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Cox Enterprises and Manheim Cut Daily Water Demand 60%

October 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cox Enterprises and its Manheim auction operation in Georgia have saved 2 million gallons of water annually and reduced daily water demand by 60 percent since opening the Water Conservation Center in 2008. Manheim, a global provider of vehicle remarketing services headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., opened the center in 2008 ... Read more »

Drought Forces Water Restrictions on Platinum Mines

October 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Platinum mines including those operated by Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Lonmin around the South African mining city of Rustenburg have been asked to cut their water use because of a drought, according to media reports. Premier Thandi Modise last month declared a drought across the entire North West ... Read more »

Colorado Flood Losses Could Exceed $1 Billion

September 18, 2013September 18, 2013 by Leon Walker

The unprecedented flooding ravaging Colorado is hurting businesses in myriad ways, from health risks and environmental damage associated with flooded oil fields to fewer tourists visiting the state. The Denver Post reports that thousands of oil wells and sites have been affected and some are still being overrun by rushing ... Read more »

Intel Plants Recycle 60% of Water

September 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Intel treats some 2 million gallons of industrial water a day at its plants in Chandler, Ariz., then returns the water to an underground aquifer, Bloomberg reports. The semiconductor maker, which is the city’s largest employer, recycles some 60 percent of its water. It’s also expanding the treatment facilities and ... Read more »

Nevada Develops Indoor Agriculture Industry

September 17, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Nevada is encouraging the development of indoor farming in the state, a low-water use sustainable agriculture practice that could help reduce the state’s dependence on unpredictable tourism spending. The sector is still small in the US and not one state has cornered the market, the Associated Press reports. Nevada hopes ... Read more »

Dry Farming Grows in West; Alltech, Kentucky State Form Sustainable Agriculture Alliance

September 3, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Drought conditions and hot summer months are pushing many California farmers toward dry farming — and producing more flavorful produce, NPR reports. Happy Boy Farms sales director Jen Lynne says chefs and wholesalers from around the US are increasingly placing orders for the company’s dry-farmed tomatoes, grown near Santa Cruz. ... Read more »

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Fracking Companies Up Recycled Water Use

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Halliburton, Baker Hughes and FTS International are among the oil and gas companies increasingly using recycled water in hydraulic fracturing. Most fracking to extract shale gas is happening in water-stressed regions of the US, such as Texas and Colorado, both of which are in the midst of prolonged drought conditions. ... Read more »

US Weather Extremes Account for Two-Thirds of Global Losses

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

The US was seriously affected by weather extremes last year, accounting for 69 percent of overall losses and 92 percent of insured losses due to natural catastrophes worldwide, according to a Worldwatch Institute report. Hurricane Sandy, the summer-long drought in the Midwest and severe storms with tornadoes accounted for $100 ... Read more »

Organic Cotton ‘Shows Signs of Stabilizing’

May 24, 2013May 24, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Organic cotton farmers produced 138,813 metric tons of fiber in 2011-12, an 8 percent drop in production from the previous year, compared to a 37 percent drop in 2010-11, the Textile Exchange says. In its 2011-12 Farm & Fiber Report, the Textile Exchange says half of the organic cotton-growing countries ... Read more »

Corn-Producing States Face High Water-Shortage Risk

May 21, 2013May 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Washington, DC, New York City, Los Angeles and San Diego are among the cities most at risk for drought-induced water shortages, according to a report from the Columbia University Water Center, in conjunction with Veolia Water and Growing Blue, a collaboration of NGOs, water companies and industry groups. Joining the ... Read more »

Climate-Change Related Weather Pounds Insurers

May 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US insurance industry expects climate-change related storms and weather occurrences to worsen — but isn’t doing much to combat global warming, the New York Times reports. Peter Höppe, who heads Geo Risks Research at the reinsurance giant Munich Re, cites studies that forecast a rise in future summer droughts, ... Read more »

Competition for water in US shale energy development

Fracking Should Up Recycled Water Use, Ceres Says

May 3, 2013May 3, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Hydraulic fracturing operations should scale up their use of recycled water and non-freshwater resources, and practice better water management planning if shale energy production is to grow as projected, a Ceres research paper says. Most fracking to extract shale gas is happening in water-stressed regions of the US, such as ... Read more »

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