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Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water
August 10th, 2023
Via The Wire China, commentary on how water-related crises around the world show that current systems are unsuited for a world altered by global warming: The floods, droughts, heatwaves, and fires that are devastating many parts of the world underscore two fundamental facts. First, damage to freshwater supplies is increasingly straining human societies, especially the […]
Read more »Can We Desalinate Water without All the Mess?
August 6th, 2023
Via Hakai Magazine, a report on a a new generation of small, modular, mobile, wave-powered devices that is looking to tackle desalination’s biggest problems head-on: In May 2022, California officials unanimously rejected a plan to build a US $1.4-billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach. The plant, the officials said, would produce costly water and possibly […]
Read more »Need To Re-think Global Water Storage As the Demand For Water Rises
August 4th, 2023
Via IWMI, a look at the need to re-think global water storage: As Europe swelters in unprecedented summer heat, water stress is a major and growing concern. The same is true for many places across the globe. The need for more water storage is obvious but simply building more dams is not the solution. Growing populations […]
Read more »When It’s ‘Easier to Buy Coke Than Water’
July 31st, 2023
Via Northwestern Now, a report on a new tool for determining global water insecurity, which aims to show people can experience hardships even in water-rich areas: During a July gathering to advance the work of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Water Insecurity Experiences, anthropologist Sera Young witnessed firsthand the human toll of the […]
Read more »Sub-Saharan Africa will Increasingly Become the Dominant Hotspot of Surface Water Pollution
July 26th, 2023
Scientists from Utrecht University have mapped worldwide surface water quality in 2100 under three different climate scenarios. The results, published in the journal Nature Water, show that nearly 5.5 billion people could be exposed to polluted water by the end of this century, with Sub-Saharan Africa especially exposed. The models also predicted that “in many wealthy countries, […]
Read more »Understanding the Global Supply of Water
July 23rd, 2023
Courtesy of the Visual Capitalist, an effective graphical look at the global supply of water: As the world’s population and its agricultural needs have grown, so too has the demand for water, putting the world’s supply of water under the microscope. A century ago, freshwater consumption was six times lower than in modern times. This […]
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