Posted on June 24, 2008 by Jared Simpson
In a lengthy, well-written article about Georgia’s ongoing water woes, writer Rick Perlstein, via Alternet.org, excoriates the state’s legislators and decision makers (oops, we mean deciders). The subtitle sums it up nicely:
The colossal mismanagement of water in Georgia has produced an urban crisis with no clear solution other than a return to smart government.
The editorial [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Atlanta drought, Chattahootchee River, Georgia drought, Sonny Perdue, Southwest drought, The Hooch, drought | No Comments »
Posted on June 17, 2008 by Jared Simpson
We can’t help but be flushed with pride here at Waterblogged.info’s California headquarters as we read and re-read the personal correspondence sent to us by the Best. Senator. Ever.
She sent a recent photo, referred to us as “friend,” and–obviously aware of our influence in water-wonk circles–she included links to a page of web-based resources for [...]
Filed under: California water, drought, water conservation | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Prolonged drought breeds desperation and desperation can lead to seeking out and putting faith in unconventional measures. This is why rainmakers have always been and will always be with us. And that’s why the dire prognosis for the world’s water supply has brought a renewed interest in cloud-seeding. Writer Elizabeth Svoboda describes the latest [...]
Filed under: cloud seeding, drought, global water problems, rain making | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2008 by Jared Simpson
The wrenching wails emanating from the copy editor’s direction cut through the normal bustling din of the Waterblogged.info press room like a sharp cutting implement of some sort. “WTF?” the entire editorial team thought as we surrounded his cubicle. Did his chihuahua, Marmaduke, die? Did he lose at that goddamned video game he plays [...]
Filed under: Africa, Darfur, South Africa, contaminated water, drought, global water problems, water pollution | No Comments »
Posted on March 29, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Waterblogged.info’s “web guy,” whom we’ll call “Michael,” because he insists that that’s his name, recently confessed that he seldom reads our posts because they’re “depressing.” Hey, sorry not to be more upbeat about global droughts and polluted water, “Michael!”
But honestly, our last effort at a more sunny and chirpy water-related blog, Ain’titawonderfulwaterworld.com, folded because it [...]
Filed under: bottled water, contaminated water, drought, water contamination | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 9, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Herein, sorely vexed by the fact that an entire hour has been stolen from our lives by a magical process called daylight saving, we sullenly and lazily provide links to a lot of bad news about water, complete with peevish commentary.
Water makes US troop in Iraq sick.
Thanks to Dick Cheney (Where is he now, anyway? [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Atlanta drought, Baghdad water, California water, Iraq, Tennessee Georgia Water War, Water wars, contaminated water, drought, water hog | No Comments »
Posted on March 4, 2008 by Jared Simpson
“Too little, too late,” snarls Governor Sonny Perdue. “We want the Tennessee River’s water, and by golly gumdrops, we’re gonna have it!”
Actually, Perdue didn’t say that, but he could have, because, like the members of the Georgia legislature, he’s a shameless idiot who should be removed from office. The state’s newest solution to persistent drought [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Atlanta drought, Georgia drought, Ron Littlefield, Sonny Perdue, Southeast drought, Tennessee Georgia Water War, Water wars, bottled water, drought, water diversion, water hog, water transfers | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 24, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Alternet.org’s new section on water links to scores of up-to-date articles on all of your favorite local, domestic, and global water controversies and calamities–desalination, drought, dams, bottled water, water wars, groundwater depletion and fish extinction in and around the Mediterranean, and China’s efforts to surpass its economic rivals in polluting the environment, just to name [...]
Filed under: bottled water, dams, drought | No Comments »
Posted on December 5, 2007 by Jared Simpson
The Waterblogged.info team was heartened to learn that Georgia state officials, who have done such a great job planning in the past, are confident that Atlanta will not run out of water!
Per the Atlanta Journal Constitution, via Atlanta Water Shortage, there are no plans to deal with a long-term drought in Atlanta. Even though there [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Chattahootchee River, Georgia drought, Lake Lanier, The Hooch, drought | No Comments »
Posted on December 2, 2007 by Jared Simpson
[3/6/08: The editorial staff of Waterblogged.info is perplexed by the unusual amount of interest in this post recently, which is among one of our more obscure. Leave us a comment if you can enlighten us as to why. Heck, leave a comment if you can't enlighten us. Ed.]
In the locker room at our local Y—after [...]
Filed under: Africa, South Africa, dams, drought, global water problems | 3 Comments »
