Water Scarcity Resources
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Farmers Can Save Water With Wireless Technologies, But There Are Challenges — Like Transmitting Data Through Mud
8/15/2022
The Internet of Things is a network of objects equipped with sensors so they can receive and transmit data via the internet. In agriculture, it involves technologies such as wireless underground communications, subsurface sensing, and antennas in soil. These systems help farmers track conditions on their land in real time, and apply water and other inputs such as fertilizer exactly when and where they are needed.
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Water Utilities vs. Climate Change: A Plan For Securing Our Future
7/15/2022
The U.N.’s Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is widely considered to be the world’s foremost authority on what may be humankind’s most existential threat, and this year The Working Group II of the IPCC released its Sixth Assessment Report on the state of the crisis. It reviewed not only the impacts of climate change throughout ecosystems and communities, but also the “capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt.”
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Mitigating Water Risk In A Passive Investment Strategy
7/15/2022
Investors who consider water risk and how companies manage it can do well for themselves while promoting environmentally responsible business operations.
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It’s Time For Action: Why We Can Go Beyond Words To Accelerate A Circular Economy
6/27/2022
Despite circular economy and “one water” ambitions, progress remains slow and the uptake of circular solutions blocked by human nature’s aversion to risks, say Marc Perlman and Ofer Avidan. They argue why solid business models are needed to accelerate the circular economy revolution.
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11,000 Liters Of Water To Make One Liter Of Milk? New Questions About The Freshwater Impact Of NZ Dairy Farming
6/6/2022
Water scarcity and water pollution are increasingly critical global issues. Water scarcity is driven not only by shortages of water, but also by rendering water unusable through pollution. Over the past few decades, nutrient and sediment emissions into waterways have increased, driven by agricultural and horticultural intensification.
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Grim 2022 Drought Outlook For Western U.S. Offers Warnings For The Future As Climate Change Brings A Hotter, Thirstier Atmosphere
5/26/2022
Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows, and dwindling water supplies in reservoirs that millions of people across the region rely on. Heading into summer, the outlook is pretty grim.
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Water Sustainability: What Companies Are Promising And How They Can Deliver
5/24/2022
Water sustainability, conservation, and resiliency have become essential focus areas for many companies. While the US was once a water-rich country, certain areas are seeing what used to be an abundant resource become scarce.
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What Is Dead Pool? A Water Expert Explains
5/24/2022
Journalists reporting on the status and future of the Colorado River are increasingly using the phrase “dead pool.” It sounds ominous. And it is.
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WWEMA Window: Water Stress And Historical Funding
5/24/2022
Water stress occurs when demand for safe, affordable, usable water in a given area exceeds the available supply. We could add that water stress also occurs when there is an excessive amount of water due to rain events that exceed the local area’s ability to handle the storm or the storm flow.
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How Much Water Is In The Snow Below?
4/28/2022
State grant expands high-tech airborne snow surveys to help manage Colorado’s water supply.