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High mountain ‘water towers’ are in trouble

HIGH IN THE Himalaya, near the base of the Gangotri glacier, water burbles along a narrow river. Pebbles, carried in the small river’s flow, pling as they carom downstream. This Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Water

The Water Wars that Defined the American West Are Heading East

Water stress, a hallmark of the American West, is spreading east. The shift is evident on Casey Cox’s family farm in Georgia’s agricultural heartland, where she turned on five giant Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • East Asia
  • Water

Overreliance On Hydropower Is Causing A Crisis In Southeast Asia

The swirling currents of the once mighty Mekong shrunk by drought and increasingly crippled by dams point towards an unprecedented crisis of water governance along the more than 4,900 kilometers Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • India
  • Water

India’s Ominous Future: Too Little Water, or Far Too Much

Throughout India, the number of days with very heavy rains has increased over the last century. At the same time, the dry spells between storms have gotten longer. Showers that Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Indonesia
  • Water

Mining turned Indonesian seas red. The drive for greener cars could herald a new toxic tide.

Where forested hills dip into the sea, Sahman Ukas scoops up rusty-red topsoil. His hands hold nickel that is more concentrated than many of the world’s richest deposits. It’s no Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Water

The World Can Make More Water From the Sea, but at What Cost?

Desalinated seawater is the lifeblood of Saudi Arabia, no more so than at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, an international research center that rose from the dry, empty Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • East Asia
  • Water

Planned power plants in Asia likely to face water shortages

Climate activists have raised concerns about the number of power plants planned for development in Asia, but the threat of climate change appears to be just one reason to think Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Sep 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Many ports support open loop scrubbers use in their waters: CSA 2020

The Clean Shipping Alliance, or CSA 2020, has received written approvals and no-objection letters from more than 20 ports covering Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australasia indicating they have no Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 May 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA
  • Water

More than 80 vessels queued in and outside of the Mississippi River due to high water

High water on the Mississippi River has slammed the brakes on coal and petcoke loadings in the US Gulf, with more than 80 vessels queued, according to S&P Global Platts’ Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA
  • Water

Gone in a Generation

Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives.  The continental United States is 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was a century ago. Seas at the coasts are nine inches Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Feb 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

The non-stop waste of water

Every year, water shortages affect more than one-third of the world’s population. In 2017, even Rome — ancient pioneer of urban water provision — saw its myriad public drinking fountains Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jan 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Water

Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water.

Tuyuksu Glacier Kapchagay Reservoir Lake Issyk-Kul Almaty Lake Balkhash Russia Mongolia Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Iran Afghanistan Pakistan China China Kyrgyzstan India Arctic Ocean Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Flows from Kazakhstan’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jan 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Trump rolls back decades of Clean Water Act protections

American bullfrog floating at the surface of a farm pond in Kentucky USA The Trump administration has taken aim at removing environmental federal protections for wetlands and isolated streams from Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Dec 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

Following Washington Post report, U.S. Coast Guard told Taylor Energy to contain and clean up the spill, which has leaked more than a million barrels of oil since 2004, or Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Nov 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Australia
  • Water

Drought Tests Australia’s Model Water Market

But the return of severe drought to an area of eastern Australia more than twice the size of Texas is testing the system. Gary Wight, 46 years old, thinks he Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Nov 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil
  • Water

A Breakthrough for Hydraulic Fracturing

A revolutionary groundwater quality study provides new evidence that ‘fracking’ operations are safe to nearby water sources. This piece presents the opinions of the author. It does not necessarily reflect Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Sep 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Water

Duke Energy says dam breached at North Carolina plant and coal ash may be flowing into Cape Fear River

Floodwaters on Friday breached a dam that contains a man-made lake connected to a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina, possibly causing coal ash to flow into the nearby Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Sep 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

The Water Crises Aren’t Coming—They’re Here

Here’s a concept: paper water. Paper water is water the government grants certain farmers who are drawing water from a river or a watershed in, say, California. The phrase describes Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Sep 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Vital US reservoir OK for now, but shortages are looming

The Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona creates Lake Powell, which holds only 43 percent of its capacity this year. The reservoir is part of a system that supports 40 million Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Aug 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Water

After ‘Peak Water,’ the Days of Plenty Are Over

In a recent paper in Science of The Total Environment, a team of Chinese researchers created a model of the Urumqi No. 1 catchment in Xinjiang, China, and made a Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Aug 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Texas, refineries urged to plan storm shutdowns to cut pollution

Texas environment regulators should coordinate shutdowns of oil refineries and other petrochemical plants during major storms to avoid big releases of air pollution like during last year’s Hurricane Harvey, a Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Aug 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Agency Says Lake Mead Could Drop Below Critical Threshold

Nevada’s Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir in the West, is on track to fall below a critical threshold in 2020, according to a new forecast by the Bureau of Reclamation. Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Aug 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Water

British groundwater monitors review oil and gas risks

British authorities said Monday they were working to examine the potential vulnerability to groundwater supplies from onshore oil and gas activity. The British Geological Survey and the nation’s Environment Agency Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jul 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Falling Lake Mead Water Levels Prompt Detente in Arizona Feud

Arizona is the odd state out in agreeing to dramatically curtail water use from the Colorado River, raising tensions in the Southwest as extreme drought conditions return. At issue are Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jul 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq
  • Turkey
  • Water

Why water is a growing faultline between Turkey and Iraq

They are from different generations, different countries, and live 1,100km apart. Yet the fates of Suleyman Agalday and Nashwa Nasr are intertwined by policies transforming the Tigris River that has irrigated Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jul 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

H2Oh! Water is actually two liquids disguised as one

 “WATER is very strange,” says Anders Nilsson. He should know: he has been studying the stuff for most of his working life. His claim may be hard for the rest Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jun 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Water

The Next Big Crisis: Drinking Water

You might be looking at the next global crisis right now. Because as easily as most people get a clean drink out of the tap, billions of people can’t take Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 May 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Offshore
  • USA
  • Water

Offshore Drillers Get Some, Not All, They Sought in Trump Reform

The Trump administration is moving to relax some offshore drilling requirements imposed in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster but is rebuffing the oil industry’s plea for bigger changes. Proposed Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Water

California hydro generation, water levels jump; outlook still shows drought: state

Water supply levels in California were bolstered in March but still sit below normal, after several late winter storms increased snowpack and reservoir levels, according to the California Department of Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Cities around the world should prepare for running out of water

It’s called “Day Zero” : when Cape Town, South Africa’s bustling port city, sees its water taps run dry, and its population thrust into a perilous situation. Originally projected for Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Fossil Water Depletion, Groundwater Contamination, Saltwater Intrusion, & Permanent Subsidence

Much of the modern world’s agricultural productivity, industrial activity, and high degree of urbanization is dependent upon the pumping and exploitation of limited freshwater resources. In some regions the water Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Is Desalination an Answer to the Water Crisis?

On World Water Day, March 22, universal access to clean water continues to be a privilege, when it should be a right. Experts predict that by 2030 the global water Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Mar 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • India
  • Water

Water Scarcity: India’s Silent Crisis

As Cape Town inches towards ‘Zero Hour’ set for July 15, 2018, the real threat of water scarcity is finally hitting millions of people worldwide. For on that day, the Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Mar 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

The world’s taps are rapidly running dry

The world has abundant fresh water but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, United Nations agencies say, as highlighted by the drought in Cape Town. On Tuesday South Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Feb 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Iran
  • Water

Burning Iranian oil tanker sinks after January 6 accident: Chinese state TV

An Iranian oil tanker has sunk after burning for more than a week following a collision on Jan. 6 in the East China Sea, Chinese state media said on Sunday, Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Iran
  • Water

Oil Spill on Fire Off China Seen Damaging Less Than Exxon Valdez

Sanchi oil spill covers 4 square miles and is still burning Authorities collecting data from spill area to assess impact The oil tanker on fire after a collision on Jan. Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Pipelines
  • Water

Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 Pipeline Gets A Halt Construction Order

Sunoco received a halt construction order from Pennsylvania environmental officials on Wednesday for a natural gas pipeline the southern half of the state due to a myriad of spills and Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Nuclear
  • Water

Fukushima’s Nuclear Waste Will Be Dumped Into the Ocean, Japanese Plant Owner Says

Toxic waste produced by one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters will be dumped into the sea, according to the head of the Japanese company tasked with cleaning up the Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Jul 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Rains Expose a New Water Problem in California: Storage

Since the beginning of the year, enough water has spilled out of California’s rain-swollen Lake Oroville to meet the demands of roughly 14 million people for a year. With no Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Mar 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

Trump Orders Review Of Obama Waterway Regulation

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Tuesday directing regulators to review an Obama administration rule that expanded the number of federally protected waterways as the new president targets Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • Water

Rule Tightens Restrictions on Coal Mining Near Streams

The Interior Department on Monday issued a rule putting tighter restrictions on coal mining near streams, one of several environmental rules President-elect Donald Trump has targeted to undo once he Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Dec 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Water

Massive 2013 oil spill in North Dakota still not cleaned up

Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North Dakota still isn’t fully cleaned up. The company responsible hasn’t even set a date for completion. Though crews Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Dec 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil
  • Water

Fracking Can Taint Drinking Water, EPA Report Finds

Fracking can affect drinking water supplies in certain circumstances, the Obama administration said in a long-awaited report issued Tuesday, leaving open the possibility of more widespread impacts that it says Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Dec 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Water

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused widespread land erosion in Louisiana

Marnie Winter remembers seeing the oil spread through the waters of Barataria Bay in southeastern Louisiana. It was 2010, just a few weeks after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil
  • Water

Industry advocate downplays report that reignited fracking debate

A drilling industry advocacy group on Monday downplayed a report released last week by a scientific panel that called into question a major finding that the Environmental Protection Agency had Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Aug 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Africa
  • Water

Africa awaits major crisis unless governments make interventions

This implies that Africa awaits major crisis unless governments become unified in giving priority to water security management and sanitation. Almost 98 per cent of the affected people live in Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Aug 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Water

China’s Massive Effort to Purify Seawater Is Drying Up

Stalled projects and underperforming plants have hampered China’s desalination plans. The site of a seawater desalination plant that could provide up to one-third of the water consumed by Beijing’s households Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jul 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Water

The Energy Sector is One of the Largest Consumers of Water

The implications of the global water footprint of energy generation are phenomenal, writes Gary Bilotta of the University of Brighton. He warns that i f policy makers fail to take Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jun 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Water

Why China Is Running Out Of Water

A wave of recent reports from China make it clear that the country is now facing a water crisis of massive proportions. As Jules Suzdaltsev explains in today’s Seeker Daily Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jun 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Water

Two-third of world population to suffer from water scarcity in 10 years

The Secretary of Iran Urban Economics Scientific Association (IUESA) Seyed Mohsen Tabatabaei made the remarks noting that that global demand for water follows extremely urbanization growth. he underlined that water Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jun 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple

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