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BOSTON – The importance of water in the lives of people worldwide is highlighted in a photo essay by the Boston Globe. Images from China, the United States, India, and other countries around the world show the importance of water to all. Click through to the photo essay. Source : Boston Globe Circle of BlueCircle […]
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LONDON – A washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year. Read more here. Source : Reuters Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/
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SEATTLE – The King County Council has approved a measure to limit the purchase of single-serving bottled water by county agencies and offices. Councilman Dow Constantine said Monday that producing a single one-liter plastic water bottle itself consumes three liters of water and producing the 31 million bottles of water Americans purchase annually requires 17 […]
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BEIJING – A truck has overturned and spilt a powerful chemical into a river in southwestern China, threatening the drinking water of more than 200,000 people, the official Xinhua agency said on Monday. The truck was carrying 33.6 metric tons of crude phenol, which in its diluted form can be used as a disinfectant or […]
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BRISBANE, Australia – South-East Queensland’s combined dam capacity is expected to reach 40 per cent sometime in the next two days, signaling the end to level six water restrictions. Hosing will be permitted for 30 minutes per week on either Saturday or Sunday and bucket watering will be allowed after 4pm everyday. Residents will also […]
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VANCOUVER – British Columbians at all levels are being asked to get serious about water use in the face of population growth and climate change, and to help meet a provincial target of improving water efficiency by one-third by 2020. Read more here. Source : The Vancouver Sun Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, […]
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CALIFORNIA – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the first statewide drought in 16 years Wednesday, setting in place measures to head off severe shortages next year and lending a boost to his plan to raise more than $11 billion to upgrade the state’s water delivery system. The governor did not call for rationing, but his plan […]
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NAIROBI, Kenya – At the 18th Annual World Economic Forum on Africa, leaders, policy makers, and analysts all expressed concern over the impending consequences of the food and water shortages hitting sub-Saharan Africa. The panel urged policy makers to re-emphasize food and water as crucial economic elements – without them, maintaining the 5 percent growth […]
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Boosting our chances of finding life in extreme extraterrestrial environments, a new ice-dwelling bacteria has been discovered in the glaciers of Greenland, where it has live for over 120,000 undisturbed, LiveScience reports. The bacteria – 10-100 times smaller than the more common E. coli bacteria – makes a living by exploiting the liquid water that […]
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DALLAS, Texas – In an op-ed, The Dallas Morning News’ staff warns that ignoring the looming water crisis in America, will leave Texas dry: This oil crisis brings to mind shortages of an even more critical natural resource: water. Last week, the U.S. government released a detailed scientific report (www.climate science.gov) projecting how climate change […]
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AMMAN, Jordan – With shared dwindling water supplies, Mideast peace may rely on joint cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis over water, National Geographic reports. With a combined population of over 10 million people packed densely in 10,840 square miles (28,075 square kilometers), the region’s water is quickly drying up. Though water isn’t a headlining issue […]
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KABUL – Thousands of Afghans were forced to relocate from the northern Chemtal district among fears of a continuing drought and a food shortage. The exodus came after the Afghan government sent nearly 37 tons of food and water aid – too little, for the some 2,000 families leaving the region. Both a lack of […]
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