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Transcript Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Australia, researchers say that rivers may be more vulnerable to extreme drought than was previously thought. Their examples come from the Australia’s southeastern region, where a decade-long drought ended in 2010. Even after years of normal rainfall, more than a third of the region’s rivers had not recovered to their pre-drought levels. The results of the study were published in the journal Science. The researchers concluded that drought leav...

Transcript Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.   In Brazil, officials have privatized the water and sewage utility in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press reports that it is the largest privatization in the country’s sewage sector ever. The majority of the state-owned utility company’s assets were divided into four water distribution and sewer service areas. A 35-year operating concession for each area was offered at an auction, but only three sold. The fourth will be offered in...

Transcript Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. ——— Water, sanitation and hygiene – known collectively as WASH, are in the news globally. A leaked memo showed that the United Kingdom plans to cut funding for WASH projects in developing nations by more than 80 percent. The Guardian reports that this has sparked outrage among WASH experts, who point to sanitation and handwashing as key defenses against the coronavirus pandemic. Worldwide, more than 4 billion people lack safe sanitation and...