alarmingly low water levels, the U.S. Drought Monitor has removed Lake Okeechobee from its list. The lake is at 13.41 feet after Hurricane Fay’s heavy rains, reports CBS4. The lake serves as a potential drinking source for 5 million people in Southern Florida. Sometimes, disaster relieves disaster. This recent July, […]
SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s local television station, KPBS, engages the public in a televised journey into how the state’s current water shortage affects agriculture. The production, “Agriculture: San Diego’s Working Water,” explores the lives of farmers and government officials who are looking for ways to cope with California’s dangerously dry climate. Read more here. […]
DONGSHENG, Inner Mongolia – In a rapidly growing, water-starved region of Inner Mongolia, a project backed by Sweden’s Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) offers residents waterless toilets. Using no-flush, composting toilets cut household water consumption by one-third, reports the Swedish English daily The Local citing a report in the nation’s Svenska Dagbladet. Since 2002, SEI has […]
SAN ANTONIO – A river of rain that swept into San Antonio, Texas on the winded wings of Hurricane Dolly provided enough precipitation for the Edwards Aquifer Authority to lift mandatory drought restrictions, reports the San Antonio Business Journal. Although the lift gives the public more freedom to use water as they please, authorities still […]
A tanker carrying water from Greece arrived two weeks ago, but lack of infrastructure prevented offloading.
CALIFORNIA – In the midst of the worst drought in 15 years, California farmers are taking drastic measures to save their crops and their livelihoods, Bloomberg reports. Even as Governor Schwarzenegger called for more water aid for agriculture, struggling farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have begun abandoning crops and spending millions on short term […]
CALIFORNIA – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the first statewide drought in 16 years Wednesday, setting in place measures to head off severe shortages next year and lending a boost to his plan to raise more than $11 billion to upgrade the state’s water delivery system. The governor did not call for rationing, but his plan […]
FORTUNA, Spain – Southeast Spain is running out of water. After years of commercial expansion, both in agriculture and in tourism, this extreme end of the Iberian Peninsula is drying up. And the desertification is threatening the livelihoods of over 135 million people, bringing about the creation of a black market for water. “Water will […]
PALM BEACH, FL — Celine Dion’s estate, on the drought-stricken central Florida coast, consumes enough water to fill a 50-gallon bathtub every four minutes, according to the Palm Beach Post. Other top users of water include Tiger Woods, who uses 30 times the average each month on his Treasure Coast estate. Read more here and […]
Catalonia plans to ship in 438 million gallons of water via six monthly ships to offset the worst drought in 70 years.
