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  • Drip Irrigation Yields Promising Water Conservation Results in Utah

    Gergo Szikszai

    September 05, 2024 |

    TechBuzz |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in Utah are installing drip irrigation technology to reduce their water use amid a drought by watering crops directly at the root. The technology, created by the Tel Aviv-based agritech company Netafim, can be tailored to meet the needs of different crops.

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  • The Great Wall of Surajpura

    Roli Srivastava

    March 29, 2024 |

    The Migration Story |

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    Response Location: India, Surajpura

    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) is a job program that employs locals to work on climate resilience projects like building water security infrastructure to support local farms and communities. In the past year, with the help of the work from MGNREGA, local farms have come back to life, wells have been replenished and migratory birds have begun returning to the area.

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  • Planting Trees to Help Dallas Breathe

    Katelyn Newman

    August 07, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    In 2016, the Texas Trees Foundation and federal Trust for Public Land partnered to use GIS technology in greening Dallas, Texas, and plant some 1,000 trees to start. Not only does the initiative reduce respiratory problems like asthma--over the next 40 years, the new tree cover is expected to create about $2.9 million in environmental benefits, sucking around 250 tons of CO2 from the air and capturing around 4 million gallons of stormwater.

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  • How Recycling Wastewater Could Help Quench the West's Thirst

    Alexandra Ossola

    April 14, 2023 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Drought-stricken cities in California are turning to direct potable reuse of water to combat drinking water shortages. This process involves treating wastewater and returning it to the drinking water supply.

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  • Rehabilitation of Yatta Canal Helping increase access to water downstream

    Damaris Kyallo

    January 31, 2023 |

    90.3 County FM |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Kukarabatiwa kwa mtaro wa maji wa Yatta na serikali ambao uko na ukubwa wa kilomita 50 umeongeza uwezo wa upatikanaji wa maji kwa wakazi wa Yatta kaunti ya Machakos.Maji hutoka mto Thika kaunti jirani ya Kiambu,kisha kutiririka kupitia mtaro huo hadi kaunti ya Machakos. Mtaro huo umekarabatiwa kwa kujengewa kuta kandokando kwa kutumia saruji ili kuzuia kuziba kwa mtaro huo.

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  • Are 'sponge cities' enough to curb climate-fuelled floods?

    Kim Harrisberg

    April 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The design firm Arup calculates cities' ability to retain water through nature and helps them implement other solutions to flooding, like building rain gardens or public messaging strategies, depending on individual needs.

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  • Las Vegas has tough restrictions on outdoor landscaping. Would it work in Utah?

    Ben Winslow

    November 13, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

    Through a combination of strict outdoor water use restrictions, water waste enforcement, recycling of indoor use water, and the installation of new pump technology, the Southern Nevada Water Authority was able to reduce water use by roughly 26 billion gallons over one year.

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  • Las Vegas has strict outdoor watering restrictions (with fines!) Should Utah do the same?

    Ben Winslow

    November 14, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

    Strict laws put in place to regulate water waste have caused a 26% decrease in water use since 2002. Through practices like limiting outdoor watering and water recycling by The Southern Nevada Water Authority, the state has seen a 26 billion gallon reduction in the last year alone.

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  • These Farmers Recharged their Groundwater by Catching California's Atmospheric Rivers

    Grey Moran

    April 17, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California are taking advantage of recent heavy rainfall by intentionally flooding their fields to restore the underground aquifers after years of drought.

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  • They've Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans.

    Brad Plumer Raymond Zhong

    September 23, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

    The startup CarbonRun developed a machine that adds limestone to rivers to increase the amount of carbon dioxide they trap. Adding the alkaline substance to the water as a powder converts carbon dioxide into a stable molecule, which keeps it underwater.

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