New life for dry sea

KOK ARAL, Kazakhstan - There is not a drop of water to be seen around the port of Aralsk — a silent testament to decades of Soviet experiments with nature that have turned the Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth largest lake, into a salt-encrusted desert. Read more

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Water may be key to ending Mideast violence

AMMAN, Jordan - With shared dwindling water supplies, Mideast peace may rely on joint cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis over water, National Geographic reports. With a combined population of over 10 million people packed densely in 10,840 square miles (28,075 square kilometers), the region’s water is quickly drying up. Read more

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Food and water shortages force Afghans to leave homes

KABUL - Thousands of Afghans were forced to relocate from the northern Chemtal district among fears of a continuing drought and a food shortage. The exodus came after the Afghan government sent nearly 37 tons of food and water aid - too little, for the some 2,000 families leaving the region. Read more

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Some in Pakistan not worried about water, for now

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director (MD) Islamul Haq on Friday claimed that there was enough water in Rawal and Khanpur dams to meet the requirement of the city during summer. Read more

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Analyzing Israel’s water crisis

JERUSALEM - One of the hardest things to do in a crisis is to think fast on your feet. By definition, a crisis is not amenable to advance planning. But a water crisis is not like other crises - it does not sneak up on you between one day and the next. When it comes to water, it seems like we are thinking well on our feet, but how well are we planning? Read more

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Pakistan’s water woes worsen

ISLAMABAD - With the arrival of summer, the capital’s water crisis has assumed a new dimension leaving tanks and taps in thousands of homes in several sectors running virtually dry. Read more

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Lebanon: water crisis looming

BEIRUT - Over-consumption, over-pumping and mismanagement are causing Lebanon’s fresh water wells to become contaminated with salt water, making the reserves unfit for human consumption, a recent study shows. Read more

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Dry orchards raise prices

ISRAEL - Fruit growers are being forced to destroy roughly 10% of all fruit groves in Israel irrigated with potable water.

Water allocations have been slashed by 40 million cubic meters, according to Ilan Eshel, director of the Organization of Fruit Growers in Israel. Read more

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Water - Another casualty of war in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Baghdad’s crumbling roads, burst sewage pipes and chronic water shortages are casualties of war that get little attention amid the daily litany of gunfights, bombs and bloodletting in Iraq. Read more

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Multimillion dollar plan to pump water to Jordan’s capital

AMMAN, JORDAN — Jordan on Sunday announced that a multimillion dollar project would begin in June to supply the capital with water from an ancient southern aquifer 325 kilometers (200 miles) away.
“The capital will get water from the aquifer for the coming 100 years,” Water Minister Raed Abu Soud told reporters, adding that the project in the desert kingdom was expected to be completed within three-and-a-half years. Read more

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