WATER SCARCITY RESOURCES

• Desalinating Seawater Sounds Easy, But There Are Cheaper And More Sustainable Ways To Meet People's Water Needs

  Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable water sources as their local supplies become less reliable. In the U.S., the issue is especially pressing in California, which is coping with a record-setting, multidecadal drought.

• Utilities And Water Efficiency: Taking A Leadership Role

  Water is an essential resource, and utility customers’ lives count on a reliable flow of it coming out of their tap. In order to protect natural resources, a utility must be responsible and manage water wisely, while still operating at a level that supports all the needs of customers. The first step is talking about water efficiency.

• What Is A Heat Dome? An Atmospheric Scientist Explains The Weather Phenomenon Baking California And The West

  A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. The heat dome can stretch over several states and linger for days to weeks, leaving the people, crops and animals below to suffer through stagnant, hot air that can feel like an oven.

• The Core Of The Water Crisis

  Our relationship with water and the quality of said water plays a major role in shaping the course of our lives. It’s uncommon for many people to give access to clean, safe water a second thought as it’s a given that the majority of the environments that engulf our everyday lives will be able to provide this basic need.

• Major Municipal Water Providers Act On Colorado River Crisis

  Several large municipal water providers commit to significant reductions in water use.

• 12 Projects That Highlight Groundwater Management Best Practices

  Explore examples showcasing infrastructure projects around the world that are helping to manage groundwater. 

• Farmers Can Save Water With Wireless Technologies, But There Are Challenges — Like Transmitting Data Through Mud

  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.

• Mitigating Water Risk In A Passive Investment Strategy

  Investors who consider water risk and how companies manage it can do well for themselves while promoting environmentally responsible business operations.

• Water Utilities vs. Climate Change: A Plan For Securing Our Future

  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.”

• It’s Time For Action: Why We Can Go Beyond Words To Accelerate A Circular Economy

  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.