{"id":1087,"date":"2015-01-20T17:31:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2015-01-20T18:04:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T18:04:20","slug":"heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Heard, Read, Seen By Water Diplomats This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/chinarealtime\/2015\/01\/13\/chinas-water-problems-are-even-worse-than-you-think-report\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/chinarealtime\/2015\/01\/13\/chinas-water-problems-are-even-worse-than-you-think-report\/', 'China&#8217;s Water Problems Are Even Worse Than You Think: Report']);\" >China&#8217;s Water Problems Are Even Worse Than You Think: Report<\/a>\u00a0(Wall Street Journal China Real Time Blog)-\u00a0details a recent study published in PNAS describing deepening water crisis with continued development with mention of the South-North water transfer project, impacts from virtual water exports and infrastructure challenges.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/national_world\/2014\/04\/27\/city-says-sewage-will-solve-water-shortage.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/national_world\/2014\/04\/27\/city-says-sewage-will-solve-water-shortage.html', 'City says sewage will solve water shortage']);\" >City says sewage will solve water shortage<\/a>\u00a0( The Columbus Dispatch) &#8211;\u00a0article from last April details how the hurdle to adopting wastewater reuse in some cities is not technological, but overcoming the &#8220;ewww factor&#8221; among users.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/environment\/2015\/01\/sewage-sludge-could-contain-millions-dollars-worth-gold\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/environment\/2015\/01\/sewage-sludge-could-contain-millions-dollars-worth-gold', 'Sewage sludge could contain millions of dollars worth of gold']);\" >Sewage sludge could contain millions of dollars worth of gold<\/a>\u00a0(Science)-\u00a0Science Blog post cites recent study in ES&amp;T that estimated that there was about US$13 million worth of metals in annual sewage sludge produced by a million person city. Extracting those metals for economic benefit is a different challenge that some cities are investigating.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/17\/science\/earth\/2014-was-hottest-year-on-record-surpassing-2010.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/17\/science\/earth\/2014-was-hottest-year-on-record-surpassing-2010.html', '2014 Breaks Heat Record, Challenging Global Warming Skeptics']);\" >2014 Breaks Heat Record, Challenging Global Warming Skeptics<\/a>\u00a0(New York Times) &#8211; discusses the NOAA and NASA report that 2014 was the hottest year on record since record-keeping began in 1880, surpassing 2010 as the previously warmest year. The 10 warmest years have now all occurred since 1997.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-features\/tp-propertyplus\/article6795237.ece\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-features\/tp-propertyplus\/article6795237.ece', 'Design water-smart cities']);\" >Design water-smart cities<\/a>\u00a0(The Hindu)- discusses the &#8220;smart cities&#8221; slated to roll out in India. Key features include universal access to both water and sanitation, which should not be deprived to individuals based on an inability to pay.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/tp-kerala\/article6795955.ece\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/tp-kerala\/article6795955.ece', 'Water heritage']);\" >Water heritage<\/a>\u00a0(The Hindu)- discusses the evolution of the Shatashrunga villages in India from using wells accessed by the use of the Persian Wheel to pumps powered by the new electrical lines.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agenda.weforum.org\/2015\/01\/why-world-water-crises-are-a-top-global-risk\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/agenda.weforum.org\/2015\/01\/why-world-water-crises-are-a-top-global-risk\/', 'Water crises are a top global risk']);\" >Water crises are a top global risk<\/a>\u00a0(World Economic Forum) &#8211; details the World Economic Forum&#8217;s new report\u00a0citing\u00a0water crises as the biggest threats\u00a0facing the planet over the next decade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributed by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam', 'Shafik Islam']);\" >Shafik Islam<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Amanda Repella<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week\u2026 China&#8217;s Water Problems Are Even Worse Than You Think: Report\u00a0(Wall Street Journal China Real Time Blog)-\u00a0details a recent study published in PNAS describing deepening water crisis with continued development with mention of the South-North water transfer project, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heard-read-seen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1095,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}