Fresh Water

22-year drought is drying up Lake Mead with no relief in sight – “With water levels at the nation’s largest reservoir hitting an all-time low, officials are preparing for what that could mean for the region’s water supply.”

Great Plains aquifers are disappearing! – “If we lose these aquifers, we lose nearly 20 percent of the world’s grain crop, more than 40 percent of our nation’s beef production, and about 40 percent of the vegetables, nuts, and fruits consumed in the United States.”

40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up Fast. 

Drought Puts Farmers and Ranchers in Survival Mode

Disaster looms in Syria as Euphrates dwindles

‘Mega-drought’ in Andes from climate change leaves some peaks without snow

Lake Oroville plunges to historic low, forces unparalleled action

How The West Coast Drought Could Cause More ‘Water Wars’ – YouTube

Hydropower Plant In Lake Oroville Will Go Offline For The First Time In History – YouTube

HOOVER DAM IS EMPTY – The Hoover Dam’s water falls to its lowest level EVER – YouTube

Oxygen Is Rapidly Running Low in Earth’s Lakes. Here’s Why This Means Trouble

‘There’s no water,’ says California farm manager forced to leave fields fallow

Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, June 19, 2021, #306 (From 32:10 to 35:39) – There has been approximately a 400 inch rain deficit in the Lake Shasta, California area since 2007.

NO WATER: Farmers reel after announcement they’ll get ZERO allocation from Klamath Project – “water gauges on Klamath River tributaries show the flow is the lowest in nearly a century.”

U.S. Drought Monitor – Updated every Thursday

Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate – “California’s reservoirs are half-empty at the end of the rainy season. The Sierra snowpack sits at 60% of normal.”

A ‘hidden crisis’: Millions of groundwater wells are at risk of running dry – “Billions of people worldwide rely on groundwater pumped from wells for drinking water. Nearly half of the world’s irrigated agriculture depends on groundwater.”

Farmers Warn That The Megadrought In The Western U.S. Threatens To Cause Devastating Crop Failures In 2021

Western US States Prepare For 1st-Ever Water Shortage Declaration; Hoover Dam Hydroelectric Generation At Risk

Western U.S. may be entering its most severe drought in modern history

Low rainfall leaves Mexico City residents delivering water by donkey

Dust Bowl conditions are returning as climate scientists warn of multi-state “mega-drought”

Q & A, Engineered Drought Catastrophe, Target California

Climate change ravaged Colorado and the West with heat and drought in 2020. This year may be worse. – “snow cover in the West is the worst it has been at any time in the last two decades.”

330,000 Chinese facing drinking water shortages as drought hits south

New climate change study: Number of people suffering extreme droughts will double

Forget acid rain. Plastic rain is now falling across the U.S.

Dry February sends California back to drought: ‘This hasn’t happened in 150 years’

No snow recorded in February in these 2 places for the first time in recorded history

Redding, Red Bluff, and Chico experience their driest February on record

Colorado River flow shrinks from climate crisis, risking ‘severe water shortages’

Is California headed back into drought, or did we never really leave one?

U.S. Drinking Water Widely Contaminated

Rainwater in parts of US contains high levels of PFAS chemical, says study

Water shortages dog Panama Canal, 20 years after its transfer

Climate, not conflict, drove many Syrian refugees to Lebanon

As deadly Australia bushfires rage, Sydney may be running out of water

Nevada hits point of ‘critical mass’ on issue of water scarcity

81% of California abnormally dry as seasonal rains fail to materialize

Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected in Drinking Water Supplies Across California

Animals struggle to survive in drought-hit Botswana

Farmer’s affected by droughts to face a lot worse

State of emergency in Yakutsk as Russia’s permafrost river dries to a record low

First-ever water cutbacks announced along Colorado River

Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world’s population

From Arvada To High-Altitude Rocky Mountain National Park, It’s Now Raining Plastic In Parts Of Colorado

Parched manufacturing city in India brings in water by rail

Climate change: Europe’s melting glaciers | DW Documentary

India faces worst long term water crisis in its history

Satellite data shows shrinking reservoirs that may spark major water crisis globally

No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water

India heat wave triggers clashes over water

Toxic Algae

Lake Erie Algae Blooms: Polluting Our Drinking Water

Flooding Poses Potential Risk for 1 Million Private Wells

Fouled waters in Colorado reveal lasting legacy of US mining industry – Torrent poisoning animals, tainting drinking water

Scientists warn of climate ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater

The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry?
“The Colorado River Basin has been locked in the grip of a nearly unrelenting drought since 2000, and the two great water savings accounts on the river — Lake Mead and Lake Powell — are at all-time lows. An officially announced crisis could be at hand in the coming months.”

For centuries the rivers sustained Aboriginal culture. Now they are dry, elders despair

Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are failing due to sea rise

US groundwater in peril: Potable supply less than thought

El Paso residents to drink treated sewage water due to climate change drought

Glaciers and Climate Change: “Temperatures at higher elevations and latitudes are warming the fastest.”

Crisis on the High Plains: The Loss of America’s Largest Aquifer – “In some areas, the water table is dropping as much as two feet a year, but recharge in the aquifer only averages around three inches annually.”

Intensifying Drought in the American Southwest

Extreme Heat, Drought Igniting Wildfires in Southwest; East Finally Dries Out

Water Shortages To Be Key Environmental Challenge of the Century, NASA Warns

What Are Chemtrails and How Are They Harming Our Food and Water?

Drought Returns to Huge Swaths of U.S., Fueling Fears of a Thirsty Future

Rivers Worldwide Threatened by Pharma Waste

World’s Leading Brands of Bottled Water Loaded With Microplastics

Orange Snow Possibly the Result of Chemical Pollution Contained Large Amounts of Iron, Acids and Nitrates

Massive Snow Loss In New Zealand’s Southern Alps

NASA: The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water

World’s Deepest Body of Fresh Water Is Turning Into A Swamp

Snowpack In Parts of the Rocky Mountains Is Lowest In 30+ Years

Water Crisis in Cape Town, South Africa