AWS - Water News

Will clean water be our biggest source of conflict in the future?

1/27/2020

If you had to imagine what we will be obsessing over in 50 years, what would top your list? We put versions of that question to dozens of entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, and artists, including Richard Branson, Temple Grandin, Ian Bremmer, Ann Kim, and Bright Simons. From their 550 answers, some clear themes emerged. One such theme: water.

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There Will Be Wars Over Water, and Not Just in the Desert

1/27/2020

Sometime in the not-so-distant future, there will be wars over water. Water will fuel internal social and political disruptions within nations. These phenomena will not be isolated to desert countries, either. (The Times story begins in Malaysia, which is not exactly Chad.) And along with civil and political unrest will come flocking the profiteers, which will guarantee more of both.

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Scientists predict more rain but less water for the millions of people in the Nile Basin

1/27/2020

The Nile, the world’s longest river, runs through 11 countries in Africa and has a basin that covers about 3 million sq kms, nearly 10% of the continent’s landmass. About 250 million people are reliant on the Nile’s waters in Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt.

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Chemical found in drinking water causes more than 1,300 cases of bladder cancer a year

1/27/2020

A chemical found in drinking water causes more than 1,300 cases of bladder cancer in the UK a year, a study has found.

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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DRINKING WATER?

1/27/2020

We all know that drinking water regularly is good for the body. But most of us probably don’t realize just how important being properly hydrated is for our health. In fact, every system in the human body counts on water to function.

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U.S. drinking water widely contaminated with 'forever chemicals': environment watchdog

1/27/2020

The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made "forever chemicals" is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group.

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People In 43 US Cities Are Drinking Toxic "Forever Chemicals" In Their Tap Water, Tests Show

1/27/2020

Dozens of cities nationwide — including Miami, Philadelphia, and New Orleans — have toxic “forever chemicals” in their drinking water, an environmental group reported on Wednesday.

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The world's mountain 'water towers' are melting, putting 1.9 billion people at risk

12/19/2019

The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional heat, and is on track to be the second or third warmest year on record. While the global average temperature teeters on 1.1°C above the pre-industrial record, the world’s glaciers are in stark retreat.

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The Water Wars that Defined the American West Are Heading East

12/18/2019

In the U.S., burgeoning coastal populations have lowered water tables and dried up streams in Long Island, N.Y. Near Tampa, Fla., groundwater pumping has drawn saltwater into aquifers, drained lakes and triggered sinkholes. Decades of pumping by farmers and others have led to sharp declines in critical aquifers that flank the lower Mississippi River.

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Even if your drinking water gets a ‘passing grade,’ it may not be safe

10/27/2019

An empty glass in hand, you turn on the faucet to quench your thirst. But what exactly are you drinking? That question and all its public health implications have undergone greater scrutiny in recent years, yet the overall safety of the U.S. water system is far from assured, experts say.

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