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Re: Water supply
By: 2ThaSun Date: June 1, 2023, 12:40 pm
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Why Iran and the Taliban are Fighting over Water
[quote]Over the weekend, fighting broke out between Iranian and
Taliban forces at a checkpoint on the Iran-Afghanistan border.
So in this video, we break down what's just happened, the wider
context behind it and whether this could lead to a fully fledged
war.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwuWHwfRIv0
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Re: Japan to Export Jets, Missiles to 12 Nations: Bid to Counter
Belligerent China in Indo-Pacific?
By: acc9 Date: June 8, 2023, 7:10 am
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HTML https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=%e7%a6%8f%e5%b3%b6%e9%ad%9a180+%e5%80%8d&view=detail&mid=8CA1DB21A2B15FAF7BC68CA1DB21A2B15FAF7BC6&FORM=VIRE
The above video made by a Hong Kong KOL is about the days-old
news across mainstream media in Asia on a test done to a rock
fish from Japan's Fukushima waters. The result is a staggering
180 times above the Japanese safety standard of one radio-active
substance found in the fish. This has caused the Japanese
community to protest against the government for going ahead with
dumping the 'diluted' but still contaminated water into the
ocean that is due to happen end of the month. South Korea and
China have made their condemnations to deaf ears, and no
comments have been made so far from US and EU countries. In
fact, I could not even found this news in English on the
internet, and I'm not surprised.
Below are 2 more links on HK Chinese mainstream media reporting
on this piece of news.
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Re: Water supply
By: 2ThaSun Date: June 10, 2023, 6:08 pm
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Investing in ending "whiteness" is "black" people's best bet at
ending their suffering in "America".
Record Investment Merely Scratches the Surface of Fixing Black
America’s Water Crisis
[quote]Reporting from six Black cities highlights that while the
country’s water woes are widespread, blanket solutions fail to
address communities’ distinct issues.[/quote]
[quote]Gwendolyn Reed-Davis recalls living without running water
during the holiday season last year, merely months after a water
crisis left Jackson, Mississippi, residents struggling to bathe,
cook, and flush their toilets.
The mother of 12 says the city’s years-long struggle has harmed
public health and threatened the development of a whole
generation of children.
Since December, Congress has earmarked $600 million to fix the
city’s century-old water infrastructure, and the U.S. Department
of Justice appointed longtime sanitation manager Ted Henifin as
the third-party manager of the city’s water system. However,
Reed-Davis says she hasn’t seen any progress made in her south
Jackson neighborhood, especially compared to improvements she’s
seen made in more affluent neighborhoods.
Poor and Black communities may be among the last to reap the
benefits of the federal government’s record investment in
repairing the nation’s aging water infrastructure.
The Biden-Harris administration has earmarked more than $50
billion to replace lead pipes, build new water treatment plants,
and regulate the industries contaminating waterways nationwide —
but the expenditures are only a fraction of what’s needed. A
2018 federal report found that more than $470 billion is needed
to maintain and improve the nation’s drinking water
infrastructure over the next 20 years.
“It is not by circumstance or coincidence that these instances
of pollution and injustices are concentrated in historic and
current majority Black communities,” says LaTricea Adams, the
founder of Black Millennials 4 Flint and recent appointee to the
White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. “The
intersection of racism, classism, self-hatred, and
anti-blackness perpetuates these issues.”...[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://capitalbnews.org/water-crisis-investment-fix/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Re: Water supply
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 17, 2023, 11:23 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/community-lost-5-million-gallons-111500741.html
[quote]This community lost 5 million gallons of clean, drinkable
water a day — all because of an abandoned golf course
...
According to The New York Times, the leak was located under a
golf course at the Colonial Country Club and had been there
since 2016. It affected one of the two main pipes carrying water
from the local treatment plant to the rest of the city, where
the pressure was so strong that water from the leak shot into
the air like a geyser and carved a swimming pool-sized pit in
the ground.[/quote]
At least the name of the country club is appropriate enough.....
[quote]Jackson residents have been experiencing problems with
their water for years, according to the Times. They receive
frequent “boil notices” — warnings that the tap water is unsafe
and should be boiled before use — and at times receive no tap
water at all. Many residents stockpile bottled water to prepare
for the next crisis. Being without clean drinking water is bad
enough, but experiencing these shortages while clean water is
being poured out on the ground is especially alarming.
As temperatures rise across the globe, Jackson isn’t the only
part of the U.S. experiencing water shortages. California and
other western states have been facing a years-long drought,
while pollution has affected the water supply in towns like
Dimock, Pennsylvania. These shortages lead to increased water
costs and may have long-term effects on agriculture that could
drive up food prices.[/quote]
Best comment:
[quote]Golf courses are nothing but a waste of land so idiots
can go chasing holes with their little balls.[/quote]
Which civilization invented golf courses?
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/anti-gentrification/msg16976/#msg16976
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Re: Water supply
By: 2ThaSun Date: June 18, 2023, 2:14 pm
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We've pumped so much groundwater that we've nudged the Earth's
spin, says new study
[quote]By pumping water out of the ground and moving it
elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that
the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east
between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study published
in Geophysical Research Letters.
Based on climate models, scientists previously estimated humans
pumped 2,150 gigatons of groundwater, equivalent to more than 6
millimeters (0.24 inches) of sea level rise, from 1993 to 2010.
But validating that estimate is difficult.
One approach lies with the Earth's rotational pole, which is the
point around which the planet rotates. It moves during a process
called polar motion, which is when the position of the Earth's
rotational pole varies relative to the crust. The distribution
of water on the planet affects how mass is distributed. Like
adding a tiny bit of weight to a spinning top, the Earth spins a
little differently as water is moved around.
"Earth's rotational pole actually changes a lot," said Ki-Weon
Seo, a geophysicist at Seoul National University who led the
study. "Our study shows that among climate-related causes, the
redistribution of groundwater actually has the largest impact on
the drift of the rotational pole."
Water's ability to change the Earth's rotation was discovered in
2016, and until now, the specific contribution of groundwater to
these rotational changes was unexplored. In the new study,
researchers modeled the observed changes in the drift of Earth's
rotational pole and the movement of water—first, with only ice
sheets and glaciers considered, and then adding in different
scenarios of groundwater redistribution.
The model only matched the observed polar drift once the
researchers included 2150 gigatons of groundwater
redistribution. Without it, the model was off by 78.5
centimeters (31 inches), or 4.3 centimeters (1.7 inches) of
drift per year.
"I'm very glad to find the unexplained cause of the rotation
pole drift," Seo said. "On the other hand, as a resident of
Earth and a father, I'm concerned and surprised to see that
pumping groundwater is another source of sea-level
rise."...[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://phys.org/news/2023-06-weve-groundwater-nudged-earth.html
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Re: Water supply
By: 2ThaSun Date: June 20, 2023, 4:48 pm
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Satellite images show that Spain is in danger of drying out one
of the main wetlands in Europe
[quote]Wetlands are among the most biodiverse yet endangered
ecosystems on Earth. In the last century alone, around 70% of
them have disappeared, with overexploitation of aquifers being
the main threat in many cases.
The Doñana National Park lies on the right bank of the
Guadalquivir River mouth, in southern Spain. It represents the
most important wetland in Western Europe, covering 543 km2
(209.65 sq mi) of protected area. The park owes its importance
both to its marshes, which are house to thousands of breeding
and wintering waterbirds, and to its ponds, which host a large
number of rare, endemic and endangered species.
For more than 20 years, numerous researchers have been warning
of the environmental risk posed by excessive urban and
agricultural growth in the area surrounding the Andalusian
national park.
For this reason, a proposed new law to extend irrigation in its
vicinity even more is of concern to the international community.
The European Commission is again threatening to take Spain back
to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which already
condemned the country in 2021 for failing to take adequate
measures to protect Doñana’s habitats.
Germany, the main import destination for strawberries from
Huelva – one of the areas where Doñana is located – decided to
send a delegation to find out about the situation – although the
visit has been delayed because of the general elections that
will take place in Spain at the end of July...[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/satellite-images-show-spain-danger-205027940.html
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Re: Water supply
By: 2ThaSun Date: June 21, 2023, 2:45 pm
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Farmer Explains Why California Flushes 95% Rainwater to Ocean |
Mark Nakata
[quote]"And it is really disheartening to see what's going on. I
mean, my own kids are wondering whether they should even try it.
Because they're saying dad, doesn't look like there's a future.
And I can't tell them they're wrong."
Siyamak sits down with Mark Nakata, a multi-generational farmer
and CEO of California United Water Coalition. Mark is here to
give us an insider preceptive on what farmers are facing in
California and his efforts to save his family farm and
tradition. [/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8UVPogQz4
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Re: Water supply
By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 8, 2023, 8:12 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMs9i5vM0GY
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Re: Water supply
By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 21, 2023, 8:56 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND8M8YvklDE
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Re: Water supply
By: 90sRetroFan Date: August 10, 2023, 9:06 pm
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HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-slams-fukushima-water-release-093000185.html
[quote]"If the so-called treated water is really safe and
harmless, why does Japan not dispose of it within its own
territory or use it for industrial and agricultural purposes?"
said the paper, which was submitted on Tuesday.
...
In a two-year review released in early July, the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN agency, determined that
Japan's plans were consistent with their safety standards.
China said in the statement that Japan should not use the report
as a "shield" or "green light" for the discharge.
"The IAEA conducted its review and assessment solely based on
the data and information provided by Japan, and carried out
inter-laboratory comparative analyses of only a small number of
nuclear contaminated water samples collected by Japan," it said,
adding that the data and information used for the report were
"unverified", making its conclusion "not sufficiently
persuasive".[/quote]
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