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Agriculture and Sewage Dead Zone: Taking on Nutrient Pollution in the Mississippi River Watershed
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As the impact of agriculture on water quality intensifies around the globe, two lawsuits in the United States aim to reduce the size of the Gulf of Mexico's ‘dead zone’ by setting limits on nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River Basin.
The Stream, March 22: Closing World’s Water Deficit Could Cost $104 Billion Annually
On World Water Day, we look at:
Water Innovation
Hindustan…
America’s Water Infrastructure Shows Its Age — The National Debate About How to Pay for Repairs
Hundreds of billions of dollars are needed for renovation and…
The Stream, January 9: China Moves Forward With South-North Water Transfer Project
China has completed the tunnel under the Yellow River for the…
Water News: What’s Ahead in 2012
News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events…
The Stream, October 5: Out of Water
Severe water shortages due to the La Nina weather pattern are…
The Stream, October 3: France To Cancel Shale Gas Permits
France plans to cancel shale gas exploration permits granted…
The Stream, July 14: U.S. Clean-Water Standards
With just a few weeks until the details of a draft plan for the…
American Arsenic: After a Decade, Small Communities Still Struggle to Meet Federal Drinking Water Standards
When the EPA lowered the arsenic standard for drinking water from 50 parts per billion to 10 in 2001, there were 3,000 water systems in violation. Today, nearly a thousand still are.
The Stream, June 24: Xayaburi Dam
Laos is moving forward with the construction of the controversial…
The Stream, April 22: Water Pollution Accidents
China's water sector, the world's third largest, with an estimated…
The Stream, March 15: Nuclear Power
Germany has set a three-month moratorium on plans to extend the…