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Update: China Completes Tunnel Under Yellow River for South-North Water Transfer Project
Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 06:00
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China is on target to begin transferring water from the Yangtze River Basin to Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin by 2013.

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Water News: What’s Ahead in 2012
Written by Brett Walton
Thursday, 05 January 2012 06:00
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Panama is one of the fastest-growing economies in the Western Hemisphere, largely thanks to a new free-trade agreement with the U.S. and an ongoing $US 5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal. Slated for completion in 2014, the expansion will double the canal's capacity, which will reduce emissions, and the new system will recycle 60 percent of the water in each transit, along with an overall decrease of 7 percent less water than is used by the existing locks.

News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events — BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, or Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophes in 2011 — but some events come with advance warning. Here is a preview of the water news to look for in 2012.

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Differing Views On North Korea’s Food Crisis
Written by Nadya Ivanova
Friday, 14 October 2011 09:16
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Torrential rains, heavy summer floods, and typhoons have compounded North Korea’s dysfunctional food-distribution system, leaving millions — including many children — in danger of malnutrition, according to some media outlets and humanitarian-aid groups. But others contend that additional analysis is necessary to verify the circumstances.

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Bottling Wastewater Expands Island’s Oasis—Singapore’s NEWater Path to Independence
Written by Brett Walton
Friday, 14 January 2011 07:30
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Singapore is first to bottle wastewater for drinking.

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Ned Breslin: Keep it Flowing — Rethinking Community Water Management
Written by Ned Breslin
Friday, 03 December 2010 12:10
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A subtle but important trend in the water sector is only now starting to emerge in developing nations–

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Peter Gleick: Fiji Water — When Environment, Politics, and Economics Collide Over Bottled Water
Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:18
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Fiji Water, one of the world’s most well-promoted brands of bottled water, is also one of the most secretive and private.

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Q&A: Mission Plastiki—Catching Wind, Storing Rain: David de Rothschild’s Quest for Pacific Plastic
Written by Circle of Blue
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 07:12
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The eco-adventurer tells Circle of Blue how sailing the Plastiki across the Pacific, a 60-foot catamaran comprised of 12,500 plastic bottles reveals the ominous side of plastic generation, use and disposal.

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Water Scarcity Constrains Food, Energy Security in Vietnam
Written by Molly Walton
Friday, 16 July 2010 13:42
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As the Southeast Asian country battles with climate change, it looks to use less hydropower.

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Desert’s Stronger Grip Shakes Inner Mongolia
Written by Molly Walton
Monday, 12 July 2010 22:58
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Circle of Blue revisits sea of dying grass and blowing sand in northern China.

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Floods in Myanmar and Bangladesh Displace Thousands, Dozens Dead
Written by Heather Rousseau
Friday, 02 July 2010 06:00
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Thousands are left homeless along the Naf River border of Bangladesh and Myanmar due to flash floods.

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