Rising Seas Threaten Tens of Millions More People with Inundation, Study Says.
Even That May Underestimate the Impact

Using updated estimates of coastal elevations, a new study shows that more than three times as many people than previously thought are currently living in areas at risk of being under water during high tide in the second half of the century.
The study reckons that 110 million people today live in these coastal zones that are threatened with inundation at high tide in the coming decades, up from earlier estimates of about 28 million people.
The Climate Central study did not account for relative sea-level rise. It assumed that land elevations remained constant. In the dynamic world, that is not the case.

Vast Differences in Legionnaires’ Disease Response by Industry

There are few regulations in the United States for monitoring building plumbing for Legionella. The rules that do exist largely target the healthcare industry.
Outside of healthcare, building owners generally are doing very little to prevent bacterial growth in their plumbing, according to interviews with people involved in Legionella testing and monitoring. Standards and industry best practices are followed haphazardly.

Election 2019:
State and Local Voters Face
Water Infrastructure Funding Decisions

Few questions loom larger in politics than those about funding. When those funds are state bond outlays, often the question is put to the voters in a ballot initiative.
This year is no different. Voters in Colorado, Texas, and New Orleans have a chance in November to weigh in on water infrastructure funding.

Hotspots H2O:
Fuel Shortages Slash Water Supply
for 15 Million in Yemen

A fuel crisis in Yemen is severely straining water supplies for 15 million people, according to reports from Oxfam and other aid agencies.

As Seas Rise, Unchecked Groundwater Use Sinks Coastal Cities

The coasts, particularly delta regions, were a natural setting for urbanization. At the intersection of river and ocean, they connected upstream producers to global markets. It was a successful model, for a time. But a new geography of risk has emerged. Because of climate change and mismanagement of natural resources, coastal cities are increasingly hazardous locations.
Subsidence is one of those risks. Shifting land topples buildings and buckles roads and bridges. It is worsened by unrestrained urbanization on fragile, compactable soils and by upstream dams that block the sediments that replenish delta lands. These sediments, which are also channeled out to sea by levee systems, are “the only natural compensation method available” for land lost to compaction.

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