Water Pricing - Circle of Blue
网页2019年6月18日 · Circle of Blue’s annual survey of water rates in 30 U.S. cities found the slowest rate of increase since the survey began in 2010. Reporter Brett Walton discusses financial trends that affect water bills for tens of millions of U.S. households. Circle of Blue. Speaking Of Water – The Price of Water 2019 – Brett Walton. 1.8K.
Water Scarcity in India - Circle of Blue
网页2018年12月4日 · The country that pumps more groundwater than any other has reached a water supply and food safety reckoning that threatens to upend political and economic stability, and long-term public health. In this special report, building on years of on-the-ground coverage, Circle of Blue reveals how a nation of …
Explainer: Who regulates U.S. drinking water, and how?
网页2020年9月30日 · The act authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the first time to set national standards for contaminants in drinking water. The EPA has since developed standards for 91 contaminants, a medley of undesirable intruders that range from arsenic and nitrate to lead, copper and volatile organic chemicals like benzene.
Map: The Shrinking Ogallala Aquifer - Circle of Blue
网页For a few counties on the aquifer’s margin, wells are already spitting dust. Map: The Shrinking Ogallala Aquifer Click image to enlarge. This map was created by graphic designer Erin Aigner, with research assistance from Brett Walton of Circle of Blue. Choke Point: Index is an investigation into the precarious condition of water in America ...
Flint Water Crisis - Circle of Blue
网页Flint Water Crisis - Circle of Blue. In April 2014, an ill-fated decision to switch water sources triggered a series of governance and infrastructure failures that contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan’s seventh largest city, with high levels of lead. For residents of Flint, whose concerns about water quality went unaddressed for ...
HotSpots H2O: New UN Report Details Global Progress ... - Circle …
网页2019年6月24日 · A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) finds that 2.2 billion people, more than a quarter of the global population, live far below contemporary standards for safe water and sanitation.
Infographic: America's Septic Systems - Circle of Blue
网页2015年10月16日 · Infographic: America’s Septic Systems. Nearly one-fifth of U.S. households are not connected to a public sewer. More than 21 million households in the United States use septic systems — not a public sewer — to trap and filter their toilet waste. The underground tanks are most common in rural areas, especially in …
Infographic: The Age of U.S. Drinking Water Pipes - Circle of Blue
网页2016年2月18日 · Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news.He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting ...
PERSPECTIVE: Water Risks Threaten to Derail Vietnam’s Economic …
网页2019年7月2日 · Economic losses, currently estimated at 1.5 percent per year, are forecasted to rise sharply: to 3 percent per year by 2050 and to as much as 7 percent by 2100, among the highest in the world. Unless decisive steps are taken, water, which has been a driving force behind Vietnam’s rapid growth, will become a brake on development.
HotSpots H2O: 100,000 Displaced as Water Scarcity Ignites Ethnic ...
网页2021年12月20日 · One hundred thousand people are displaced after ethnic clashes broke out in northern Cameroon earlier this month. The deadly clashes reflect heightened competition over natural resources in an area experiencing rapid environmental change. In northern Cameroon, water stress exposes and deepens longstanding ethnic fault lines.
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