Tag: Water Crisis - Page 6
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Nitrate Pollution is Rising in the Pacific Ocean Near Japan and Korea
Nitrate pollution around the costs of Japan and Korea could change the makeup of local marine life, both for plants and animals, according to scientists in both the U.S. and Korea. "This is the first evidence of increases in
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Israel Prepares to Frack Its Water Supply Exploiting Oil Shale
Israel is looking to get in on the oil shale - tar sands act, BBC News reports. The article, though mentioning environmental concerns about this so-called unconventional source of oil, essentially soft peddles these and instead focuses on how much oil
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World's Major River Basins Could Double Food Production, With Better Water Efficiency
Water scarcity is certainly an issue for growing food in some areas, but a new report, published in Water International says that the world's major rivers basins will have enough water to provide enough food for the growing human population over coming
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Rainwater Pump Runs On Sunlight
ITT Flow Control recently announced the development of their new, solar powered RainPerfect Water Pump, which takes harvested rainwater in a barrel and pumps it through devices like garden hoses and sprinklers. This way, the
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Is the U.S. Reaching Peak Water?
Circle of Blue has a good piece on our peak water problem, including definitions of the types of peak water:
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Removing Arsenic From Water With...Plastic Bottles and Nutrition Supplements?!
When we think of plastic bottles, we usually think of them as a serious problem tied up with our drinking water, not a possible solution for cleaning water for 100 million people. But researchers have found that by
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Winning Posters for World Water Week
It's World Water Week which has been the annual focal point for the globe's water issues since 1991. Hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), this year's theme is Water in an Urbanized
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One Woman Working To Bring Safe Water to Millions With A Simple Barrel (Video)
We've seen a variety of designs for carrying water over the years -- from the Hippo Roller to the Water Cycle. But this design by Cynthia Koenig, called the Wello WaterWheel, may be one of the most simple. Essentially a
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We Should Have Started Drinking Our Own Pee A Long Time Ago
The other week, I wrote a snarky headline about a city in drought-stricken Texas that unveiled a plan to build a water reuse plant that would allow residents to essentially drink their own recycled pee. Readers and
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Alaska Governor Authorizes $4.5 Billion Dam Project, Which Will Create 39-Mile-Long Reservoir
While many environmentalists are cheering the removal of dams as a way to bring health back to rivers and restore fisheries, a new project slated for Alaska could put one of the nation's tallest dams in place in the
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When Picking Solar Power Options, It's the Water, Stupid
A great post at CleanTechnica takes a closer look at solar power's water use, and the ups and downs of environmental cost versus financial cost. Follow Jaymi on Twitter for more stories like
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How Wind & Solar Can Help Solve the Global Water Crisis (Video)
There are a number of pressing considerations we must be making as we move to adapt the global energy mix to a world faced with numerous environmental crises. Certainly, climate change is chief among these, and moving towards low carbon fuels should be
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CANARY Risk Management Software Warns Of Water Contamination Threats, Enables Fast Reaction
CANARY Event Detection Software screen projection. Canary is open source software developed by Sandia in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency to enhance the detection of terrorist attacks or natural contaminants to public drinking water
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Slashing Water Waste with Smart Software Could Save Billions of Dollars
Photo: Flickr, CC "Any industry that mislays 25-30% of its product in the process of delivering it might reasonably be thought to have a problem." Between the water treatment plant and the tap in your kitchen, a lot can happen to water. Old pipes
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Little Girl's Untimely Death Sparks Donations of More Than $376,000 for Clean Water
A nine-year-old girl created a MyCharityWater campaign for her birthday in June, hoping to raise $300 to provide clean water for those in need. Tragically, she was killed in a car accident. The outpouring of grief and
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Human-Powered Drill Strikes Water in Tanzania, Offers Hope for Cheaper Wells (Video)
When it comes to drilling new wells for water, the cost can be prohibitive as heavy machinery needs to be brought in to do the digging. However, a team of students from Brigham Young University came up with a
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Epic Drought Along Horn of Africa Mapped Out
An epic drought is taking place on the Horn of Africa. As Mat reported last week, "Overall at least 10 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are affected," and things are only getting worse.
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New Rules Would Allow Fracking Within 1,000 Ft of NYC's Main Water Supply Tunnels
Prepare to be fracked, New York City: I hope you like undisclosed, top secret toxic chemicals that may or may not make your tap water flammable getting blasted into the ground super close to our prime
