Drought Puts Brazil’s Largest City On The Brink
Instead of rain, São Paulo has cracked earth and chaos as a devastating drought is making enemies out of neighbors in Brazil’s largest city, the site of a historic water shortage the likes of which hasn’t been seen in decades. Many residents have gone to drastic measures to hoard the precious commodity in the face […]
Is Pennsylvania Well Contamination Due To Fracking?
Scientists in Pennsylvania say they’ve found a clear link between natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region and local groundwater contamination. Samples of drinking water near three houses in Bradford County showed traces of a drilling chemical used in the fracking process, suggesting the compound had leaked from poorly built natural gas wells into […]
MIT Researchers Create Solar-Based Solution to Help Solve Global Water Crisis
By 2025, nearly two billion people will experience absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world will survive in water-stressed conditions. More than 1.4 billion people currently live in river basins where water use is more than the minimum recharge levels, according to the UN Development Programme. In 60 percent of European cities with a […]
MIT Uses Solar Power To Make Salt Water Drinkable
Water is necessary for all forms of life, but although 71 percent of the Earth is covered by water, the majority of it is salty and inconsumable. A team of MIT engineers believe they may have found the answer to the world’s water crisis with a design they claim can harnass the power of the […]
From Zion will Come Forth Knowhow in Water
No fewer than 13 Israeli water companies participated in a “water delegation” to parched Brazil just before Passover – in an effort to help the country overcome what officials call its “water challenge.” Brazil is currently experiencing its worst water shortage ever, due to increased water use, low rainfall levels, and low infrastructure investments. The […]
Mars May Have Liquid Salty Water Below Its Surface
NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured weather and soil conditions on Mars to discover that the red planet’s surface has favorable conditions to hold liquid salty water underneath. The latest findings have further fueled the long-running debate on whether Mars ever contained water and was suitable to host life. Scientists had previously discovered that Martian soil […]
US Forest Service Investigates Expired Permit Nestle Uses To Draw CA Water
What am I missing here? California is in a major long-term drought and Nestle didn’t even have a valid permit for all the water it was taking. Why on earth would they renew it now? SAN BERNARDINO — The U.S. Forest Service is investigating an expired permit that Nestle has been using to draw water […]
12 Facts For World Water Day
Many people take it for granted, but water is essential for life. World Water Day is celebrated Sunday, March 22 to simply celebrate water. The United Nations started the campaign 22 years ago to show how water makes a difference to areas of the world where there are water-related problems. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued […]
Facts For World Water Day
A look at how water has and will continue to shape human culture.
Have you ever stopped to think just how water has shaped humanity and it’s many cultures? Despite the diversity we find from place to place one thing is common to all; that without water there is no humanity. In preparation for World Water Day on March 22, 2015 we wanted to share the importance of […]
