2008 April | Circle of Blue WaterNews

Samsung to produce water-powered mobile phone battery

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:59
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Samsung announced that it will come up with new mobile phone battery that would be powered by water.

Australian rice woes: high prices, but no water, no crop

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:48
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AUSTRALIA –Australia’s failed rice crop — the country will export barely one-tenth of its usual average this year — has been blamed for contributing to global shortages and a more than doubling of the global rice price. But Sunrice chief executive Gary Helou says the accusation against Australia is “terribly ill-informed,” adding, “Australia is an extremely small player.”

Water shortage sparks protest

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:39
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DHAKA, Bangladesh – Hundreds of people staged protests in the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday against a shortage of drinking water, witnesses said, defying a ban on such demonstrations.

Greenland’s melting ice is turning blue

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:33
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GENEVA – Arctic ice may be melting faster than most climate change science has concluded, the conservation group WWF said in a report published on Thursday.

Toxic water panics Indians

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:28
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FARIDKOT – A sudden increase in water-borne diseases over the past two weeks due to highly toxic and polluted drinking water has made residents in Faridkot, Muktsar and Abohar areas panicky as authorities have not been able to improve the situation.

Water rationing on the way in California

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:24
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CONTRA COSTA, California – The East Bay’s largest water supplier is likely to impose mandatory rationing next month that could include higher water rates, limits on outdoor sprinklers or possibly a ban on car washing, the Contra Costa Times reports. Elsewhere in the East Bay, residents are expected to be asked to conserve water voluntarily.

“Water wars” could be on tap for Great Lakes

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:21
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TORONTO – Parched U.S. states could start “water wars” in the years ahead and fight for access to Great Lakes resources as they become more desperate to meet growing needs, Canadian and American experts said Wednesday at a water conference.

Water: Tapping a Strained Supply

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Monday, 28 April 2008 12:31
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Reported by: National Catholic Reporter
“Water is the axis issue that intersects the worldâ€™s greatest challenges, from health, poverty and security to climate, immigration and environment, even financial and commodities markets,” said J. Carl Ganter, director of Circle of Blue, a network of journalists and scholars concerned with water issues worldwide. “Weâ€™re just beginning to grasp the stresses on our worldâ€™s water supplies.”

School board bans bottles, turns to tap

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Friday, 25 April 2008 23:30
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TORONTO – The Waterloo Region board has banned the sale of plastic bottles of water in its schools starting next year, a move that is expected to spur others across the province into action.

As drought eases, water bills rise

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Friday, 25 April 2008 23:24
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ATLANTA – Many residents of the Southeast who sacrificed greener lawns and longer showers to reduce water usage during the region’s historic drought are now seeing the other shoe drop: They’re being hit with sharp rate increases as water utilities scramble to make up revenue lost because of conservation measures.

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