Tag: Arizona
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The Science Is Clear: Dirty Farm Water Is Making Us Sick
This story originally appeared on Reveal and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Photo: Getty Images William Whitt suffered violent diarrhea for days. But once he began vomiting blood, he knew it was time to rush to the hospital. His body swelled up so much that his wife thought he looked like the Michelin…
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We’re in a global water crisis. It’s time to turn to nature
Photo of Milanovac Lake in Croatia’s Plitvice National Park. (© Maurizio Biancarelli/ Wild Wonders of Europe) Earth has a water problem. Water crises in Cape Town and Southern California have shined a light on the plight of the planet’s fresh water in the face of climate change — and the critical role that nature plays…
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Tucson Water mistakenly sent contaminated water to thousands of residents
Photo: Well water injected with hydrogen peroxide passes through UV/AOP Reactors at Tucson Water’s Advanced Oxidation Process Water Treatment facility near Irvington and I-19 on Sept. 26, 2018. Ultraviolet light, used in concert with hydrogen peroxide, creates a photochemical process that breaks down 1,4-dioxane molecules into harmless components. Water treated at AOP is passed to…
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The Water Wars of Arizona
Homes in the Sulphur Springs Valley in Arizona stand just outside a corn field with a large irrigation system. Photo credit: Lucas Foglia for The New York Times Early one morning in July 2014, Lori Paup awoke in her new home in the Sulphur Springs Valley of Arizona and began unpacking boxes of clothes, hanging…
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How dairy processors can reduce water waste
Dairy processors could look to new technologies to address water sustainability challenges A 2015 report from the World Economic Forum said that water shortages will be the Earth’s biggest threat in the next decade. Meanwhile, data from UN-Water show that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will be experiencing water scarcity, while two-thirds of the world’s…