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| Who is water insecure? How does insecurity differ from scarcity?
Professor Sera Young, a professor of anthropology and global health at Northwestern University, explains a new tool for measuring household water insecurity worldwide and some of its uses. |
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A top-ranking Chinese official declared that the country is releasing more water from its dams on the upper Mekong River in order to aid drought-stricken downstream neighbors.
The announcement from Foreign Minister Wang Yi, made at a meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation group, comes as the beleaguered waterway continues to wane due to drought, dam building, and sand mining. |
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What's Up With Water - February 24, 2020
For the news you need to start the week, tune into “What’s Up With Water” fresh on Monday’s on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and SoundCloud.
This week's episode features coverage on Australians, who are working to rescue their drinking water from the effects of fire, and rain. Additional international coverage looks at China, which says it will share some of its water reserves in response to ongoing stress in the Mekong basin.
For news in the United States, a federal judge in Texas has thrown out a lawsuit accusing the Army Corps of Engineers of mismanagement, while in Louisiana, two state agency reports highlight the economic, social, and environmental risks from groundwater depletion.
Finally, this week’s featured story week from Circle of Blue reports on another supposedly water-rich region where groundwater depletion is forcing local officials to reassess their county’s growth and development. You can listen to the latest edition of What's Up With Water, as well as all past editions, by downloading the podcasts on iTunes, following Circle of Blue on Spotify, following on iHeart Radio, and subscribing on SoundCloud. |
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 | | Women in Delhi wait for water at a tap that runs for two hours each day — one hour in the morning and one in the evening. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue |
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| Some 2.1 billion people lack water at home that is free of bacterial contamination and is available when needed, according to a World Health Organization/UNICEF report that sets a baseline against which the world will measure progress toward the sustainable development goals for drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Sanitation is even farther from universal coverage, with some 4.4 billion people not meeting the new standard for high-quality service.
The report is influential, guiding the flow of aid dollars, national policies, and the design of drinking water and sanitation systems. |
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