Water news

A bunch of articles related to water. First up, too much.

The island nation of Tuvalu is sinking beneath the waves and trying to plan for an eventual total evacuation of the islands.

In a twist with far-reaching implications, Tuvalu Government officials and community elders are hoping in a worse-case scenario Australia will accept the entire population of about 10000 and allow them to continue to function as a sovereign nation, in the hope of one day returning to their island home.

An article about too little water, related mostly to industry:

“Everyone shares this water model where it’s cheap, cheap, cheap—then unavailable,” says Scott Noesen, director of sustainability and business integration at Dow Water Solutions. For Dow, water has become a major strategic issue. “It’s huge because we’re trying to grow around the world, and where we want to grow often has issues of fresh water,” Noesen says.

And finally an article about just the right amount (not selling water rights):

Great Lakes water cannot be diverted to thirsty areas elsewhere in the United States and abroad under an agreement approved Friday by President Bush.

I hope north Florida does something like this and decides not to sell St. John’s river water to central and south Florida.

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