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This week' s episode of What's Up With Water covers water-related financial risks and a mandate to conserve water in California. Plus, Circle of Blue reports on Michigan's opportunity for renewal. Find a full transcript for this episode here: https://wp.me/p7hOyy-vYx

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers recent heatwaves in India and Pakistan and the reason some homes in Australia may become "uninsurable." Plus, Circle of Blue reports on how rising water costs in Michigan are impacting low-income households. Find a full transcript of this week's episode here: https://wp.me/p7hOyy-vVM

Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost.

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers two UN reports on humankind's impact on Earth's lands and waters, worsening food crises in the Horn of Africa, and Las Vegas's water insurance policy. Plus, Circle of Blue reports on Michigan's opportunity to correct decades of water mismanagement. Find a full transcript for this week's episode here: https://wp.me/p7hOyy-vTr

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers paying for groundwater in California and a controversial canal project in Nebraska. Plus, Circle of Blue reports on the links between Russia's war in Ukraine and global food crises. Find a complete transcript for this episode here: https://wp.me/p7hOyy-vQt

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers water outages in Ukraine, water rationing in Chile's largest city and the western United States, and the biggest environmental concerns among Americans. Access a full transcript here: https://wp.me/p7hOyy-vNr

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers a recent report from the United Nations climate panel and the ripple effect of war in Ukraine. Plus, Circle of Blue reports on how inflation is affecting U.S. water utilities. Find a transcript to this episode here: https://wp.me/p7hOyy-vM9

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers a controversial dam proposal in Australia, worsening drought in California, and a major spending bill in Michigan.

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers a rare win for Mekong River conservationists, pollution across America's waterways, and an oil spill in the Mississippi River watershed.

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers a major settlement for Canada's Indigenous communities and persisting drought in the Horn of Africa. Plus, Circle of Blue reports on a database that documents the rising number of violent clashes involving water. Find a transcript of this episode here: https://wp.me/p7hOyy-vGs

This week's episode of What's Up With Water covers the aftermath of devastating floods in Australia, a flood resilience project in New York City, and water conservation legislation in Utah. Want more global water coverage from Circle of Blue? Twitter: https://twitter.com/circleofblue/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/circleofblue/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/circleofblue/ In a disruptiv...

What's Up With Water - March 8, 2022 by Circle Of Blue

This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers groundwater concerns at a potential Tesla factory in Germany and water pollution in a Pennsylvania town. Plus, Circle of Blue reports on rising Legionnaires’ disease trends.

What's Up With Water - February 22, 2022 by Circle Of Blue

The American Rescue Plan Act includes $350 billion to assist states, tribes, territories, and local governments in responding to financial challenges wrought by the pandemic. Water infrastructure improvements are one of four broad spending categories authorized by the act. It is clear that ARPA will have a far reach. Plus, funding is not just going to large, multimillion-dollar projects.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: snow-making for the Beijing Olympics and Baltimore's new income-based water rate. Plus the second part of a CoB report on nitrates in groundwater.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Louisiana using federal covid relief funds for water and sewer systems and a rise in crop insurance payments in the US due to drought and flood. Plus the first of two CoB stories on the impact of farm chemicals on families and communities in Nebraska.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: water system failures in Mississippi's capital, New Mexico starts preparing for another dry year in the Rio Grande basin, drought warnings in Somalia.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: U.S. special forces bombed a strategic dam in Syria in 2017; how the rising cost of water in one major American city is hurting people of color; UK water companies under scrutiny on wastewater.

Parag Khanna and Giulio Boccaletti by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: drought/hunger/migration in Iraq, an oil exploration company violating environmental laws in Namibia, and a deal in the Colorado River basin to bolster Lake Mead.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: water contamination from a naval fuel storage site in Oahu and Iraq contemplates taking Iran to international court over water use. Plus, CoB's water year in review.

Water Affordability In Michigan by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: wetlands protection in Uganda, flood risk for toxic sites in California, and oyster reef restoration in Virginia. Plus a CoB feature on a Michigan water affordability study.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: water restrictions in South Africa, flooding in South Sudan, and a tussle over hydropower imports in New England.