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Sitka’s Resource Piggy Bank is Water

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After a decade of unsuccessful attempts to sell bulk water, Sitka hopes to sell 50 million gallons by 2011.

Timeline: North American Bulk Water Sales

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Bulk water has been attempted and banned around the world. Visualize the last decade of attempts in Sitka.

Singapore Will Cut Water Imports from Malaysia, Pursue Self-Sufficiency

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Infrastructure to succeed Malaysia import agreement, expiring in 2011.

Remedies for Nitrate-Contaminated Water in California are Anything but Quick, Cheap

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John and Rosenda Mataka never gave a thought to their tap water until 1995, when the city of Modesto took over the town of Grayson’s water supply wells and informed everyone that they had been drinking nitrate-contaminated water for over a decade.

Nitrate Contamination Spreading in California Communities’ Water

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The California Watch nitrates project revealed that wells that serve more than two million Californians have been contaminated with nitrates at levels that surpass the public health limit.

Q&A: ‘Crude’ Director Joe Berlinger on Chevron Oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon

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Featuring Live Earth, Vanity Fair cover, and a CNN Hero Award.

California Water Board Changes Power Plant Regulations to Protect Aquatic Life

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Power plants will be required to change their cooling systems to reduce the amount of water they withdraw from oceans and estuaries as a result.

Tracking the Threat and Politics of Asian Carp

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Imported from Taiwan and brought to Arkansas as weed control agents three decades ago, Asian carp have become the poster children of potential threats to the Great Lakes. As the fish inch closer to invading Lake Michigan, regional and national politicians debate the financial consequences of coping with the invasive species. With the fate of multi-billion dollar a year industries on the line, the Obama administration has offered some fiscal support to quell the storm.

The Price of Water: A Comparison of Water Rates, Usage in 30 U.S. Cities

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"For more than 20 years industry has been moving south looking for cheaper labor, I'm hoping that now they'll start coming back looking for cheaper water."

UK Reliance on Imported Water Leaves Country Vulnerable, Study

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Many places the country currently imports products from may begin to see problems meeting domestic water demand in the coming decades, possibly causing a shortage of goods for the country, a study says.

Peter Gleick: Bottled and Sold — What’s Really in our Bottled Water

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One would think and expect that bottled water would be cleaner than our tap water. But is it?

Water Disclosure Project Releases Surveys to 300 Companies

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Newly-released Water Disclosure Project questionnaire focuses on usage, operations and supply chains and management strategies in water-intensive companies.