By Jasmine Wang* If Cape Town reaches “Day Zero,” it will become the first major city in the world to shut-off its tap water supply…
Category: Water
By Nicholas Orr* Abrahm Lustgarten’s article for ProPublica, “Gimme A Break! IRS Tax Loophole Can Reward Excessive Water Use in Drought-stricken West,” suggests that the…
By Olivia Wheeling* In 2015, the Southwestern United States was represented nationally by a photo of kayakers paddling in water that looked like pumpkin soup.[1]…
By Jasmine Wang* Many of the poorest communities in Michigan pay the highest water prices in the state and among the highest in the country.[1]…
By Sarah L. Fine* As the old saying goes, whiskey is for drinking—water is for fighting over. I. Introduction The mythic Dead Sea—the highly salinated, low-altitude…