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People from Ecuador to Louisiana Forge Alliances Against Global Oil Spills


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Indigenous leaders from Amazon rainforests to Bayou swamplands.

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India and Pakistan Dispute Water Use for Hydropower, Agriculture


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India strives to redirect water, currently used for Pakistani agriculture, on the Kishanganga River for 330 megawatts.

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The Price of Water: A Comparison of Water Rates, Usage in 30 U.S. Cities


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“For more than 20 years industry has been moving south looking for cheaper labor, I’m hoping that now they’ll start coming back looking for cheaper water.”

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Water Disclosure Project Releases Surveys to 300 Companies


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Newly-released Water Disclosure Project questionnaire focuses on usage, operations and supply chains and management strategies in water-intensive companies.

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World Water Day Panelists Urge New Mindset for Wastewater Treatment


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Newly-released UNEP report details challenges, benefits of expanding wastewater treatment coverage.

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Reforms Could Lead to Huge Water Savings for California, Pacific Institute Says


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Replacing inefficient appliances in homes and upgrading wasteful agricultural equipment could save one million acre feet of water in California, according to a Pacific Institute report released Monday. These reforms could also save the parched state six to eight million acre feet by 2020.

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Presses India for Water Deal During Visit


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No agreement was signed, but Bangladesh continued to push for a deal similar to the Ganges Treaty.

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Nile Basin Initiative Celebrates 10-year Anniversary


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Many joint economic development projects have been completed, but an agreement on cooperative management of the river basin has not been signed.

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Stakeholders Create Organization to Resolve Southern US Water Conflict


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Members from Alabama, Florida and Georgia hope that grassroots negotiations will spur a resolution from higher levels of government over Lake Lanier.

Environmental groups, business organizations and power companies have united to form the ACF Stakeholders, a forum for discussing ways to resolve the 20-year impasse over the use of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin.

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The Middle East and Midwest Come Together in Water Tech Partnerships


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Great Lakes Wastewater Treatment TechnologyThe Mideast is proving to be a popular destination for Midwestern political officials to pitch water technology trade deals. .

Both Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry have been touting the freshwater potential of their states to businessmen in Israel to promote economic growth in the burgeoning field of water technology.

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