Episode 15 - Global Water Security

Show Notes

Hosts:  Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris

Guests: Mr. Mike Gremillion, Director of the Global Water Security Center and Dr. Kate Brauman, Associate Director for Communications and Analysis

Description:  Our human bodies are made of more than 60% water, and water makes up 71% of Earth, yet only 0.5% of the world's water is fresh and drinkable.  As the climate continues to change and global population increases, many communities are having to grapple with diminishing water resources.  Mike Gremillion and Dr. Kate Brauman are leading the Global Water Security Center to make water data, both domestically and internationally, more available and especially more accessible for governments, industry, and communities to make more informed water management decisions.  LISTEN HERE.

References:

• World Water Facts (USBR)
• Puerto Ricans desperate for water after Fiona's rampage (AP)
• Megadrought causes perilously low water levels at Lake Mead (PBS)
• Jackson, Mississippi water crisis (Disaster Philanthropy)
• It’s time to rethink how we manage our water systems (World Economic Forum)
• Israel water security technologies held up as world model (Int’l Trade Administration)
• (VIDEO) Water: too precious to be just another commodity (Financial Times)
• Are ‘Water Wars” coming to Asia? (The Diplomat)
• Food security depends on water security – and we need to act now (IFPRI)
• Weathering water extremes and cognitive biases in a changing climate (Science Direct)
• White House Global Water Security Action Plan (June 2022)
• California’s Water Supply Strategy
• (VIDEO) Hamburgers and water (Dr. Kate Brauman)
• Water scarcity footprints and supply chains links (Env. Research Letters)
• Global Water Security Center (University of Alabama)

Latest weather, water, and climate news

(0:01:51)

Introducing the Global Water Security Center

(0:05:55)

Defining water security and making water data more accessible

(0:13:03)

Economic value of water data and bridging disconnects

(0:22:17)

Global Water Security Center stakeholders and new NOAA cooperative institute for Hydrology R2O

(0:33:07)

The water footprint: commodities, supply chain, hamburgers, and beer security

(0:44:35)

Lightning Round

(0:59:00)

Insights

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