October, 2008

Despite a significant drought in much of the American Southeast, gardeners and landscapers have found a way to water their turf.

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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.

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LIMA, Peru — With the approaching rains threatening to destabilize tailing ponds near Lima, Peru’s government is preparing for the worst.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Arsenic levels in eleven Californian water systems are too high says the Environmental Protection Agency.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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HANOI — Vietnam’s citizens are bearing the brunt of their nation’s enviable but environmentally unsustainable growth.

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