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One in Five US Water Treatment Systems Contained Illegal Chemicals, Study Finds

December 9, 2009

Senate hearing focuses on EPA's efforts to protect the nation's drinking water. The water for more than 49 million Americans has been contaminated with illegal concentrations of dangerous pollutants since 2004.

Peter Gleick: Prepare Now for Another Dry Year

December 3, 2009

The western United States is still in a drought. If you have any doubts, take a look at the latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor. Maybe we'll be lucky and the rains will start soon and be healthy. But California water agencies and users must begin planning for another dry year.

Peter Gleick: Giving Desalination Another Black Eye — Poseidon’s Financial Shell Game

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November 11, 2009

Last week, I wrote about the demand by the Poseidon Group to receive two major public subsidies to build a private desalination plant at Carlsbad near San Diego. After years of claiming that they needed no public support to build this plant, this claim has finally been proven false. The private profits they need will only be possible with public subsidies.

“Glacier Man” Does Nature’s Work to Mitigate Climate Change

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November 11, 2009

Chewang Norphel, a civil engineer known locally as the Glacier Man, has been building artificial glaciers to supply irrigation water for the villages of the Ladakh region for the last 15 years. Norphel constructs the glaciers by redirecting autumn and winter melt to shady valleys above the fields.

Peter Gleick: Water use in the United States has Leveled off: New Remarkable Numbers Released

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October 29, 2009

New numbers on total water use in the United States in 2005 have just been released by the U.S. Geological Survey, which does an assessment of water use every five years.

Budget Constraints, Anomalies Delay USGS Water Data Release

July 25, 2009

Budget and personnel issues have delayed the 2005 U.S. Geological Survey national water use data, leaving many in the water world anxiously awaiting its release.