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Overdraft and Saltwater Intrusion Strain the Floridan Aquifer
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Excessive withdrawals are forcing communities from South Carolina to Florida to look elsewhere for water.
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Report Urges 10-Year Freeze in Mekong Hydropower Projects
The study responds to the growing private sector interest in the Lower Mekong Basin.
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Illinois Company Receives Grant to Export Asian Carp to China
Asian carp are heading home, 40,000 pounds at a time.
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Research Program Investigates Norway’s Potential as Europe’s Battery
Norway could use its hydropower reservoirs to balance wind energy in an integrated electrical grid.
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Giving Our Choke Point The Heimlich Maneuver
In the U.S. a fifth of all energy may be consumed by water, and the biggest use of water – 42% by some estimates – is for energy.
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Export Agriculture Drains Latin America’s Water Supplies
Peruvian asparagus and Costa Rican pineapples illustrate the threats global agribusiness poses to the environment.
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Looming Asian Water Crisis Requires Billions in Annual Improvements, ADB Says
The finance institution urges for more public-private partnerships.
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Hydropower Has Uncertain Future in Scotland’s Renewable Energy Ambitions
Does Scotland's clean energy transition hold fresh water?
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Saudi Water Use ‘Growing Exponentially,’ Higher Prices Needed, Report Says
Agriculture is draining non-renewable groundwater reserves in the water-scarce country.
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan Angers Australian Farmers
A government plan to reduce irrigation diversions has farmers up in arms.
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Egypt’s Assets in Ethiopia May Help Ease Tensions Over Nile River
The African country reaches out to its Nile Basin neighbor.
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Asian Carp Czar Outlines Plan to Eradicate Invasive Fish
Announcement comes, as Canada plans joint effort with the United States to study the threat posed to the Great Lakes