International demand and new technologies push nation to the top for hydrocarbon exports. But massive production has also created worries over water.
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Contamination
In the next chapter of its gas drilling series, The New York Times digs even deeper into the murky side of the U.S. shale gas boom. Even when companies treat their drilling wastewater, environmental and health risks remain, in the form of salts or sludge that are highly concentrated with radioactive material and other contaminants. [...]
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Water weaves through history, giving rise to conflict, collapses and creation in civilizations. In his latest book, WATER: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, economic journalist Steven Solomon examines the economic and social relationship between people and water.
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Fracking could contaminate New York’s unfiltered water supply and require costly filtration, report says.
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The close of economic journalist Steven Solomon’s book is a reflection on the new meaning of water given today’s scarcity crisis. Solomon connects freshwater’s past and present to paint a future, and potentially very unstable picture of human civilization. By redefining facets of this precious resource, however, he presents the foundation of finding global solutions.
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[/caption]Decades of nuclear weapons testing has contaminated an estimated 1.6 trillion gallons of groundwater in the Nevada desert, a region where clean water is scarce and getting scarcer.
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The Great lakes Compact may be put to the test soon as the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin seeks permission to tap Lake Michigan’s water supply.
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Nigeria has been pumping vast amounts of oil since the 1950s. This map shows the oil fields, pipelines, and terminals in relation to the Niger Delta’s main cities and its differing types of vegetation, from swamplands to rainforests.
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Thousands Search for Fresh Water, Food in a Monumentally Contaminated War Zone
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A New York Times investigation into worsening U.S. water pollution details how unregulated farm runoff is poisoning people’s wells.
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Bihar, in eastern India, will soon launch projects to supply safe drinking water.
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Water and fire don’t mix, but in Colorado such idioms may soon explode.
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Tests begin next month to determine whether a foam firefighters use to extinguish flames has contaminated groundwater in Minnesota and possibly nationwide.
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What happens when the earth gives way? Residents and authorities in eastern Tennessee struggle to answer this very question, as 5.4 million cubic yards of spilled coal ash seep into nearby waterways, block roads and flood neighborhoods.
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MYANMAR – Survivers of the worst natural disaster to hit Myanmar (Burma) in recorded history — Cyclone Nargis — are now facing the prospect of freshwater shortages as the dry season approaches.
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LIMA, Peru — With the approaching rains threatening to destabilize tailing ponds near Lima, Peru’s government is preparing for the worst.
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A new plan to drill for natural gas along America’s East Coast could endanger water supplies.
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Bottled water contains contaminates, other impurities, often found in tap water a new report by an environmental advocacy group says.
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Discharging selenium into watersheds remains a major problem in the American West
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Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Injecting water, chemicals, and sand to “frack” the gas from shale rock formations.