Global Scans · Clean Water and Sanitation · Weekly Summary

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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 6. Ensure availability of water and sanitation for all.

• Some states have set their own drinking water standards for PFAS, but people in 40 states are depending on Biden to set a national drinking water standard that will apply across the U.S. Environmental Working Group
• After a cessation of hostilities, Gaza will be forced to depend on bottled water, water trucking, and piped water from neighbouring countries for years while its water and sewage systems are repaired and improved. The Telegraph
• Given Cape Fear Indians' belief in the healing power of plants, some are welcoming a recent study by Swedish researchers that finds aquatic plants can remove PFAS from water and store the compounds in their roots and shoots. WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source
• Nitrogen pollution might turn a number of sub-basins in South China, Central Europe, North America, and Africa into hotspots for water scarcity. Prensa Latina
• Nitrogen pollution is predicted to cause severe water scarcity in one-third of the world's river sub-basins by 2050, a new research has found. Prensa Latina
• The UN's climate science panel has said that around half the world's population currently faces severe water scarcity for at least a month a year and warned that global warming impacts and rising demand are key risks to global supply. phys.org
• The changes among the individual sub-basins vary from -156 to +117 km3 / year between 2010 and 2050, showing large extremes in water availability which may exaggerate water scarcity in dry regions in 2050. Nature
• The total water availability in Central America, Europe, Oceania and South America is projected to decrease by up to 4% during 2010-2050. Nature
• Nitrogen pollution in rivers is an important cause of water scarcity in 2010 and will likely continue causing water scarcity in 2050. Nature
• The water scarcity issues will remain severe in other continents, particularly in Asia, Central America, Europe, and North America. Nature
• Africa is projected to have large increases in water scarcity, mainly caused by severe water pollution. Nature
• In 2010, 984 sub-basins are classified as water scarce when considering only quantity-induced scarcity, while 2517 sub-basins are affected by quantity & quality-induced scarcity. Nature
• With global water demand expected to rise significantly in coming years as we tackle food security challenges, water scarcity will intensify, increasing the need for the development and deployment of intelligent and sustainable water technologies. CIAC | CCEA
• While Russia's pro-Palestine positioning will win it more fans across the Global South, its pro-Tehran, anti-US stance will leave it in murky political waters given the post-conflict scenario shaping up in the Middle East. DAWN.COM
• A dietary staple for over half of the world's population, it's confronting new climate threats, including changes in temperature, water availability and extreme weather events. SupplyChainBrain
• More than 27,200 people have died in Gaza, and the United Nations has warned of the risk of famine as Gaza residents lack food, water and medicine. Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle
• The world faces two concurrent crises in nature - climate change and loss of biodiversity with both threatening the availability of food and water whilst also endangering global supply chains. The Scottish Farmer
• Catalonia, a Spanish region struggling with severe drought conditions exacerbated by climate change, plans to become independent of rain by 2030 through a $2.6 billion investment in desalination plants and water infrastructure. Covering Climate Now
• One-quarter of the world's population is already affected by droughts, with every three out of four people around the world projected to face water scarcity by 2050. UNCCD
• Most Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been internally displaced by Israeli attacks, and many are crammed into overcrowded shelters where they are threatened by the worsening weather, diseases and an acute shortages of food, water and medicine. Al Jazeera
• Cyber actors in China have used malware to hold at risk critical U.S. infrastructure such as systems that provide water, electricity and fuel to U.S. citizens. Eurasia Review
• Nigeria is currently off-track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) by 2030. NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA
• The concept of property level flood resilience is an emerging concept in the United Kingdom and recognizes that in some cases a hybrid approach might be favored in which the amount of water entering a property is limited, together with the likely damage that is caused. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science

Last updated: 11 February 2024