July, 2009

craterlake
In which fresh water body can you scuba dive down more than 5,350 ft (1.63 km)? Which deep African lake has more fresh water fish species than any other lake in the world?

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indiadrought
With monsoon rainfall the lowest in over twenty years, farmers in Lucknow, India, are suffering through a drought that has left 50 percent of farmland unplanted, according to The Times of India.

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cholera
The Zimbabwean Ministry of Health announced that the worst African cholera outbreak in 15 years has ended after 10 months.

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shanghai_storm
Torrential rains are causing deaths and wreaking havoc in several regions of China.

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washers
More on Inefficient Washing Machines (and Toilets and Irrigation Systems)

Some readers of my last post, on inefficient washing machines, got a bit testy. I’ve blogged on water as a human right, climate change, improving efficiency of water use in agriculture and cities, international conflicts over water and more. But what post led to the most, and the rudest comments?

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By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica

When methane began bubbling out of kitchen taps near a gas drilling site in Pennsylvania last winter, a state regulator described the problem as “an anomaly.”

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Peter Gleick Washing Machine
My colleagues and I here at the Pacific Institute have been arguing for more than 15 years that California has enormous potential to save water by improving water use efficiency.

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Vital Water Withdrawal Report on Agricultural, Industrial and Domestic Use Patterns Remains Unpublished

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10thingsknow
How much drinkable water is there in the world? How much water does an American, a European, an African use everyday?

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longhorn
Drought in Texas has scorched crops and rangelands, resulting in damages that could exceed $4.1 billion by the end of 2009

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