Compare and contrast: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals – here’s what Los Angeles needs to know
The Conversation – United States What many people don’t realize is the extent to which their community drinking water systems can be damaged by fire, how their water is affected […]
Compare and contrast: Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be, experts say
Daily Bulletin Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be, experts say” Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for an independent investigation into the ’causes of […]
Compare and contrast: Researchers use lab data to rewrite equation for deformation, flow of watery glacier ice
Science Daily Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting the two halves to smear […]
Prorogation puts Indigenous water bill at risk of being left in ‘legislative wasteland’: experts
Parliament Today A bill that would have granted First Nations authority over water and wastewater infrastructure died on the order paper when the House was prorogued. Click here to […]
New year, new power: Ford government can now overrule conservation authorities
The Narwhal As of Jan. 1, the Ontario government has new rules for how and when it can permit development that oversteps the organizations tasked with watershed protection. Click […]
Compare and contrast: Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
EurekAlert! The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere’s ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every degree Celsius the planet warms, is a key driver of the […]
First Nations around Ontario’s Lake Nipigon come together to protect their waters
The Narwhal Six years ago, Rocky Bay First Nation an Indigenous community of more than 1,000 people just north of Lake Superior began to study the health of their food […]
Compare and contrast: California’s fire hydrants are running dry just when the L.A. fires need them most
Fast Company L.A. officials have come under attack for its water management system, but experts say it isn’t the only city to see its public water system stressed as climate […]
Compare and contrast: Rice researchers find dialysis ‘astonishingly effective’ for treating wastewater
EurekAlert! Researchers at Rice University, in collaboration with Guangdong University of Technology, have uncovered an innovative approach to treating high-salinity organic wastewaters streams containing both elevated salt and organic concentrations […]
Compare and contrast: Alien Water Hyacinth is Lethal for Lakes-But it’s Being Turned into Biodegradable Plastic Bags and Plant Pots
Good News Network Blooming in an ornamental pond, the water hyacinth seems lovely and harmless, but look at how it can take over freshwater ecosystems like Kenya’s Lake Naivasha, and […]