Category Archives: Drought

Friday Swim, links to 5 interesting water articles from the week of August 31st.

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

World food prices rose 10% in July, pushed by Midwest drought By: Ricardo Lopez This article describes the rise in global food prices. Hardest hit are those in some of the poorest places in the world such as South Sudan. … Continue reading →

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Friday Swim, links to 6 interesting water articles from the week of August 17th.

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

Bill Gates looks to new toilets to improve world sanitation BBC This article describes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s competition to design new toilets. The winning design was from a team from California Institute of Technology. Don’t Waste The … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Role in Water Part 5; agricultural approaches to water

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

“The daily drinking water requirement per person is 2-4 litres, but it takes 2,000 to 5,000 litres of water to produce one person’s daily food.” FAO The United Nations role in water is important for billions of people who find … Continue reading →

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Friday Swim, links to 5 interesting water articles from the week of August 10th.

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Human Right to Water and Sanitation Remains a Political Mirage By: Thalif Deen Even though the UN passed a resolution 2 years ago on the human right to water and sanitation it still remains to be fully implemented. As this … Continue reading →

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Dealing with droughts; are dams the answer?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

On June 5, 2012 a group of major international dam NGOs approved a global declaration entitled Water Storage for Sustainable Development. This declaration calls for more dams to increase storage in order to enable development and mitigate harm caused by … Continue reading →

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Drought in the US, not made in China

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

The United States is facing a major crisis which its water allocation system may not be able to handle. The largest recorded disaster area in United States history is currently ravaging the US in the form of a drought across the … Continue reading →

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