Category: Water in the news

As summer weather intensifies across the country, large regions are struggling to maintain source water supplies and serve consumers with drinking water. “Drought conditions are setting in across most of Colorado, and that has top officials worried about wildfire, crop losses and water restrictions,” The Colorado Sun reported. “Nearly 83% of Colorado is experiencing abnormally dry conditions…

From near Mount Kangrinboqe in Tibet rise four major rivers, which stretch east and west across the Himalaya and down to the sea like the limbs of a venerable water goddess. Where these rivers flow, they define civilizations and nations: Tibet, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh. How their water is spent has long depended on…

The value of natural gas flared by 80 different nations around the world has increased by 11 per cent to hit a global peak this year of $16.4 billion, according to new data analysed by Brainnwave*. The data intelligence business says this is thanks to the dual effects of the rising price of natural gas…

As Eduardo Muñoz drifts his ageing skiff into Antofagasta’s harbour, flecks of paint peeling from its prow, he looks disconsolate. “I used to get twice as many clams from every dive,” he mutters bitterly, hauling two large sacks of shellfish on to the dock and ruffling the salt from his hair. “Since desalination began a…

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/12/water-towers-high-mountains-are-in-trouble-perpetual/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-water-wars-that-defined-the-american-west-are-heading-east-11575315318