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Speaking of Water – Water Conflict Chronology
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Podcast interview with Dr. Peter Gleick discussing violence associated with fresh water
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In USAID Redesign, Water Is Grouped with Food and Climate
Will sanitation and hygiene get lost in the organizational shuffle?
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In Kabul, Residents Chase Receding Groundwater
The number and depth of wells is constantly increasing in Afghanistan’s capital city.
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Water Debt Not on the Menu in Baltimore’s Tax Sale Season
City and state officials take steps to keep residents from losing homes because of overdue water bills.
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Karachi’s Water Supply Curtailed by Theft and Mismanagement
Theft, corruption, and disrepair hamper water access for millions in Pakistan's largest city.
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International Conference Discusses Remedies to Lake Chad Crisis
Ambitious engineering project on the agenda.
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Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment Grows Some Teeth
After decades of irrelevance, two court decisions uphold people's right to "clean air, pure water," hearten activists to push for more.
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Water Closely Linked to World’s Refugee Crisis
Behind barbed-wire fences at this camp in northern Jordan, about 33,000 Syrians — half of them children — exist uneasily, housed in rows of rudimentary shelters that barely protect them from the winter cold.
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Amid Political Quarrels over Cape Town Crisis, Engineers Prepare Dams for Day Zero
Squabbles between South Africa’s politicians over who is to blame for Cape Town’s water emergency reached such a pitch in recent weeks that leaders, in an attempt to soften the debate, invoked the country’s icon of peace and resolve.
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U.S. Courts Issue Contradictory Rulings on Groundwater and the Clean Water Act
Courts grapple with pollution cases that pit the law against nature.
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When the Water Is Shut Off
Cities employ vastly different strategies for late-paying customers.
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U.S. Governors Outline Water Priorities
In State of the State speeches, governors emphasize pollution cleanup, collaboration, and funding.