Panama Canal Returns to Full Capacity After Two-Year Water Crisis — Thanks to a Recycling System That Changed Everything

The Panama Canal is back to 36 ships a day. A $1.8 billion water recycling programme now captures 60 percent of the freshwater previously lost with every lock cycle — ending a crisis that cost global shipping an estimated $200 billion in rerouting fees. The fix was technically understood for decades. It just took a catastrophe to build it.