Global Water Wire
Q&A: James G. Workman on the Bushmen’s Fight for Water Rights and 21st Century Hydro-Democracy
Workman says chances of the Botswanian government returning water rights to the Bushmen as 'pretty slim.'
Welcome to Circle of Blue Radio’s Series 5 in 15, where we’re asking global thought leaders five questions in 15 minutes, more or less. These are experts working in journalism, science, communication design ...
Slideshow: Tar Sands Oil Development Burdens a Detroit Community
Circle of Blue speaks with residents facing the potential environmental and health consequences of an expanding Marathon Oil Corp. refinery in Detroit.
Tar Sands Soiled Oil
Alberta's tar sands are at the leading edge of a new era of hydrocarbon development in North America and the world. Industry executives and the ...
Bulk Water Company Plans to Export to India, East Asia and the Caribbean
‘Water has to come to the people,’ president of S2C Global tells Circle of Blue.
Photo creative commons by Judy MalleySitka, Alaska.
By Brett Walton
Circle of Blue
S2C Global—one of two companies in a partnership to export water from Sitka, Alaska to India—envisions water hubs in the Arabian Sea, East China Sea and ...
Report: Sustainable Water Resources Management Volume 3 - Case Studies on New Water Paradigm
Ken Reid of AWRA just sent me this, which he received from Tim Smith, Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable Coordinator.
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), has completed a research effort to help communities overcome their challenges. The project, Sustainable Water Resources Management Volume 3: Case Studies on New Water Paradigm, created a framework to support communities’ efforts to organize around and operate under key sustainability principles and practices. Many thanks to Bob Goldstein of EPRI for...
Peter Gleick: How Much Water do YOU Use at Home?
A new tool from the Pacific Institute for figuring out our home water and energy and greenhouse gas footprint.
We all use water, for all kinds of things. We use water directly in our homes. We use water indirectly to produce the food we eat, the semiconductors we use, and the ...
The Price of Wastewater: A Comparison of Sewer Rates in 30 U.S. Cities
Following Circle of Blue’s survey of water prices, we examine the wastewater costs of the same 30 major cities.
Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of BlueClick image to enlarge.
By Brett Walton
Circle of Blue
Households in American cities building new sewage treatment infrastructure pay up to 15 times more on ...
AWRA 2010 Annual Water Resources Conference: Philadelphia, 1-4 November
Time for another shill alert!
Our annual conference WWW site now has lots of information, including in-depth oral sessions, sessions-at-a-glance, and session tracks.
Here is the blurb:
The Delaware and New Jersey State Sections would like to welcome you to the 2010 AWRA Annual Conference. The City of Philadelphia—the birthplace of this great country and home of cheese steaks, Tastycakes, soft pretzels and the Liberty Bell—will serve as the backdrop for this year’s conference. Our two sections have planned an exciting week filled with presentations on the latest water resources...
China aims to increase hydropower 50 per cent by 2015
Business Green: The Chinese government has reportedly pledged to increase its hydroelectric power capacity 50 per cent by 2015 as it continues to accelerate efforts to boost its low-carbon energy supplies. According to local reports, officials said they were aiming to increase hydropower capacity from 200 million kilowatts currently to 300 million kW by 2015. The announcement came as China's largest hydropower station, the Xiaowan dam in Yunnan province, came online. State-backed news ...
Fast growing salmon cleared as fit for human consumption in US
Independent: A genetically modified salmon which grows twice as fast as normal is completely safe for human consumption and poses little risk to the environment according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The regulatory body's verdict paves the way for GM animals to be produced commercially for food for the first time. The creature, dubbed "Frankenfish" by critics, looks likely to be approved for human consumption later this month. Its developers, a Boston-based company called ...
Emily Green's The Week That Was, 29 August - 4 September 2010 y Más Desde La República Dominicana
Even in the Dominican Republic I cannot miss Emily Green's The Week That Was. Helps me stay in touch with all the good stuff happening in the water world.
El gringo viejo did take some time to enjoy the beach in Puerto Plata with las Dominicanas bonitas.
But on 4 September I did learn some local water lore from Ing. H. Domingo Rodriguez, who is the regional director for the DR's equivalent of the EPA. We visited Taveras Dam, where he described a flood whose maximum discharge was something like 7,000 cubic meters per second. That is almost the mean discharge...
