Aesthetic irrigation requires approval, Georgia decides
October 30, 2008
Despite a significant drought in much of the American Southeast, gardeners and landscapers have found a way to water their turf. Read more
Popularity: 3%
Engineers develop platelet patch up for England’s water pipes
October 30, 2008
England may soon bid farewell to inconvenient road construction and interrupted water supplies. Engineers at Yorkshire Water are ready to test a new technology that aims to fix leaks in water pipes from the inside out. Read more
Popularity: 3%
Wet season could compound mining problems in Peru
October 30, 2008
LIMA, Peru — With the approaching rains threatening to destabilize tailing ponds near Lima, Peru’s government is preparing for the worst. Read more
Popularity: 4%
Cali water agencies under pressure to lower arsenic levels
October 30, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Arsenic levels in eleven Californian water systems are too high says the Environmental Protection Agency. Read more
Popularity: 4%
Check “water” at the ballot box in Pennsylvania?
October 28, 2008
Pennsylvania’s aging water delivery and treatment infrastructure needs a boost to keep the pipes clear, says Department of Environmental Protection acting Secretary John Hanger. Read more
Popularity: 4%
Could privatized water provide India with a domestic answer?
October 28, 2008
JAMSHEDPUR, India — In central India lies a town whose utilities are a ’steel’ so to speak. Thanks to industrial magnate Tata Steel, residents of Jamshedpur Read more
Popularity: 4%
WHYMAP takes water question underground
October 28, 2008
Although unknown to many, it is no secret that much of the world’s water sources from aquifers beneath the soil. Thanks to UNESCO’s World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) visualizing the supply no longer requires an expert’s eye. Read more
Popularity: 4%
Two years of California sunshine to shrink state water supply
October 28, 2008
SANTA CLARA, California — After seven-hundred and thirty days of dry weather, California intends to severely reduce the amount of water it allocates at the district level. Read more
Popularity: 3%
Water Pressure: Texas takes Oklahoma H2O to federal appeals court, wins
October 28, 2008
DENVER — Texans are one step closer to Oklahoma’s faucet. A federal appeals court in Colorado has ruled to hear why Texas should be allowed to drink their neighbor’s water, although Oklahoma wants the case dismissed. Read more
Popularity: 3%
Growth spurt turning Vietnam’s water a toxic shade of green
October 27, 2008
HANOI — Vietnam’s citizens are bearing the brunt of their nation’s enviable but environmentally unsustainable growth. Read more
Popularity: 4%
