Peter Gleick: When Beliefs Conflict with Facts

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Representative Jim Costa and the California Drought

The Stream, July 1: North America’s Greenest Cities

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San Francisco is the greenest city in North America, according…

The Stream, June 30: Water Highs and Lows in the U.S.

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Georgia officials are smiling after Tuesday’s verdict from…

The Stream, June 29: Millennium Development Goals

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An inadequate water supply system has left Congo's capital Kinshasa…

Israeli Data Company Makes a Splash in the Water Industry

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TaKaDu uses algorithms to save water, energy, and money for utility companies around the globe.
Wastewater Recycled for Drinking Water

Wastewater Recycled for Drinking: Low Water Reserves Prompt Australian Push

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On Australia’s western coast, the city of Perth is in critical danger of depleting the water reserves held by its dams. In response, the government is pumping treated wastewater into the Gnangara Mound Aquifer.
The Pleasant Power Station, Willow Island, West Virginia. 1.3 megawatt coal-fired power plant.

FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Release of U.S. Department of Energy’s ‘Water-Energy Roadmap’

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The report, one of two ordered by Congress on water and energy, has been delayed for years.

The Stream, June 28: France Pledges Nuclear Power Investment

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The water recycling system deployed to clean the tainted water…

Peter Gleick: What Do You Know? Water Conservation and Efficiency Actually Work

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A new analysis from the Pacific Institute Municipal Deliveries of Colorado River Basin Water, authored by Michael J. Cohen, documents real changes in population and water deliveries for 100 cities and water agencies in the U.S. and Mexico that deliver and use water from the Colorado River Basin. Total population in these areas grew by more than 10 million people between 1990 and 2008, but water use per person dropped by around 20 percent over the same period (around 1% per year).

James Workman: Mandela’s Global Water Ambassador Dies — A Reflection on South African Human Rights Lawyer, Kader Asmal

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When Nelson Mandela named South Africa’s first democratic Minister for Water Affairs and Forestry – a futile effort to keep his outspoken, irascible, chain-smoking friend out of trouble – Kader Asmal claimed ignorance about the rudimentary basics of his new portfolio.

The Stream, June 27: Food Prices, G20 and Global Food Security

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The Council on Foreign Relations highlights the factors behind…

Federal Water Tap, June 27: Water, Nuclear Oversight

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Taking the EPA’s Authority Away A House committee approved…