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How Bottled Water Masks The Global Water Crisis
April 9th, 2023
Via The Conversation, commentary on the global bottled water industry: Bottled water is one of the world’s most popular beverages, and its industry is making the most of it. Since the millennium, the world has advanced significantly towards the goal of safe water for all. In 2020, 74 per cent of humanity had access to safe water. This […]
Read more »Turkey’s Dams Bring Power and Heartbreak
April 9th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the impact of Turkey’s hydropower ambitions: Standing on a hilltop overlooking the vast Kackar mountain range in Turkey’s northeastern Artvin province, residents of Yusufeli are slowly watching their town drown. Each day, the water rises an estimated 3 feet, erasing gardens, graveyards, and streets; then come houses, historical churches, […]
Read more »How We Drained California Dry
April 7th, 2023
Via the MIT Technology Review, an article on the story of remaking California and taking the water until there was nothing left: The wind finally blew the other way last night and kicked out the smoke from the burning Sierra. Down here in the flatland of California, we used to regard the granite mountain as […]
Read more »‘Vampiric’ Water Use Leading To ‘Imminent’ Global Crisis, UN Warns
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on the risk of ‘vampiric’ water use leading to ‘imminent’ global crisis: Humanity’s “lifeblood” — water — is increasingly at risk around the world due to “vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment,” the UN warned in a report, published hours ahead of a major summit on the issue was set to begin […]
Read more »Government Wants To Pay Western Farmers To Save Water By Not Farming
April 7th, 2023
Via Fast Company, an interesting look at a proposed government plan to pay western U.S. farmers to save water by not farming: Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California’s Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to save water and use it more efficiently. That’s why he’s installed water sensors […]
Read more »Death On The Darling
April 7th, 2023
Via The Economist, a look at how climate change and poor management are imperilling Australia’s biggest river system: Yabbies, freshwater lobsters native to Australia, thrive in the outback for a reason. They can tolerate high temperatures and drought, and need hardly any oxygen in their water. Yet even for them the Darling river, which snakes […]
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