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Off the Deep End — Beijing’s Water Demand Outpaces Supply Despite Conservation, Recycling, and Imports
Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 03 May 2011 12:28
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Faced with irrigation restrictions, many farmers in eastern Hebei Province look for other ways to make a living.

How China’s capital got in over its head, and what the city is doing to get its water crisis under control

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Circle of Blue’s China Tour Finds Strong Reception for Water-Energy Choke Point Warning
Written by Keith Schneider
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 12:02
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Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum present at 17 events in 4 cities over 16 days.

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Australia Builds Desalination Plants and Pipelines to Bring Water to Mines
Written by Brett Walton
Tuesday, 05 April 2011 14:37
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To feed water-hungry mining industries, similar plans are in the works to supply drought-ridden regions of Australia and China.

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Bohai Sea Pipeline Could Open China’s Northern Coal Fields
Written by Keith Schneider
Tuesday, 05 April 2011 08:09
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Disputed project seen as a must for modernization.

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James Workman: Boycott World Water Day!
Written by James Workman
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 10:14
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Set aside warm and fuzzy emotion, and use cold logic to revalue our matrix of life.

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China Responds to Explosive Growth, Pollution, and Water Scarcity in Latest Five-Year Plan
Written by Keith Schneider
Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:15
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Is momentum for runaway development too powerful to restrain?

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Focusing on Sustainable Growth — China Releases Draft of 12th Five-Year Plan
Written by Nadya Ivanova
Thursday, 10 March 2011 12:50
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China Water Energy Sustainable Growth

The plan, which scales back economic growth and scales up environmental conservation, is expected to be adopted this week.

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Infographic: Yellow River Water Allocation Map
Written by Circle of Blue
Tuesday, 08 March 2011 06:30
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Water allocations for the Yellow River Basin’s 9 provinces.

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A Dry and Anxious North Awaits China’s Giant, Unproven Water Transport Scheme
Written by Aaron Jaffe
Tuesday, 01 March 2011 08:26
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Chinese North-South Transfer Project

Authorities anticipate approval for new western line to tap energy reserves.

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Plugging a Leak — Post-Katrina New Orleans Wants Feds to Pay for Water System Overhaul
Written by Codi Yeager-Kozacek
Monday, 14 February 2011 08:33
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Post Katrina Water Issues in New Orleans

City officials have something to prove, and the city has a lot riding on it.

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