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The Global Rundown The town of Sandbranch, Texas, which has been without running water for 30 years, struggles to maintain an adequate amount of bottled water donations. Near Lancashire, 70 people are rescued as heavy flooding inundates the United Kingdom. Researchers discover that outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and Chikungunya typically come three […]
The Global Rundown Portugal contemplates nighttime water rationing amid the country’s worst drought on record. Fear of a cholera outbreak at the Manus Island Detention Center grows as sanitation and water supplies deteriorate. A record number of Americans are worried about climate change following months of hurricanes, drought, and other extreme weather events, a survey […]
The Global Rundown Nearly 1 million people in Yemen are without clean water as a blockade by a Saudi-led coalition halts the fuel imports needed for pumping. Water scarcity played a key role in ISIS recruitment in Iraq, a report finds. A cholera outbreak among refugees displaced by Boko Haram continues to emerge in northeast […]
The Rundown First global water strategy identifies goals and priority countries. The White House asks for $44 billion to assist hurricane rebuilding in Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean. The Senate confirms the first woman to lead the Bureau of Reclamation. The EPA inspector general’s office will investigate the agency’s handling of a $1 billion cleanup […]
Report identifies water priorities in foreign policy. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue To coordinate its response to floods, droughts, disease, and other water challenges whose political and economic consequences leap borders the Trump administration submitted the federal government’s first global water strategy. Ordered by Congress in 2014, the strategy lays out four goals: increase […]
The United Nations implores Australia to restore food, water, and health services to detainees on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.
Many applications, and some pain, so far for country’s first income-based water rate.
Hotspots H2O: Global Rundown Drought, political instability, and an influx of refugees continue to cripple Ethiopia despite booming economic growth. Tensions flare as pastoralists and crop farmers vie for water and pasture in Tana Delta, Kenya. Aid agencies prioritize providing clean water and preventing cholera among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Improving basic services such as […]
State health emergency declared in response to largest U.S. hepatitis A outbreak in more than two decades.
The Global Rundown The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to sign a rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, which sought to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. A greater number of trees at water sources leads to improved sanitation and less deaths from diarrhea, a study of 35 countries finds. Michigan’s […]
The Global Rundown Bangladesh plans to clear forest land in order to make room for the overwhelming number of Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar. A nutrition crisis is unfolding in Mali due to limited food options and an increase in waterborne diseases. Human-animal conflict threatens women in Madhya Pradesh, India, who risk crocodile attacks […]
The Global Rundown At least 30 percent of Iran’s aging water and sanitation infrastructure is in need of repair, according the country’s energy minister. Hurricane Nate kills nearly 30 people in Central America before making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Agricultural over-pumping depletes the High Plains Aquifer beneath Colorado’s Eastern Plains. Indian President Ram […]
