Flint Water Crisis - Circle of Blue
Flint Water Crisis - Circle of Blue. In April 2014, an ill-fated decision to switch water sources triggered a series of governance and infrastructure failures that contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan’s seventh largest city, with high levels of lead. For residents of Flint, whose concerns about water quality went unaddressed for ...
Circle of Blue | Water Reporting, Data & Convening
Oct 15, 2024 · The conflicting demand for water, food, and energy is the defining challenge of our century. Global Choke Point, a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center, explores the peril and promise with frontline reporting, data, and policy expertise. No one is better positioned to deliver groundbreaking knowledge on the critical ...
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Map: The Shrinking Ogallala Aquifer - Circle of Blue
For a few counties on the aquifer’s margin, wells are already spitting dust. Map: The Shrinking Ogallala Aquifer Click image to enlarge. This map was created by graphic designer Erin Aigner, with research assistance from Brett Walton of Circle of Blue. Choke Point: Index is an investigation into the precarious condition of water in America ...
HotSpots H20 - Circle of Blue
Jul 22, 2024 · August 2, 2024 / in HotSpots H2O, Water News / by Zara Gounden. Image by the MODIS Rapid Response team. Zara Gounden, Circle of Blue – August 2. In response to critically low snow cover in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, and the potential for serious water shortages in downstream communities, experts from the International Centre for ...
Michigan’s New Rules To Protect Water From Manure Attacked By …
Oct 3, 2024 · By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – October 3, 2024. FREMONT, MI. – Anticipating a surge of funding for building manure biodigesters that capture methane for electricity and transportation fuels from millions of tons of farm animal wastes Michigan’s environmental agency last year drafted more rigorous operating rules to protect state waters from a new tide of farm-based pollution.
North vs. South—Carolina States Settle Water Dispute Without …
Jan 4, 2011 · Two southern states have reached an out-of-court agreement on using water from shared rivers, Bloomberg reports. South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster announced the settlement with North Carolina over the Catawba River, which keeps the dispute out of the U.S. Supreme Court.. Although the current dispute has ended, the agreement does leave the door open for future lawsuits, however, if ...
Infographic: America's Septic Systems - Circle of Blue
Oct 16, 2015 · Infographic: America’s Septic Systems. Nearly one-fifth of U.S. households are not connected to a public sewer. More than 21 million households in the United States use septic systems — not a public sewer — to trap and filter their toilet waste. The underground tanks are most common in rural areas, especially in New England and the Deep ...
HotSpots H2O: Following Hurricanes, Water Insecurity Spikes in ...
Mar 22, 2021 · Hurricane Eta landed in Nicaragua in early November, destroying coastline, infrastructure, and causing 210 fatalities across Central America. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Iota slammed into Nicaragua, flooding areas of the country that were still recovering from Eta. Nicaraguan Indigenous communities, such as the Miskitu and Mayangna ...
WRF’s new report, Residential End Uses of Water, Version 2 (REU2016) (DeOreo et al. 2016), provides an updated and expanded assessment of water use. It includes more varied study site locations, hot water usage data, more detailed landscape analysis, and additional water rate analysis. The new study identifies variations in water use by each ...