Compare and contrast: Flood and drought risk increasing in cities – study
BBC News The world’s 100 most populated cities are becoming increasingly exposed to flooding and drought, according to new research. The research found that 17% of the cities studied were […]
Compare and contrast: Spain near end of four-year drought: weather agency
France 24 But a long-term measurement taking into account precipitation over the three previous years shows that the “amount of rain accumulated… remains below normal” in the country on the […]
Repeated water issues in NW Calgary frustrate Bowness residents
City News Calgary “We had a break on this street earlier in the week, we repaired that one and while we were putting that back in service another break happened […]
Balking at huge price jumps, city may abandon planned new water pipe
Cabin Radio City of Yellowknife staff are recommending that council scrap plans to build a new drinking-water pipe stretching from the Yellowknife River, saying the $100-million cost is too much. […]
Compare and contrast: NSW and Queensland floods update: BoM defends forecasts after claim coastal community not properly warned
The Guardian The Fraser Coast mayor, George Seymour, said the bureau should review its systems, claiming the area was not adequately warned before it was pelted with more than 260mm […]
Compare and contrast: Inside Trump and DOGE’s chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California’s water
CNN Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency repeatedly pressured the head of a United States water management agency to open a major California pump system in late January, intending […]
Compare and contrast: California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s water
Al Jazeera Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed. The dam had been marred by cracks […]
Sarnia invests $29.5M to upgrade wastewater system and prevent flooding
Water Canada The City of Sarnia is undertaking a major infrastructure project to address the increased risk of basement flooding and sewer overflows due to more frequent and intense storms. […]
Grassy Narrows First Nation sees start of mercury treatment facility decades after the river was poisoned
CBC Williamson, like roughly 90 per cent of residents in Grassy Narrows First Nation, has been impacted by mercury poisoning that dates back to the 1960s and ’70s, when the […]
Compare and contrast: Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific targets in water pollution permits
The Conversation – United States The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act […]