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The Global Rundown Roughly eighty percent of people in India lack running water in their homes, complicating handwashing efforts during Covid-19. The city of Flint, Michigan, allocates nearly $75,000 to help residents with water bills during the coronavirus pandemic. A study by Duke University warns that water pollution can spread to other parts of an […]
The Global Rundown Michigan continues efforts to mitigate shoreline flooding despite the coronavirus as water levels in the Great Lakes rise. Australia’s brutal bushfire season comes to a close. Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives push for $25 billion in water infrastructure funding in the next economic stimulus bill. After a two-week delay due […]
The Global Rundown A leak from a tailings dam at a molybdenum mine in Heilongjiang, China, taints water up to 110 kilometers (68 miles) downstream. The U.S.-based brewer Constellation Brands Inc accepts the results of a public vote in Mexico calling for the cancellation of a brewery in the town of Mexicali. Ecosystems in the […]
The Global Rundown NASA and the University of Nebraska introduce satellite-based global groundwater maps. Spain and the U.S. state of New Jersey ban water shutoffs during the coronavirus pandemic. Colorado cities prepare to vie over large amounts of water freed up by closing coal plants. For the first time in several years, water is flowing […]
The Global Rundown In 2019, England experienced some of the worst drought and flooding in recent times, a new study finds. Homeowners in Queensland, Australia, rebuild in areas where floods struck a year ago. Venezuela, where soap, water, and medical supplies are scarce, calls for a nationwide quarantine as the country’s coronavirus caseload rises. A […]
The Rundown Democrats introduce a bill to aid utilities with the cost of removing PFAS chemicals from drinking water. Democrats also call on utilities not to shut off water service to customers during the coronavirus outbreak. The House Natural Resources Committee advances four water bills. The GAO investigates abandoned hardrock mines. Federal agencies will host […]
The Global Rundown As the coronavirus spreads across the U.S., activists urge Michigan officials to end water shutoffs in Detroit. Rising sea levels and changing weather patterns could engulf half of the world’s sandy beaches by 2100. A new analysis warns that flood-prone U.S. homes may be overvalued by up to $34 billion. The largest […]
The Global Rundown San Francisco, California, goes an entire month without measurable rain as the state slides further into drought, while Sacramento receives trace amounts. A weather expert warns that large storms will menace Wales with increasing frequency. Pattison Sand Co. submits a second request to export water from Iowa to western U.S. states, after […]
The Global Rundown Communities in the western U.S. spar over the best use for water freed up by closing coal plants. The National Rural Water Association, which represents 31,000 U.S. water providers, files a lawsuit against PFAS manufacturers. Emergency evacuations take place in England as the River Severn verges on record-high levels. A main highway […]
This is Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue. And this is What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you. Australians are working to rescue their drinking water from the effects of fire, and rain. Many parts of eastern Australia have been drenched by the […]
