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Can your water be too clean?

by (author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog

from Water and Energy by Leslie We’re all familiar with how vaccines work: you get a small dose of a nasty virus or other pathogen, your body works out how to fight it, and then you’re pretty much protected against coming down with the illness that the virus causes. This semester,...

1 comment | Sep 20, 2007    


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California Looks at Desalination

by (author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog

NPR on Desalination: Desalination plants used to be found only in oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia. Now, as water becomes an ever more precious resource in California, proposals for 18 desalination plants are being studied by local officials from San Diego to Marin County. The largest would be in the Bay...

add a comment | Aug 26, 2007    


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Hydrate A Village

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China river pollution kills 40,000 kg of fish

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Waste water dumped by factories into a river in southwest China has poisoned and killed about 40,000 kg (88,180 lb) of fish, media said on Tuesday. Eighty government ...

add a comment | Aug 14, 2007    


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IRAQ: Militiants using water to extort "favours" from displaced

by , AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: IRIN Many internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in Iraq are facing shortages of water, especially clean drinking water, and the situation is being exploited by unscrupulous militants, local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) say....

add a comment | Aug 07, 2007    

   


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LESOTHO: Water running on empty

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: IRIN Three parched years in a row have drained Lesotho's water sources and thousands of people that are already facing chronic food insecurity risk losing access to water, the spread of disease and death....

add a comment | Jul 04, 2008    


38 killed in Myanmar delta ferry sinking - state media

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters YANGON, July 4 (Reuters) - At least 38 people died when their ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta, official newspapers reported on Friday. Another 44 passengers were ...

add a comment | Jul 04, 2008    


China expands credit line to oil-rich Angola

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters LUANDA, July 4 (Reuters) - China will provide an additional $135 million in financing to rebuild Angola's electricity, water and road systems, expanding its stake in the oil-rich African nation, ...

add a comment | Jul 04, 2008    


COTE D'IVOIRE: Heavy rain kills six

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: IRIN Heavy rains in Abidjan have displaced 450 families and killed six people....

add a comment | Jul 03, 2008    


Lesotho sees growth from diamonds, water

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters * Trade minister sees growth rising from 4 to 6-7 percent * Diamond mines, water project key growth areas * Textile sector exposed to US downturn, likes currency weakness By Peter Apps LONDON ...

add a comment | Jul 03, 2008    


ISRAEL-OPT: Palestinians to face water shortages this summer - rights group

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: IRIN Palestinians in the West Bank consume far less water than people in Israel, but they are likely to face a shortage this summer, the Israeli human rights group B'tselem has warned....

add a comment | Jul 03, 2008    


Beijing promises no algae blooms in Games waters

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters BEIJING, July 3 (Reuters) - Beijing on Thursday pledged that an embarrassing outbreak of algae that has invaded Olympic co-host city Qingdao's sailing venue would not be repeated in any of the capital ...

add a comment | Jul 03, 2008    


Ocean Survey Vessel BOLD Visits Juneau, Alaska

by (author unknown), U.S. EPA Water News

DEC and EPA team up for cruise ship research (Juneau, Alaska – July 2, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Ocean Survey Vessel BOLD is hosting a free open house for the public from noon to 5:30 PM at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Juneau Pier on Wednesday, July 2...

add a comment | Jul 02, 2008    


Palestinian kills 3 in Jerusalem bulldozer attack

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters * Palestinian rams Israeli vehicles, kills 3 * Israeli minister calls it terrorist attack * No claim of responsibility * Egypt uses water cannon to control crowd at Gaza crossing By Jeffrey ...

add a comment | Jul 02, 2008    


Downpour floods China's Kunming, shuts airport

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) - Heavy rain has flooded most streets in the southwestern Chinese tourist city of Kunming and forced the closure of its airport after water submerged the runway and part of ...

add a comment | Jul 02, 2008