Global Water Shortage Looms In New Century

When most U.S. citizens think about water shortages — if they think about them at all — they think about a local problem, possibly in their town or city, maybe their state or region. We don’t usually regard such problems as particularly worrisome, sharing confidence that the situation will be readily handled by investment in [...]

Facts About The World Water Council

What is the World Water Council? This is what they have to say about themselves. World Water Council: An International Multi-Stakeholder Platform for a Water Secure World “The World Water Council was established in 1996 in response to increasing concern from the global community about world water issues. Its mission is to promote awareness, build [...]

Tajikistan’s Former Soviet Nuclear Sites Pose Threat To Nearby Villages

April 08, 2009 Source: Radio Free Europe By Farangis Najibullah The first Soviet atomic bomb, tested in 1949, was made from Tajik uranium. Now Tajikistan is dealing with the dangerous legacy of its role in the Soviet nuclear program: 55 million tons of radioactive waste that, in some sites, is leaking into the soil and [...]

Water and Sanitation: Ethiopia

Donna and Philip Berber are the founders of A Glimmer of Hope Foundation. Aptly named, the foundation’s mission is to aid the rural poor of Ethiopia in lifting themselves out of poverty. The foundation’s principles reflect the belief that justice, equality and dignity are everyone’s birthright and where you are born should not determine whether [...]

Climate Change Impacts on Water

Source: Climate Change and Water Research The Climate Change and Water Research website is maintained by Dr. Kathleen Miller of the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Freshwater resources are highly sensitive to variations in weather and climate. The changes in global climate that are occurring as [...]

Imminent Water Crisis in India

Photo: Business Week The following article was found at The World’s Biggest Problems. They define their mission on their homepage. “The World’s Biggest Problems portal has a simple, clear mission: educating people all around the world about the biggest problems facing humanity. These problems have two criteria, they must be global in scope, and have [...]

Today’s Dearth Fact

Image: NASA Today’s Dearth Fact Courtesy of Business Week. Today’s water fact ~Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.

China Faces a Water Crisis

Today we go to China. A country imbued with a history of floods and droughts, China could now be facing an even greater challenge. After three decades of economic growth, hundreds of millions of its people have migrated to the cities. China is laboring under the pressure caused by a dramatic increase in demand for [...]

California’s Water Crisis

Did you know that some locations in the United States are on the verge of a water crisis? California is facing the possibility of not being able to supply all of its citizens with enough water. Admin ______________ Source: California Water Crisis Unfortunately, California’s water system is in a crisis. For the first time in [...]

Dry Taps in Mexico City: A Water Crisis Gets Worse

Source: time.com By: Ioan Grillo/Mexico City Saturday, April 11, 2009 A child walks close to a measuring pile at the lake reservoir, in Villa Victoria, outside of Mexico City, on April 7, 2009. Authorities reported on Tuesday this will be one of the most serious water shortages in recent memory. Luis Acosta / AFP / [...]