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Concerns over Bottled Water and NAFTA Swirl during British Columbia Drought
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Citizen petition calls for higher fees on Nestle and other bottled water companies while authorities worry about trade agreement implications.
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Alaska Bulk Water Shipments to California Proposed
Despite a signed contract, Sitka city officials say the real test is whether water is actually delivered.
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Peter Gleick: Zombie Water Projects (Just when you thought they were really dead…)
Not all zombies are fictional, and some are potentially really dangerous – at least to our pocketbooks and environment. These include zombie water projects: large, costly water projects that are proposed, killed for one reason or another, and are brought back to life, even if the project itself is socially, politically, economically, and environmentally unjustified.
![Shiprock, New Mexico: The Navajo Nation — which spans a 70,000-square-kilometer stretch of mesa, sand, and canyons in parts of New Mexico, Utah, and northern Arizona — is the largest and, arguably, the driest American Indian reservation in the United States.](https://www.circleofblue.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mesa-590x250.jpg)
Racing an Arizona Senator’s Retirement, Dry Navajo Nation Draws Closer to Securing More Water
The largest reservation in the U.S. has one of the nation's highest poverty rates — more than 40 percent — and very little water infrastructure. Many residents pay nearly 50 times the municipal cost for water, which instead is delivered from a tank in the back of a truck, often resulting in water-borne intestinal illnesses.
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Infographic: Alaska to India Bulk Water Export Data
Sitka, Alaska to send millions of gallons of water to India, which will then be distributed in the Middle East.
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Timeline: North American Bulk Water Sales
Bulk water has been attempted and banned around the world. Visualize the last decade of attempts in Sitka.