Tag: Drinking Water - Page 8
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Desalination The Next Big Boom? Spending On Projects To Increase 191% by 2016
We know desalination is a technology more companies and local governments are looking to as a relief from crunched water supplies. However, the latest report on desalination spending still takes us
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Population 4x More Important Than Climate Change on Water Shortage
We're well aware of the fact that humans have a significant impact on water supplies -- from groundwater pumping to altering the course and flow of the world's rivers, we are no small player in how
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Majority of World's Rivers in a State of Crisis, But Solutions Can Be Cheap
What happens when the rivers that 80% of our planet's human population and countless species of animals rely upon, become sick beyond repair? And how, exactly, do we know when a river is suffering? A
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Southwest In a Water Juggling Act as Supplies Dry Up
Lake Mead, one of the major basins along the Colorado river system, is used to supply water to people in the southwest everywhere from Las
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Groundwater Overuse Hitting All-Time Highs, Future Supplies Hitting Lows
Photo via Asbestos Bill via Flickr Creative Commons Groundwater might as well be considered a non-renewable resource with the way we've been using it. Pumped from aquifers at a rate far exceeding its ability to be naturally replenished, groundwater is
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Why "Gandhi of Water" Rajendra Singh Is Traveling the Length of the Ganges River
Considered the Gandhi of water issues, Rajendra Singh is an activist about to begin an incredible walk in order to bring attention to India's water problems. Starting on October 1st at
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How California Can Save Nearly 326 Billion Gallons of Water On The Cheap
The Pacific Institute has released a new report titled "California's Next Million Acre-Feet: Saving Water, Energy and Money that outlines the steps the state can take to come up with its next one million
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Cotton Cloth Coated in Nanotubes Electrifies Bacteria to Purify Water
Fresh, clean, drinkable water is an increasingly rare thing on this planet, especially in places that are suffering through catastrophes like floods or must deal with high levels of pollution without the resources to set
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Sigourney Weaver Deconstructs Disasterous Belo Monte Dam in 'Defending the Rivers of the Amazon' (Video)
Brazil has received a whole lot of negativity regarding the Belo Monte dam. The $17 billion complex would divert nearly all of the flow of the Xingu River, a massive river known for its biodiversity, to generate hydroelectric power.
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39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, and the Sierra Club has identified an additional 39 sites in 21 states where toxic coal ash is contaminating
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Tapi Tap Squeezes a Drink from Any Spigot
The return of water fountains across cities has been the buzz lately, with places like London restoring old fountains and New York setting up new ones, though those are only temporary. It seems as though taking back the tap is
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Military-style '3G Drone' Hunts Down Water Loss
They say that wars will some day be fought over water. In the meantime, a military-inspired flying "3G Drone" is helping pinpoint water loss in Israel. The "advanced meter intel collection" system was developed
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We Waste How Much Water On Coal?!
We usually give coal the stink eye for the ways it harms the earth's surface when it is extracted, and the way it harms the earth's systems when it is burned. But we also need to hone in on the way coal harms
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Super Cheap Nanotech "Tea Bag" Cleans Water Instantly (Video)
Could a simple "tea bag" of carbon and antimacrobial fibers that costs just pennies be the solution for quickly filtered drinking water on the go? Scientists from Stellenbosch University in South Africa hope they've found the solution to drinking water
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Relocation of 330,000 Residents Begins for China's Largest Water Project Since Three Gorges Dam
Photo via Le Grand Portage via Flickr CC China has a water problem. In fact, the only resource constraint standing in the way of their rampant growth is water. There just isn't enough of it, especially in the north. That's why the country has been
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Solar-Powered Water Treatment at Superfund Site Inspires Renewable Energy Projects
Photo via peasap via Flickr CC Superfund sites are hazardous waste areas that were once abandoned but have (finally) received funding for clean-up efforts. They're all over the US and are usually kept on the down-low in the public eye by the government
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Rising Sea Levels Threaten Drinking Water Supplies for 15 Million East Coast Residents
The problem of sea level rise is usually discussed in terms of the dislocation of people away from coastlines, or even whole islands. But sea level rise has another dire impact: the loss of freshwater drinking supplies. The Delaware estuary is
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Filtered Water In 2 Minutes with New UV Light Bottle Invention
Most portable water filters use carbon filters, special membranes with microscopic openings, or chemicals like chlorine or iodine to clean the water and make it save for drinking. However, one of the best systems for
