Category: Solutions
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Exploring the Most Efficient Solutions to Water Scarcity
70% of the planet is covered in water, a key resource for almost every aspect of life and a major factor in health, peace, and security across the world…. Physical water scarcity refers to the lack of sufficient water in an area, whereas economic water scarcity occurs when people cannot afford access to water. The…
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Financing Works for Water Access in Many Places
Access to affordable financing is a barrier between people in need and water and sanitation solutions Through decades of research, traveling throughout the world and talking to those affected by the water crisis, Water.org CEO & Co-founder, Gary White, uncovered a common theme – there are millions of families spending more than 20% of their…
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The Search for Solutions to Colorado’s Water Crisis
Photo illustration by C. J. Burton Nearly half a million homes in the Centennial State could be without water by 2050. Colorado River reservoir levels are in a free fall. And local farmers already don’t have the supplies they need. What happens next depends on what we do today. In January, the same series of…
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Indigenous conservation could help Canada meet land and water protection targets
Photo: The Seal River Watershed in northwest Manitoba is roughly the size of Nova Scotia, and is untouched wilderness. The Sayisi Dene community is leading an initiative to protect the watershed from industrial development. (Seal River Watershed Alliance) In the far northwest of Manitoba, the Seal River flows 260 kilometres through the thick boreal forest…
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New restoration and monitoring plan will help imperiled fish in Klamath Basin
Over 140 projects identified to revitalize functional ecosystems and support multiple native fish species Shortnose suckers (Koptu) are an imperiled species found in the Klamath Basin, and nowhere else in the world. Photo courtesy of Jason Ching/University of Washington. After seven years of robust discussion and collaboration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized the…
