Sequestration Takes a Big Cut from USGS Water Research Programs

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Less money means fewer staff positions and fewer research projects…

Texas Water District Finds Few Friends in Quest for Water in Oklahoma

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A water rights case to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week has national implications.
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With Locals at the Helm, Kansas Charts New Course for Groundwater Management

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As they have been doing for decades, political leaders and water managers in Kansas are upending Western water law traditions that originated before the state was even part of the Union.
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Texas High Plains Prepare for Agriculture Without Irrigation

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Southern farmers are making changes now to wean themselves from the Ogallala Aquifer, a water source that gave rise to industrial agriculture and modern life on its plains.

Report: UN Proposes a Common Definition for Water Security on World Water Day 2013

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Water security should have a common language, and it should be a priority for global sustainable development goals, according to a new report by UN-Water.
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Detroit’s Mayor and Water Board Endorse Plan for Independent Water Department

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The water department could soon operate as an independent authority. The…
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What an Emergency Manager Might Mean for Detroit’s Water Utility

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There are many questions and few conclusions right now about…

Alaska Legislative Committee to Discuss Bulk Water Exports

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On March 12, the Economic Development, Trade, and Tourism Committee will ask what the state can do to encourage exports of water in bulk shipments.

Report: New Sanitation Figures Compete with UN Statistics for Meeting Millennium Development Goals

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Official United Nations figures claim that 2.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation. But new research from the University of North Carolina puts the total at more than 4.1 billion people.

Map: 30 Years of Trading Water in Australia

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Learn more about the history of trading water in Australia's three markets in this infographic.

Q&A: Brian Richter and Frederick Kaufman on Market-based Water Pricing

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Would giving water a price help to limit its demand or would this invite abuse against what the United Nations has called a basic human right? Circle of Blue spoke with Brian Richter, of The Nature Conservancy, and Frederick Kaufman, a journalism professor and an author, about their opposing viewpoints.

Australia’s Water Markets Succeeding, Yet Severe Challenges Loom

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Limited water supplies and competing agricultural, environmental, industrial, and municipal interests challenge Australia’s water-trading system.