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  • A major US city will start drinking its own sewage. Others need to follow.

    Zoë Schlanger

    August 23, 2018 |

    Quartz |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    As water shortages continue to be on the rise, so are water expenses. El Paso, Texas is more familiar with this than many other cities due to it's serious lack of rainfall and historically rapid consumption of water. The city's newest approach, however, utilizes a closed-loop water system that cleans and recycles sewage water, making it ready for public consumption.

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  • Dams and reservoirs can't save us. This is the new future of water infrastructure.

    Zoë Schlanger

    August 22, 2018 |

    Quartz |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    El Paso, Texas only gets about 10 inches of rainfall per year, which doesn't help the water shortage the city is facing. Faced with no other choice but to seek solutions, the city has already implemented rainwater catchment systems, but is now looking to other countries as they turn their focus to toilet-to-tap practices.

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  • Climate Change, the Rio Grande and Border Water

    Naveena Sadasivam Zoë Schlanger Daniel Wolfe

    August 16, 2018 |

    Texas Observer |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    The Rio Grande River, which provides water to 6 million people and irrigates 2 million acres of farmland, is one of many transnational sources of water imperiled by climate change. Indeed, many states and countries that share water are drawn into conflict over dwindling resources. One relationship between officials in Mexico and the U.S. offers some hope that (with the right coaching) countries can cooperate, even in the face of greater political problems.

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