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Workers swarm a big water transport canal near Tilda, India undergoing repair and expansion to serve the steam production and cooling requirements of the region’s expanding number of big coal-fired power plants.

2012 Year In Review: At the Front Line of the Global Contest Over Water, Food, and Energy

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Circle of Blue's senior editor Keith Schneider reflects on — and celebrates — this year's body of work from our top reporters.

Delhi Dispatch: Rice, Wheat, and Water Serve Up Equal Helpings of Punjab’s Wealth and Risk

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Free power, water, fertilizer, and chemicals encourages abuse of resources for world’s number two rice and wheat producer.
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Delhi Dispatch: No Running Water But a Delhi Slum Hut Community Teems With Life

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Squatter village defies the label of temporary.

Western U.S. Governors Say Water Transfers Vital But Need to Protect Rural Economies

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Better data is needed too. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The…

Senate Committee Continues to Discuss Sandy, Climate Change and Infrastructure

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Sandy has brought new urgency to a water resources bill. Two…

Flashbacks to the Future

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Circle of Blue director J. Carl Ganter visits his former high…

EU Climate Forecast Points to a Drier Future

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The pain, again, is in Spain — and in much of southern Europe. European…

Ken Burns’s The Dust Bowl Revives an American Tragedy

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Drought, farm follies, and pain on the Great Plains. Photo…

Contaminated U.S. Groundwater Sites Will Cost $110 Billion to Clean, Report Says

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State and federal regulators need to consider the cost of remediation,…

The Crash of the Growth Wave Forces Cities and Towns to Raise Water Rates

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The exurbs of Minnesota’s Twin Cities are the latest examples…

Hurricane Sandy Has an Ohio Wastewater Utility Operating Above Capacity

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The megastorm's effects reach far, far inland. Hurricane Sandy--after…

What Do East Coast States, D.C., and I Have In Common? Preparations for ‘Frankenstorm’ Sandy

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With Hurricane Sandy nearing landfall in the mid-Atlantic and…