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The Global Rundown Ethiopia confirms that it has begun filling the reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Brazil’s economy minister estimates that the country’s sanitation sector will receive more than $110 billion in investments in the coming years. A flash flood kills at least 21 people in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province. U.S. Great Lakes […]
The Rundown Supreme Court action affirms Klamath Tribes’ senior water rights. The GAO analyzes federal flood buyouts. Senators attach water-related amendments to an annual Defense Department spending authorization bill. Energy regulators begin an environmental review of a California pumped storage hydropower project. A Colorado representative calls for peaceful negotiations among Nile basin countries over a […]
The Global Rundown Water supply in Tripoli, Libya, is disrupted by another bombardment of the capital city. A Circuit Court judge rules that lawyers from the Michigan Department of Attorney General can continue representing the state in civil lawsuits linked to the Flint water crisis. The loss of water in global peatlands could fuel wildfires […]
The Global Rundown A new study claims that winter snowpack will become an increasingly worse predictor of drought in the western United States. An earthquake that struck the capital of Croatia last month caused an estimated $6 billion in damages, much of it to water infrastructure. Heavy flooding along the Mulongwe river in the Democratic […]
The Rundown House leadership elevates water infrastructure for the next stimulus bill. EPA Inspector General finds a large decline in agency inspections and enforcement actions since 2007. The Army Corps evaluates the spread of invasive zebra mussels in its districts. NASA develops groundwater and soil moisture forecasts. USDA allows delayed payments for rural water infrastructure […]
The Global Rundown Detroit, Michigan, provides low-cost water restoration for disconnected households as the coronavirus spread across the U.S. The Mexican public will vote later this month to decide whether a controversial brewery in border city Mexicali will be allowed to open. Flood defence spending in England will be doubled over the next five years, […]
The Rundown Water legislation introduced in Congress targets microplastic pollution, faulty septic systems, and buckled canals in California. The GAO recommends incorporating climate change planning into federally funded drinking water and sewer projects. The National Weather Service signals higher than normal flood risk this spring for the eastern Missouri River basin. Federal agencies are scheduled […]
The Global Rundown Groundwater extraction for U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall jeopardizes endangered and threatened fish species, according to experts. Tropical Cyclone Sarai pummels Fiji. Major water shortages may be coming to Thailand after an unusually dry year, a top water official warns. Moderate to severe drought lingers in parts of the southwestern U.S. […]
The Rundown President Trump denounces water-efficient toilets and faucets. The EPA sends a regulatory determination for PFAS in drinking water to the White House for review. Water bills in Congress address aquatic invasive species, western water supplies, drinking water grants, irrigation canal repairs, and more. Congressional negotiators appear to remove certain PFAS provisions from a […]
Natural hazards strengthen. Governments struggle to cope.
The Global Rundown The Keystone pipeline spills 383,000 gallons of crude oil in North Dakota. Severe flooding forces 200,000 people in Central Somalia from their homes. Rural Kentucky counties improve the quality of their water, but many residents are now unable to pay their water bills. Parts of Southeast Asia’s Mekong River continue to plummet. […]
The Global Rundown New research claims 300 million people worldwide are at risk from rising sea levels, a higher number than previously suggested. A landslide in Cameroon following heavy rainfall leaves at least 37 people dead. A petrochemical plant in Iran is delayed by water shortages. Experts say the world is “woefully unprepared” to address […]
