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The Himalayas: A Special Report
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Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied by glacial melt from the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region.
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Southern Australian State Plans to Save Additional 5 Billion of Liters of Water
Australia Tackles water scarcity in New South Wales by funding projects such a recycled water for irrigation.
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British Company Creates Cheap, Small-Scale Desalination for Agriculture
The new system, which uses sub-surface pipes to remove salts and deliver water to plants on demand, grew 200 prosopis trees in the United Arab Emirates' desert during a test-run.
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2009 California Water Plan Published
Report recommends upgrading the state's information base to better user understanding of the water system.
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Peter Gleick: Crisis Over the Mekong — Development, Drought, and Climate Change
A volatile mix in Asia.
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Photo Slideshow: Stunning Water Images from the European Space Agency
Images from space including the Ganges River in the Himalayas and the Fox Basin in the Canadian Arctic.
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Great Lakes Cleanup to Get $2.2 Billion in Federal Funding
The EPA plan aims to clean up top pollution sites and establish a “zero tolerance policy” toward invasive species
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Water, Not al-Qaeda, is Yemen’s Main Domestic Concern, Experts Say
Yemen made headlines last Christmas as the training ground for the man who attempted to blow up an airplane two months ago, but a more immediate concern for the people living in the country is a rapidly dwindling supply of freshwater.
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New Protected Status for Lake Chad Highlights World Wetlands Day
Countries across the globe celebrated World Wetlands Day on February 2 by designating national preserves and vowing to protect wetlands from climate change and maintain biodiversity.
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Drought in Australia Connected to Snowfall in Antarctica, Researchers Find
Relationship between Australia's drought and Antarctica's increased snowfall offers clues to human contribution to global warming. Scientists have linked a severe, decades-old drought in Australia to increased snowfall in East Antarctica.
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Wisconsin City Makes Its Case for Diversion of Great Lakes Water
City officials in Waukesha, Wisconsin spelled out why they need Great Lakes water to replace their radium-contaminated city water wells Thursday, and why tapping into the world’s largest freshwater supply makes more sense than drilling more wells.
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Mississippi’s Claims against Memphis
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit claiming that Memphis is pumping too much water out of a shared aquifer, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.