Report Suggests Repealing Canadian Bulk Water Bans
The Fraser Institute, a right-leaning Canadian think tank, wants a shift in government water policy.
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Blooming Controversy: What Is Killing the Wildlife in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha?
Drought, flower farms, and pesticides are damaging the already shallow lake.
Public Opinion on Bulk Water Sales Ranges From ‘Makes Sense’ to ‘Hell No!’
Bulk water sales have succeeded and been banned around the world.
Sitka’s Resource Piggy Bank is Water
After a decade of unsuccessful attempts to sell bulk water, Sitka hopes to sell 50 million gallons by 2011.
Timeline: North American Bulk Water Sales
Bulk water has been attempted and banned around the world. Visualize the last decade of attempts in Sitka.
The War on Tap Water: An Exclusive Excerpt from Peter Gleick’s Bottled and Sold
“The growth of the bottled water industry is a story about 21st century controversies and contradictions: poverty versus glitterati; perception versus reality; private gain versus public loss of the last century.”
Tracking the Threat and Politics of Asian Carp
Imported from Taiwan and brought to Arkansas as weed control agents three decades ago, Asian carp have become the poster children of potential threats to the Great Lakes. As the fish inch closer to invading Lake Michigan, regional and national politicians debate the financial consequences of coping with the invasive species. With the fate of multi-billion dollar a year industries on the line, the Obama administration has offered some fiscal support to quell the storm.
Supreme Court Rejects Michigan’s Asian Carp Lawsuit
Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox is “looking at other legal avenues” to pursue the carp battle.
Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought
“…for every Bushman caught, accused, arrested and roughed up, several others sneaked in to gather or hunt, preferring to live freely without official help, without water that had strings attached.”
Peter Gleick: Climate-change Deniers Versus the Scientific Societies of the World — Who Should we Listen to?
Where should the public, not versed in climate science, look for their information and knowledge about this debate about climate change?
Vancouver Promotes Tap Water During Olympic Games
Metro Vancouver is promoting the use of municipal tap water instead of purchasing bottled water during the Olympic Games. Municipal officials seek to reduce the city’s bottled water consumption by 20 percent at the end of the year as a part of their Tap Water Campaign.
Liquid Assets: Tide Turns Against Privatization of City Water Systems
There’s nothing like a fiscal deficit to prompt municipal leaders to think hard about how to save money. Everything is on the table and no city service or asset is untouchable. So last November when the mayor of Carbondale, Illinois made several suggestions for bailing out the cash-strapped city, the idea of selling the municipal water and sewer system gained serious traction.
