Items Tagged with 'water scarcity'

California’s push to use groundwater trading as a lifeline for farmers under SGMA is largely stuck in neutral, with most basins setting pumping limits but few moving forward on actual markets.

This year's World Water Day will be the 30th anniversary of the global event bringing awareness to the need for water and sanitation for everyone across the globe.

The latest assessment of major food, beverage and agriculture companies’ attention to water issues such as scarcity and pollution shows more are taking action.

PepsiCo, the company in charge of 23 food and beverage brands, announced Tuesday that it hopes to become “Net Water Positive” by 2030.

The group has submitted its formal recommendations to the governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio.

There is hope for ensuring the world has enough clean, fresh water in the near future, despite an ever-increasing world population that requires more water and food, a new report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs says. But the task is enormous.