Water Canary

11/06/2019

We need a global weather service for water, says entrepreneur and TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra. In a talk about environmental accountability, Luthra shows how we could forecast water shortages and risks with a global data collection effort -- just like we monitor the movement of storms -- and better lis...

09/01/2017

If you work in water, infrastructure or engineering, keep an eye out at http://www.txwarn.org for solicitations/rfp's/contracts. They need power generators and pumps so badly in so many places. Spread to your networks, you/they might have something more valuable to offer than money!

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01/21/2015

World Economic Forum Ranks Crises as Top Global Risk | Circle of Blue WaterNews http://buff.ly/1Jh4Fl0

Water rises on the world agenda.

09/08/2014

A Roundup of the Best Reporting on California’s Drought - Pacific Standard http://buff.ly/1xzOkHF

This year may be the driest in California in half a millennium.

05/13/2013

Scotts drops phosphorus from lawn fertilizer to protect waterways http://bit.ly/19il9Y2

Scotts Miracle-Gro has removed phosphorus from its popular Turf Builder line of lawn fertilizer to help reduce the type of harmful algae blooms that have plagued waterways such as Grand Lake St. Marys...

01/16/2012

Check out Sonaar's talk at TEDGlobal!!

TED Talks After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti's earthquake in 2010. TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra previews his design for a simple tool that quickly tests water for safety -- the...

06/24/2011

hello world.