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The tribes unveiled draft legislation to allow their water to be leased to users in Arizona off the reservation or stored underground.

Your "need to know news" of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: lead service line replacement in Flint, extension of a shutoff moratorium in Detroit and criticism of a government plan in Australia to fill coal mines with water. Plus, a COB story on the Colorado River basin, where legal maneuvers could boost flexibility for water use in a drying region.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: drinking water advisories in Canada's First Nations, climate as a security risk in Brazil, refugees fleeing damage from two hurricanes in Central America, and researchers identify a toxic compound that is killing coho salmon in the Puget Sound region.

What a Biden administration might mean for federal water policy. Guests: Heather Cooley, the director of research at the Pacific Institute, where she works on a variety of water and climate issues. Anne Castle, a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment at the University of Colorado Law School. From 2009 to 2014, Castle was the assistant secre...

This is an excerpt of the November 30, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. So many who were at the cusp of a better life have been beset by an extraordinary reversal of fortune. Until this year, extreme poverty had been steadily falling across the globe over the recent decades. At the same time, hundreds of millions of people had gained access to proper water and sanitation services. The spread...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: Enbridge sues Michigan over Line 5 decision, Enbridge gains a federal permit to replace its Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota, the UN announces a sanitation and hygiene fund, and the UN food agency highlights water scarcity for farming regions. Plus a CoB feature on USAID's post-Covid strategy.

This is an excerpt of the November 16, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. This week Circle of Blue reports on California’s efforts to better understand the pandemic’s impact on water utilities and their customers. Last week, California regulators sent a survey to 150 of the state’s largest water providers. It’s an effort to assess the financial fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus has...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: an application for oil and gas wastewater disposal in Wyoming; lawsuits in New Jersey over PFAS pollution; and Michigan's governor orders the shut down of a controversial oil pipeline in the Great Lakes. The CoB feature looks at California’s efforts to better understand the pandemic’s impact on water utilities and their...

Election Recap: U.S. Water Ballot Initiatives by Circle Of Blue

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Three U.S. stories this week: on wildfire damage to a drinking water system in Oregon, groundwater regulations in Wisconsin, and dry wells in New Hampshire. Plus Circle of Blue reports on the outcome of water-related ballot initiatives in the November election.

This is an excerpt of the November 11, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. With the U.S. Senate majority at stake in the 2020 election, nearly every race has become a battleground. That’s the case in Michigan, where incumbent Democrat Gary Peters is being challenged by Republican John James. Polls of likely voters show Peters up by six to nine percentage points. National super PACs on both sides...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: negotiations resume for Nile dam dispute, record dryness in the western United States, and carbon-capture technology could worsen water scarcity. Plus, a CoB story on Senate race in Michigan.

This is an excerpt of the October 26, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. A number of water advocates and analysts say that during its first term, the Trump administration has pursued revisions to environmental rules that will harm the nation’s waters. Bob Irvin is president and chief executive of the conservation group American Rivers. He told Circle of Blue “President Trump loves to say that h...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Stories on pollution from France's largest dairy, growing glaciers in southern Asia, and a mining proposal in Georgia. Plus, a CoB story on what the Trump administration has meant for water.

This is an excerpt of the October 19, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. In Michigan, residents who are behind on their water bills will soon be getting some relief. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will provide over $20 million to 116 water utilities, through an intermediary. Though the number of customers with overdue water bills is rising because of the pandemic, many sta...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: illegal gold mining in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe, fires in the Pantanal exemplify the threat of drought for wetlands, and women in Africa report harassment while collecting water. Plus a CoB story on Michigan using CARES Act funds for customer water debt relief.

This is an excerpt of the October 12, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. Two Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform asked the CDC to suspend water service disconnections nationwide as a way to slow the spread of Covid-19. Representatives Harley Rouda of and Rashida Tlaib want the federal government’s top public health agency to use its authority under the Public Health Service...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Hurricane Delta damages Louisiana water systems, Japanese fishing industry objects to dumping radioactive water in the ocean, and teachers in Zimbabwe strike over inadequate coronovirus prevention. Plus CoB story on congressional reps asking CDC to impose a national moratorium on water shutoffs during the pandemic.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: stories on Egypt's new initiative to reduce water use for agriculture starts to bear fruit, UN human rights expert calls on Columbian government to suspend operations at one of the world's largest coal mines, a controversial natural gas pipeline gets federal permits to build across streams, and drought in New Hampshire i...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: a land reclamation project in the Mekong River in Cambodia gets little scrutiny and researchers in Minnesota receive a federal grant to scale up production of a new grain variety that could decrease nutrient pollution in Midwest waters. The CoB feature reports on a water controversy in Michigan around another farming-rel...

This is an excerpt of the August 21, 2020 edition of What's Up With Water. This week, Circle of Blue reports on drinking water systems in Louisiana that were damaged by Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana on August 27 with wind speeds around 150 miles per hour. The Category 4 storm was one of the strongest on record to strike the state. Laura came ashore in Cam...

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: stories on Panama Canal Authority seeking bids for projects to safeguard the canal against drought, Mexican farmers protesting water deliveries to the U.S., water shutoffs and mental stress, and a Circle of Blue story on Louisiana water systems damaged by Hurricane Laura.

Circle of Blue reports on fires in the American West, which is ablaze in one of the region’s worst fire episodes in the last century.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week, a report notes groundwater contamination in Alberta from oil sands waste pits, states and advocacy groups sue the EPA to enforce the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan, and CoB reports on the impact of fires in the West on water infrastructure.

Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week, stories on Iowa's water quality problems, a global groundwater assessment, German groundwater depletion, and a major global health success story.