Freshwater Delivery in the Wake of Natural Disasters

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A sample of water technologies invented to store, ship and provide one of the most critical resources for crisis recovery.

World Water Day Panelists Urge New Mindset for Wastewater Treatment

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Newly-released UNEP report details challenges, benefits of expanding wastewater treatment coverage.

Kenyan Prison Uses Constructed Wetland to Improve Sanitation

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Low cost, low maintenance water treatment system in Kenyan prison proves better for small communities than traditional waste water treatment.

Designing Water’s Future – New Book Shows Student Solutions to Global Freshwater Crisis

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World Water Day: "Designing Water's Future," the international student competition finds solutions to the global fresh water crisis. Water is the axis issue that intersects health, poverty, and security, as well as climate, energy, immigration, and the environment.

Photo Slideshow: Stunning Water Images from the European Space Agency

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Images from space including the Ganges River in the Himalayas and the Fox Basin in the Canadian Arctic.

Peter Gleick: World Water Day 2010 — A trip through one of the worst slums in the world

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Like urban slums throughout the developing world, there is almost a complete lack of piped safe water and no formal sanitation. Raw sewage and garbage flow through the streets and drainage ditches.

The Economics of Water Quality Need Greater Emphasis, UN Experts Say

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Waste water treatment costs and ecosystem services are often not properly accounted for, say UN experts at World Water Day conference.

David Kuria: Sanitation and Toilet Entrepreneur

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In the sub-Saharan region, 80% of recorded illnesses are water-born diseases, and more than two-thirds of these people don’t have access to basic sanitation. While access to safe drinking water is gaining importance in the political arena, it’s still hard to talk about restrooms and toilets, but today I’m speaking with a man who really does know toilets.

Drought in South China is Worst in Decades

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Parts of southern China are being ravaged by a severe three-season drought. Millions of people lack adequate water supplies, and millions of acres of cropland are too dry to plant.
Hydro Resources, a well-drilling contractor, works around the clock to punch new holes in the Ogallala Aquifer in Kansas. The Ogallala, the primary water source in the Great Plains, is declining because billions of gallons are pumped out each year to irrigate corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton.

EPA Launches National Study of Hydraulic Fracturing

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Is the injection of chemicals and water underground contaminating the environment in pursuit of natural gas?

Supreme Court Takes Second Look at Michigan’s Asian Carp Injunction

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Will they reconsider a motion filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to block Asian carp from the Great Lakes?

Senate Committee to Vote on Clean Drinking Water Bill

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Clean Drinking Water Bill emphasizes the importance of water and sanitation in U.S. foreign aid. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote at its next business meeting on a bill to provide safe drinking water to 100 million people, according to a committee staff member.