Archive for September 2025
From Dry Taps to Protest Marches: What the Johannesburg Water Crisis Teaches Us
In Johannesburg, South Africa, residents have recently taken to the streets over something most of us take for granted: running water. For weeks, taps in many neighborhoods ran dry, forcing people to line up at water trucks, buy bottled water they could barely afford, or go without altogether. The frustration boiled over into protest marches,…
Read MoreAnother One Bites the Dust – Swamping the Myth of Groundwater Recharge
Groundwater Can Travel for Hundreds of Kilometers in Vast Networks In this era of droughts and water crises across the planet, it’s high time we began to understand the true characteristics of one of our most precious resources. Groundwater constitutes 99% of the world’s unfrozen fresh water and provides drinking water to 145 million Americans…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Employ 21st Century Technology to Solve the Global Water Crisis
The disturbing fact is, we are living through a global water crisis. Across the world, nations both rich and poor are grappling with drought, pollution, and shrinking freshwater supplies. Twenty-five countries are already classified as being under extreme water stress, affecting more than two billion people1. From the once-reliable farmlands of the American Midwest to…
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