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Clean Energy Picture Dramatically Changed For Midwest, As U.S. Fossil Energy Boom Gathers Steam

Written by Keith Schneider
Monday, 09 April 2012 20:38
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The Eisenbarth Pad in Ohio near Keidash Point Park outside of Sardis Ohio, on Saturday, March 17, 2012.

With the price of natural gas falling, investments in water-sipping wind and solar energy are slipping.

Water Rights: Arizona Senators John Kyl and John McCain Meet With Navajo Nation Leaders

Written by Brett Walton
Thursday, 05 April 2012 11:48
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Decades in the making, a Navajo-Hopi water rights settlement faces grassroots opposition, as tribe members fear the proposed settlement gives away too much and promises too little.

Chicago’s $7 Billion Plan to Fix Crumbling Infrastructure

Written by Nadya Ivanova
Monday, 02 April 2012 12:19
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Chicago Spearheads $7 Billion Plan to Fix Its Crumbling Infrastructure

From expanding its largest airport to replacing century-old water pipes, Chicago introduces an ambitious construction plan that will be partly financed with public-private partnerships.

Once A Cleanup Leader, Michigan Struggles With Leaking Fuel

Written by Circle of Blue
Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:09
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The state’s water is at risk from 9,100 leaking underground storage tanks, second most in the United States.

Satellite Perspectives: NASA’s GRACE Program Sees Groundwater From Space

Written by Nadya Ivanova
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 09:20
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The winning design by Richard Vijgen in the World Water Day competition by HeadsUP and Visualizing.org will be on display in New York City's Times Square for one month. Titled “Seasonal and Longterm Changes in Groundwater Levels,” Vijgen's design uses NASA's gravitational data.

A first-of-its-kind space mission shows dips in groundwater supplies globally.

Written by Codi Yeager-Kozacek
Monday, 26 March 2012 14:00
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The opening of the Morganza spillway resulted almost immediately in the flooding of farmland located within the floodway. Flooding of farmland caked in fertilizer is a threat to the Gulf of Mexico because it could increase the size of the dead-zone.

As the impact of agriculture on water quality intensifies around the globe, two lawsuits in the United States aim to reduce the size of the Gulf of Mexico’s ‘dead zone’ by setting limits on nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River Basin.

Photo Slideshow: America’s Water Infrastructure Shows Its Age

Written by Circle of Blue
Monday, 26 March 2012 06:00
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While the effects of America’s aging plumbing and water supply systems are readily apparent, what to do about the infrastructure is not.

Infographic: Timeline of American Water Infrastructure Development (1651-2011)

Written by Circle of Blue
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:15
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Infographic: The Path of Water Infrastructure Development in the United States

From small water-supply systems in the Colonial Era to massive investments in reservoirs, pumps, pipes, and treatment plants in the 20th century, America’s water infrastructure has become more complex. Now, at the start of the 21st century, many of those systems need maintenance and repairs.

Infographic: American Plumbing — Tapping Into Water Infrastructure

Written by Circle of Blue
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:08
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Municipal Water Treatment in the United States Infographic

At least 85 percent of Americans use a municipal water system for drinking water or sewer services. This interactive infographic explains how water moves to and from your tap.

Climate Change Alters the Calculus for Water Infrastructure Planning

Written by Brett Walton
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:23
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Adapting to climate change in the U.S., according to one estimate, will cost at least a half trillion dollars over the next four decades.

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