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BCers to Province: Stop the Senseless Water Giveaway
BCers to Province: Stop the Senseless Water Giveaway Surrey residents pay $1,630 per million litres; why not Nestle or frackers? “The province is not seeking to make a profit from water.” — BC Environment Minister Mary Polak No kidding — not at $2.25 per million litres of cold, clean B.C. water! But seriously minister, do you think […]
With One-Third of Largest Aquifers Highly Stressed, It’s Time to Explore and Assess the Planet’s Groundwater
With One-Third of Largest Aquifers Highly Stressed, It’s Time to Explore and Assess the Planet’s Groundwater NASA’s twin-satellite mission known as GRACE has helped scientists estimate how much water is being depleted from the world’s major aquifers, but there is great uncertainty about how much water these aquifers hold. Image courtesy of NASA. Imagine if […]
Agriculture beyond water
Agriculture beyond water Drought is becoming more prevalent and causing havoc for food producers around the globe. Many regions have been hit by severe water scarcity over the past few years and this trend seems set to continue. New data from NASA shows how the world is running out of water, with more than half of […]
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead At Record Lows, “We Have To Change”
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead At Record Lows, “We Have To Change” This is it, warns one water advocate, “it really does (make critical) the fact that we have to start changing.” Lake Mead water levels have sunk to their lowest levels on record (below the levels when the dam was built) at 1075 feet. This […]
EPA’s New Fracking Study: A Close Look at the Numbers Buried in the Fine Print
EPA’s New Fracking Study: A Close Look at the Numbers Buried in the Fine Print When EPA’s long-awaited draft assessment on fracking and drinking water supplies was released, the oil and gas industry triumphantly focused on a headline-making sentence: “We did not find evidence of widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.” But for fracking’s […]
Water Wars Crush California Wineries: “Whoever Has The Longest Straw Wins”
Water Wars Crush California Wineries: “Whoever Has The Longest Straw Wins” Eerily reminiscent of the determinedly evil oil baron from the movie ‘There Will Be Blood’, Reuters reports the growing tensions amid California’s drought-stricken wineries are boiling over: “There is way too much demand. I blame a lot of vineyards like other people do… It’s a matter of who […]
California Has Never Experienced A Water Crisis Of This Magnitude – And The Worst Is Yet To Come
California Has Never Experienced A Water Crisis Of This Magnitude – And The Worst Is Yet To Come Things have never been this dry for this long in the recorded history of the state of California, and this has created an unprecedented water crisis. At this point, 1,900 wells have already gone completely dry in California, […]
Beyond the Perfect Drought: California’s Real Water Crisis
Beyond the Perfect Drought: California’s Real Water Crisis The record-breaking drought in California is not chiefly the result of low precipitation. Three factors – rising temperatures, groundwater depletion, and a shrinking Colorado River – mean the most populous U.S. state will face decades of water shortages and must adapt. The current drought afflicting California is indeed […]
California Water Wars Escalate: Government Orders Massive Supply Cuts To Most Senior Rights Holders
California Water Wars Escalate: Government Orders Massive Supply Cuts To Most Senior Rights Holders Just two weeks after California’s farmers – with the most senior water rights – offered to cut their own water use by 25% (in an attempt to front-run more draconian government-imposed measures), AP reports that the California government has – just as we […]
There’s Nothing Heroic About Stealing Water From the Commons
There’s Nothing Heroic About Stealing Water From the Commons It’s not every day that someone who steals water from the commons for private use on his large estate gains folk hero status in the sustainability movement. But thanks to a few irresponsible members of the alternative press, and a well-earned reputation in several states for […]
US Federal Report Confirms Water Pollution by Fracking
US Federal Report Confirms Water Pollution by Fracking Based on limited data, EPA study finds no ‘widespread’ impacts. Despite being limited by data gaps, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that hydraulic fracturing technology has polluted ground and surface water in cases ranging from Alberta to Pennsylvania. The 500-page draft report reverses the […]
Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise
Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise They Were Warned 70 Years Ago and Still Haven’t Acted Perhaps you have heard how urgent it is for the upper basin states to take water from the Colorado River before those “Californians use it all up?” This us-versus-them attitude, as a justification to take more […]
EPA Study: Fracking Puts Drinking Water Supplies at Risk of Contamination
EPA Study: Fracking Puts Drinking Water Supplies at Risk of Contamination The Environmental Protection Agency has released its long awaited draft assessment of the impacts that fracking has on the nation’s drinking water supplies — confirming that the process does indeed contaminate water. “From our assessment, we conclude there are above and below ground mechanisms by which hydraulic […]
Oasis at Risk: Oman’s Ancient Water Channels Are Drying Up
Oasis at Risk: Oman’s Ancient Water Channels Are Drying Up Since pre-Islamic times, Oman’s water systems known as aflaj have brought water from the mountains and made the desert bloom. But now, unregulated pumping of groundwater is depleting aquifers and causing the long-reliable channels to run dry. It was 47 degrees Celsius. Make that 117 degrees […]
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design A reservoir showing the effect of drought conditions in California In recent news, there has been significant coverage of California’s struggle with its below average precipitation in the past several years. Yes, they call it a drought. Governor Jerry Brown and California State […]
