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This Machine Runs on Water: Lithium in Latin America
June 12th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at the water usage and water pollution problem associated with South America’s lithium industry: Lithium is the next big mining boom given that the mineral can be utilized for lithium batteries which are currently, and for the foreseeable future, in high demand as the world craves green energy. South America […]
Read more »Tax Incentives Find New Purpose for Conserving Water in American West
June 11th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on some of the innovative financial mechanisms – specifically conservation easements – being used to help conserve depleted groundwater in the U.S. west: The San Luis Valley, a high desert farming region in southern Colorado, is a land of daunting natural constraints, especially its scarce water reserves. Pragmatic […]
Read more »Northern Remnant of Aral Sea Struggling to Survive
June 11th, 2023
Via Window on Eurasia, a report on challenges faced by the northern segment of the Aral Sea: Two decades ago, the World Bank provided funding to allow Kazakhstan to construct a dam isolating the northern segment of the Aral Sea in the hopes of saving it from the sad fate of the rest of that […]
Read more »Day Zero Threatens Uruguay’s Capital
June 11th, 2023
Via Circle of Blue, a report on Uruguay’s water crisis: In Uruguay, a mounting crisis is unfolding as ‘Day Zero’ – when the public water supply is depleted – draws closer in Montevideo. On May 31 the National Administration of State Sanitary Works (OSE) announced that, without significant rainfall, the city of Montevideo would run […]
Read more »Say Goodbye to Lawns in Drying U.S. West
June 11th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how booming metro areas in the U.S. west are testing the limits of water supply and growth: Mark Marlowe, who directs the water supply for fast-growing Castle Rock, a Denver suburb, has a dim view of lawns. Irrigating grass in summer consumes 40 percent of Castle Rock’s […]
Read more »Record Investment Only Scratches the Surface of Fixing Black America’s Water Crisis
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Capital B News, a report on how – while the country’s water woes are widespread – blanket solutions fail to address Black communities’ distinct issues: Gwendolyn Reed-Davis recalls living without running water during the holiday season last year, merely months after a water crisis left Jackson, Mississippi, residents struggling to bathe, cook, and flush their […]
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