Drought

Business in the Community’s Government-backed Water Taskforce is Calling on all UK Businesses to Take Action to Improve their Resilience to the Risk of Flooding and Drought

The Business in the Community (BITC) Water Taskforce, chaired by United Utilities’ CEO, Steve Mogford, is calling on UK businesses – large and small, from every sector – to consider their relationship with water and take action to improve their resilience to gluts and shortages of water.

Drought Stalking Many Provinces, over 1,800 Villages Hit

Praphan Upata, a former village head in Uttaradit province, said the drought threatened to be the worst in at least a decade. "Water shortage hit us so early," he said.

The dry season usually runs from November to April. However, Praphan said in his home province, water usually gets short around March.

This year, locals in Uttaradit's Tron district said they have been struggling with the problem for a few months already.

It Will Take About 11 Trillion Gallons of Water (42 Cubic Kilometers) -- Around 1.5 Times the Maximum Volume of the Largest U.S. Reservoir -- to Recover from California's Continuing Drought, According to a New Analysis of NASA Satellite Data

Data-driven Insights on the California Drought USGS Releases Drought Visualization Website

The U.S. Geological Survey developed the interactive website as part of the federal government's Open Water Data Initiative. The drought visualization page features high-tech graphics that illustrate the effect of drought on regional reservoir storage from 2011-2014.

University Research Help Farmers Irrigate Land More Efficiently, Especially During Droughts and Water Shortages

Water scarcity – one of the toughest challenges predicted for the 21st century – is being addressed by Washington State University. As part of a multistate research program, WSU is among 19 land-grant universities honored recently for efforts to help farmers irrigate land more efficiently, especially during droughts and water shortages.

Sao Paulo Residents Were Warned by a Top Government Regulator to Brace for More Severe Water Shortages as President Dilma Rousseff Makes the Crisis a Key Campaign Issue Ahead of this Weekend’s Runoff Vote

“If the drought continues, residents will face more dramatic water shortages in the short term,” Vicente Andreu, president of Brazil’s National Water Agency and a member of Rousseff’s Workers’ Party, told reporters in Sao Pa

Latin America’s Biggest Metropolis May Run out of Water Next Month

Dilma Pena, chief executive officer of the state-run water utility, told the city council yesterday that supplies are only guaranteed until mid-November unless it can tap the last of the water in its Cantareira reservoir.

63 Percent Shortfall in Hydropower Generation This Year, Means the Gaps is Being Taken Up by Natural Gas, Solar and Wind

As California’s historic drought dries up the state’s water supplies and withers its crops, it’s also shaking up the way electricity is produced there.