Too many towns in West Virginia don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water, so Berkeley Springs seems like an odd place to hold an international water tasting competition. Nevertheless, the competition is going strong after nearly three decades, and is now billed as “the Academy Awards of Water.” Check out this first hand account from […]
Parents often don’t get enough information on the environmental impacts of baby formula. The impacts are high because baby formula comes primarily from animal products which have a high water footprint, whereas breast milk has a low (or no) water footprint. A recent New York Times report, revealed that the US government tried to block […]
Southold Town is recommending water conservation efforts, after a new study revealed unsustainable water use at a recent town board work session. Water Conservation Committee member Glynis Berry noted that “the town’s water supply is ‘exacerbated’ by both coastline development and uneven pumping patterns created by seasonal demand and irrigation.” Summer demand is highest, with […]
In a year-long investigation, Coca-Cola’s commitment to replenish the total amount of water used for the soda production was discovered to be false. Journalist, Christine MacDonald, reviewed Coke’s public claims that they would eventually reduce their water footprint to the point that they would get to “net zero,” yet it turned out to be spin. […]
Water wonks rejoice! The 2015 edition of Water Use in the United States has been released by US Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS updates their water use and withdrawal data on different water-use sectors, such as thermoelectric (power plants), agricultural irrigation, public supply (“city water”), industrial and so forth. The topline stats show that nationwide […]
A growing movement worldwide — called “One Water” — is managing water in a more holistic manner. Instead of separately managing drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, water for farming and water for the environment, this management approach seeks out solutions with multiple benefits. As a wide variety of water crises balloon in the United States and […]
A recent report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization states that studying trends linked to water scarcity could help communities to adapt and release stress from migration. By sharing good water-saving practices and skills, and by using remittances for managing water resources, improvements can be made to reduce the negative impacts. Lack of access […]
In 2008, the creator of the water footprint concept and professor at the University of Twente Water Center, Arjen Hoekstra, posited that the international trade of commodity crops constituted the international trade of water because of all the virtual water it takes to grow those crops. A decade later, his theory holds true. [Twente Water […]
The Los Angeles region may not be in severe drought, but they are “back to our water-wasting ways,” writes UCLA’s Marc Gold. A couple years ago, Californians were using 24 percent less water than in 2013, while in 2018 conservation is not really happening because it’s down to 1 percent. LA must upgrade its water […]
