T. Boone Pickens: Largest private U.S. water owner
July 2, 2008
Texas - Businessman T. Boone Pickens is buying water and lots of it. The 80 year-old king of the cooperate takeover, has set his sights on the twenty-first century’s new oil.
He plans to sell some 65 billion gallons of water a year to the Texas counties and municipalities lying south of his Mesa Vista ranch, where he’s secured the water-rights and become the largest private owner of water in the U.S.
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Source : BusinessWeek
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Water crisis could collapse Chinese capital
June 30, 2008

BEIJING - Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its population in coming decades, a leading development policy group said Friday. Read more
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Water shortages create new niches for entrepreneurship
June 30, 2008
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA - As water shortages begin to seriously threaten economic growth in places like California, new niches for the water quality industry are emerging. Read more
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Water-starved California slows development
June 16, 2008

PERRIS, California - Building in Southern California is being halted for lack of water. Citing a 2001 law that requires at least a 20 year supply of fresh water for new developments, officials have begun denying, slowing, and challenging new housing tracks just east of Los Angeles. Read more
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African growth will slow for lack of food and water
June 10, 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya - At the 18th Annual World Economic Forum on Africa, leaders, policy makers, and analysts all expressed concern over the impending consequences of the food and water shortages hitting sub-Saharan Africa. The panel urged policy makers to re-emphasize food and water as crucial economic elements - without them, maintaining the 5 percent growth Africa has experienced so far this millennium will be impossible. Read more
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Graphic: Bottled water imports and exports
June 5, 2008

A new UN map highlights bottled water’s patterns of international trade. With France being the major exporter of bottled water, trade routes in Europe (between France, Germany, and Belgium) often involve intracontinental trade. The United States also imports a large quantity of water from France and Fiji. Read more
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Despite backlash to bottled water, profits grow
June 4, 2008

New York, NY - Bottled water may be going the way of the dodo, if you believe the hype in the media these days. But despite the backlash from many about its green costs, profits are up.
Nonetheless, Fiji Water is upping its marketing budget to make its image more eco-friendly. One of their new slogans: “Every Drop Is Green”. Read more
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New desalinization plant for seemingly water-rich New England
June 2, 2008

BOSTON, MA - In order to keep up with demand, the city of Brockton, Massachusetts, will began piping in some 4 million gallons of freshwater each day from a new desalinization plant. The plant, situated near the delta of Taunton River, will use reverse-osmosis to turn brackish tidal waters into potable drinking water. Read more
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67% water-rate increase protested
June 2, 2008
Phoenix, AZ - A 67 percent rate increase in water rates has the residents of the planned suburb Anthem, Arizona, up-in-arms, reported The Arizona Republic. The community, some 34 miles north of downtown Phoenix, has an advanced water system, whose initial costs were around $150 million. Read more
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Is water becoming ‘the new oil’?
June 2, 2008

Global demands for freshwater have nearly doubled since World War II, the Christian Science Monitor reports. China, India, and other parts of Asia, are experiencing unprecedented growth, limited by the availability of fresh, potable, water. Read more
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