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North America’s biggest city is running out of water
North America’s biggest city is running out of water Mexico City is staring down a water crisis. It won’t be the last city to do so. Mexico City is being threatened by a water crisis after the main reservoirs remain under 40 percent of their full capacity due to low rainfall, geography, and lack of […]
Major cities in Mexico running out of water as extreme heat continues
Major cities in Mexico running out of water as extreme heat continues Some major cities in Mexico are facing a shortage in their water supply. This comes as the country has been dealing with extreme heat leading to a severe drought. Telemundo’s Vanessa Hauc talks to Mexican residents on how the shortage is affecting their […]
Taps running dry have become part of daily life in South Africa’s biggest city
Taps running dry have become part of daily life in South Africa’s biggest city Residents of the township of Soweto, South Africa, queue for water on March 16, 2024 as Johannesburg experiences severe water shortages. Jerome Delay/AP JohannesburgCNN — When Duane Riley turns on his taps, they shudder loudly from the air flowing through the pipes. […]
Lake Mead – The Largest Reservoir in the United States – Drops to a Record Low
Lake Mead – The Largest Reservoir in the United States – Drops to a Record Low August 7, 2000 August 9, 2021 The reservoir stands at its lowest level since the 1930s. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States and part of a system that supplies water to at least 40 million […]
National Geographic Admits Billions Of People Will “Face Shortages Of Food And Clean Water” Over The Next 30 Years
National Geographic Admits Billions Of People Will “Face Shortages Of Food And Clean Water” Over The Next 30 Years A lot of people out there don’t like when I write these kinds of articles, because they directly contradict the false narrative that humanity has an extremely bright future ahead. Sadly, the truth is that our […]
Water Wars: India Facing “Worst Crisis In Its History”
Water Wars: India Facing “Worst Crisis In Its History” India is facing its worst-ever water crisis, with some 600 million people facing acute water shortage, a government think-tank says. The Niti Aayog report, which draws on data from 24 of India’s 29 states, says the crisis is “only going to get worse” in the years […]
Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, “Day Zero” Looms
Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, “Day Zero” Looms In less than three months, residents in South African city could be lining up for rationed water under armed guards. “Is this the new normal?” Tree trunks stand in the critically low Theewaterskloof Dam in Villiersdorp, South Africa, Jan. 23, 2018. (Photo: Reuters) […]
In less than 3 months, a major international city will likely run out of water
In less than 3 months, a major international city will likely run out of water (CNN)In Cape Town, South Africa, they’re calling it “Day Zero” — the day when the taps run dry. A few days ago, city officials had said that day will come on April 22. This week, they moved up the date […]
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, […]
Wal-Mart Exposed Bottling Water from Sacramento Municipal Supply in the Middle of a Drought
Wal-Mart Exposed Bottling Water from Sacramento Municipal Supply in the Middle of a Drought Wal-Mart is facing questions tonight after CBS13 learns the company draws its bottled water from a Sacramento water district during California’s drought. According to its own labeling, the water in the gallon jugs appears to come from Sacramento’s water supply. Sacramento sells water […]
Despite drought, California is still bottling water for export
Despite drought, California is still bottling water for export There is an old saying “as goes California, so goes the Nation.” If that is true, I would say that the nation had best strap on its seat-belt for some hard-times ahead — and some battles over resources between ordinary citizens and big corporations. California is […]
A Thirst for Economic Change?
A Thirst for Economic Change? I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary, long before necessity compels them to it. –John Stuart Mill, On the Stationary State In the face of global resource shortages and the alarming rate at which we are losing species, many of us share […]
New age of water wars portends ‘bleak future’
New age of water wars portends ‘bleak future’ Behind the escalating violence in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as the epidemic of civil unrest across the wider region, is a growing shortage of water. New peer-reviewed research published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) shows that water scarcity linked to climate change is […]
Lessons from São Paulo’s Water Shortage
Lessons from São Paulo’s Water Shortage It’s getting harder and harder to separate nature’s role in disasters from our own, and the dire water predicament confronting São Paulo, Brazil, is no exception. But as with the ongoing drought in California, there are important lessons from São Paulo’s grim situation that can help us prepare for the […]
California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now?
California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now? Given the historic low temperatures and snowfalls that pummeled the eastern U.S. this winter, it might be easy to overlook how devastating California’s winter was as well. As our “wet” season draws to a close, it is clear that the paltry rain and […]