An estimated 8.5 million gallons of untreated sewage water spilled into a flood-control waterway in Los Angeles County after a sewer pipe failed last week, according to local officials. A concrete pipe 48 inches in diameter in Carson, Calif., collapsed Thursday, sending wastewater out of a manhole onto a city street and into the Dominguez Channel, […]
It is raining and it will keep raining. It feels like it has always been raining. Rain-soaked Oregonians understandably doubt that water scarcity could ever be an issue here. But, in some parts of the state, we live in a land of water overabundance and also of failing drinking water systems due to quality, quantity, […]
The United Nations designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of our towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter. The day is also intended to remind the world that we all have the power and the responsibility to […]
As Floridians, we are surrounded by some of the world’s most beautiful waters. However, we are currently facing a hidden water crisis that risks ruining our beautiful state and the entire global community. Floridians can expect to feel the impacts of a water crisis as sea levels rise, our fisheries are threatened and our aquifers […]
With the pandemic upon us, all efforts are being directed towards fighting it, and rightly so. Advisories by the WHO strictly tell us not to touch our faces, sanitize our hands with soap, and wash them for 20 seconds. Then comes the second part: how does one save water while there is increased usage everywhere? […]
This green roof and farm offer a Swiss army knife of solutions — flood control, solar energy, fresh produce, green space for city dwellers, jobs, learning opportunities, and more — to some of our most pressing urban problems. Landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom tells us how it works. Could cities actually be designed to improve the […]
