(May 1, 2009, Treehugger)
The EPA has decided to hand over $82 million in Recovery Act funds to Arizona for water projects that will hopefully create jobs, give a sugar shot to local economies, and update old water and wastewater infrastructure. It’s one small chunk of $6 billion dollars in funds that will go to water [...]
(Feb. 26, 2009, The Mercury News)
In March, after a series of cold winter storms, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada was above normal. That seemed to be good news for California’s water supply, which relies heavily on Sierra Nevada snow.
But after a record heat wave in the early spring, it was as if the winter’s [...]
(Feb. 20, 2009, Central Chronicle)
If we don’t change our lifestyle and careless attitude towards Mother Nature, India will certainly experience severe water stress by 2020.- Satish Kumar Singh
Water catastrophe is now common phenomenon in every nook and corner of India. Day by day its graveness is mounting. Even people are killing one another on the [...]
(Feb. 12, 2009, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Utah enjoyed healthy precipitation in January, allowing the National Weather Service to issue an optimistic report about this spring’s runoff.
Hydrologist Brian McInerney, who issues his reports via the Web to make science more available, says this water year is “looking very good.”
As of Feb. 11, his prediction for water [...]
(Feb. 11, 2009, The Star-Telegram)
As Texas’ population explodes, new residential, commercial and industrial development is rampant. The state is far more urbanized, and continued dramatic growth is expected in coming decades.
That’s putting unprecedented environmental pressures on one of the state’s most-precious resources: its many rivers, creeks, bays and estuaries. These flowing bodies provide critical water [...]
(Feb. 7, 2009, AFP)
BEIJING (AFP) — China will divert water from its two longest rivers to help farmers hit by the country’s worst drought in decades, state media said Sunday.
Water from the Yangtze River, the country’s longest, will be diverted to the northern areas of eastern Jiangsu Province, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing Zhang [...]
New World Economic Forum Water Initiative Report, 2009: World Toward Water Bankruptcy; Water Bigger Than Oil within 20 Yrs! (LeakBird)Yesterday the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Water Initiative, 2009 Report from Davos, Switzerland. You can download the PDF from the Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) website.
The report is nothing short of shocking:
Within 20 years entire grain crops equivalent to India and US lost
Within 20 years water more mainstream, bigger-better investment/ biz than oil
Water [...]
