Tag: Drought - Page 9
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The Rich Are Different From You and Me. They Use A Lot More Water
Nobody is surprised when TreeHugger is appalled by wasting water, but when the Wall Street Journal starts complaining you know the issue has gone mainstream. Robert Frank writes in the Journal about Nelson Peltz and how:
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Atlanta Collar Counties Getting Serious On Water Use
This took awhile; but, Atlanta's suburbs at last seem headed in the right direction, considering, for example, ordinances that favor more water efficient toilets.
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Chattanooga To Atlanta: "Come On In. The Water's Fine!"
This news item from USA Today clarifies what might happen to the people of Atlanta, Georgia, should a worst-case drought condition last another year. Sure, a few businesses might plan to relocate across the State line in the interim; but, once the
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UPS Shifts To Dry-Washing Trucks In Georgia
_uacct = "UA-3013296-1"; urchinTracker(); UPS does not want a dirty Southern fleet, in spite of Level-4 water restrictions in the Georgia drought. Hence, they have found a waterless cleaning method using, of all things, a commercial grade furniture
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Water Management in Spain Goes Digital
You can call it drip irrigation 2.0: a growing number of Spanish farmers have decided to sign onto an ambitious digital initiative linking up their fields to a national grid controlled from Madrid. Its main purpose, of
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Republican Legislator Mentions 'Taking Up Arms' In Regard To Threats To Tap The Great Lakes
A water shortage can bring out the 'Yosemite Sam' in the most genteel of persons, as well as join politicians in a common defense against water pilfering outlanders. On TreeHugger posts, and elsewhere, Great Lakes-area residents' comments on the
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Make Rain, Not War
Maybe praying for rain will unite Georgians around the idea that something needs to be done besides standing around watching Lake Lanier recede (as pictured), threatening to sue Federal agencies or neighboring states, or telling people to buy two weeks
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A-Squared Goes For Rain Barrels Too
A few weeks back we saw the LED street lights going up in Ann Arbor Michigan USA. Now this same City is experimenting with rain barrels on a large scale. That's a good thing. Rain barrels not only provide free water for gardening, they reduce the
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Red Cross To Georgia: 'Be Ready For Drought Emergency With 5 Cases Of Bottled Water Per Person'
Apparently the Red Cross thinks a 'worst case' drought emergency in Atlanta is likely to last no more than 2 weeks of sheltering in place with bottled water to meet basic needs. No advice was offered on best practices for treating non-potable water - in
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US Department Of Interior Secretary Calls Atlanta Drought "No Longer A Theory"
US Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has reported on a compromise between three Southern US Governors who had been struggling over diminished access to shared surface waters. The language used to report this progress indicates a small
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New U.S. Drought Portal Unveiled
A civilizations lifeblood is available fresh water. Drought is a stealthy natural disaster, it doesn't have the huff and puff of a hurricane, the shock of an earthquake or the terror of a tornado- but it can be just as deadly. We have been covering the
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University Of Georgia Homecoming Game Uses Toilet Flushing Attendants To Save Water
Flushing attendants at a university football game. There's a green pragmatism and community focus about this idea that we like. Multiple uses per flush would save plenty of water.
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Lake Huron Water Levels Keep On Dropping
Rick Eglinton, the Star Those Southwesterners salivating at the thought of Great Lakes water being pumped their way may be too late to the trough; the water level is down over three feet. According to the Catherine Porter in the Star, "Docks that
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What If Drought Forces Cooling Towers? How Much Will It Cost Power Consumers
Sometimes it takes a row to elicit information that is useful outside of the orginal context. Take the example of Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s ongoing construction of a $2.3 billion coal-fired power plant in Oak Creek, on the shore of Lake Michigan, just
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Australia Stepping Back From The Coal-Fired Edge
Climate change is powerfully symbolized by severe drought. Extended, widespread drought can make potable water scarce. Desalination plants are energy intensive and expensive to build and run: the several recently build or planned for Australia may
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Elderly Man Killed By Neighbor for Watering Lawn in Australia
According to CNN, a 66 year-old man was beaten to death on his front lawn by his 36 year-old neighbor for watering it yesterday in Sydney, Australia. Apparently, the pair started arguing over his water usage, and the victim sprayed his neighbor with
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Green Stats: 2,500
660,430 -- the equivalent in US gallons per person per year. Compare that to 700 cubic meters per year per capita (184,920 gallons) in China and 1150
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Developers Are A Sensitive Species Too
A developer-sensitive plan requires the drawing of a target around the spent arrow, so to speak. In the USA, this has become a high art form. In the last 30 years, Atlanta has hit the bullseye several times (see story excerpts below). It'll be
