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Founded in 2000 by leading journalists and scientists, Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
With an intense focus on water and its relationships to food, energy, and health, Circle of Blue has created a breakthrough model of front-line reporting, data collection, design, and convening that has evolved with the world’s need to spur new methodology in science, collaboration, innovation, and response. To document emerging and recognized crises, Circle of Blue collaborates with leading scientists and data experts. Through its partnerships, Circle of Blue then dispatches top journalists to map and define the region where the change is occurring. Making connections from localized occurrences to global trends, Circle of Blue publishes these reports online — free of charge — to inform academics, governments, and the general public, catalyzing participation across disciplines, regions, and cultures.
With an intense focus on water and its relationships to food, energy, and health, Circle of Blue has created a breakthrough model of front-line reporting, data collection, design, and convening that has evolved with the world’s need to spur new methodology in science, collaboration, innovation, and response. To document emerging and recognized crises, Circle of Blue collaborates with leading scientists and data experts. Through its partnerships, Circle of Blue then dispatches top journalists to map and define the region where the change is occurring. Making connections from localized occurrences to global trends, Circle of Blue publishes these reports online — free of charge — to inform academics, governments, and the general public, catalyzing participation across disciplines, regions, and cultures.
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Sep 24, 2020 • 5min
Louisiana Water Systems Damaged By Hurricane Laura
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 Cameron Parish, and its wind and water took a toll on Waterworks District 7. It serves around 900 people. More than three weeks after the storm, it’s still offline. No residents have returned because the property destruction was so extensive, and it's unclear when the water will flow again.
Sep 21, 2020 • 9min
What's Up With Water - September 21, 2020
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.
Sep 14, 2020 • 9min
Fires In The West Damage Water Infrastructure
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.
Sep 13, 2020 • 13min
What's Up WIth Water - September 14, 2020
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.
Aug 31, 2020 • 7min
What's Up With Water - August 31, 2020
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.
Aug 30, 2020 • 16min
Water Serves Length And Breadth Of Texas Economy
In the fifth installment of its "Water, Texas" series, Circle of Blue looks at how water serves the length and breadth of the Texas economy.
Aug 24, 2020 • 19min
Water Debt In Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore
This is an excerpt of the August 24, 2020 edition of What's Up With Water.
This week, Circle of Blue continues its focus on water debt in America, examining how some cities are coming to grips with the growing burden of unpaid water bills.
Aug 24, 2020 • 24min
What's Up With Water - August 24, 2020
Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week, flooding in China, a preliminary settlement in a Flint water crisis case and plans for removing lead water pipes in Chicago. Plus, the second installment in an exclusive CoB series on water debt in America.
Aug 23, 2020 • 21min
Border Wall Concerns In Lower Rio Grande Valley Diminished By Virus and Growth
The fourth installment in the five-part "Water, Texas" series on the consequences of the mismatch between runaway development and tightening constraints on the supply and quality of fresh water in Texas.
Aug 19, 2020 • 8min
Success Of New York's Landmark Watershed Protection Program
This is an excerpt from Circle of Blue's August 17, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water.
Over two decades ago, New York City and its rural partners launched a groundbreaking, multibillion-dollar watershed protection plan, and the review is in – a panel of experts says the effort sufficiently protects the city’s drinking water supply from contamination.
The Catskill and Delaware watersheds are the source of most of the city’s drinking water. Since 1997, New York City has spent some $2.5 billion on ecosystem protection in those watersheds. The money has been put to good use: upgrading 42 wastewater treatment plants, buying out land to prevent development, and stabilizing stream channels to prevent erosion. The funds also replaced failing septic tanks, trapped pollutants in stormwater, and helped dairy farmers control nutrients and pathogens in manure.
