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California’s Epic Rain Year Boosted Groundwater Levels, But Not Enough To Recoup Losses
October 25th, 2023
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, a report that California’s epic rain year boosted groundwater levels, but not enough to recoup losses: California’s extraordinarily wet year brought the state vast quantities of water that have soaked into the ground and given a substantial boost to the state’s groundwater supplies, but not nearly enough to reverse […]
Read more »Does the Paper Industry Need To Cut Its Water Usage?
October 25th, 2023
In Paso de Los Toros, Uruguay, a new paper mill operated by Finnish ownership is drawing around 129 million liters of water per day from a river estuary, BBC News reports. The new facility cements Uruguay as one of the world’s leading producers in the pulp and paper sector, an industry that has drawn scrutiny from […]
Read more »Inside Poland Spring’s Hidden Attack on Water Rules It Didn’t Like
October 25th, 2023
A new report from the New York Times details the successful efforts of BlueTriton, the company that owns Poland Spring bottled water, to stymie groundwater protections in Maine: When Maine lawmakers tried to rein in large-scale access to the state’s freshwater this year, the effort initially gained momentum. The state had just emerged from drought, and […]
Read more »The Rio Grande: Not Just A Border; A River In Crisis
October 24th, 2023
Via The Conversation, a look at the Rio Grande: The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U.S. and Mexican states, and forms the border between Texas and Mexico, where it […]
Read more »Pipeline Dreams: The Desert City Out To Surpass Phoenix By Importing Water
October 24th, 2023
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at the extravagant growth plans of Buckeye, Arizona, regardless of the lack of water: Arizona, stressed by years of drought, has declared its house-building boom will have to be curbed due to a lack of water, but one of its fastest-growing cities is refusing to give up its relentless […]
Read more »Climate Change Has Turned African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict
October 24th, 2023
Via IPS News, an article on the impact of climate change and drought on conflict in Africa: Almost all major river basins in Africa have become the epicentres for conflicts over the last 20 years, and agricultural yields on the continent could drop by up to 50 percent in the coming years owing to the […]
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