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California’s Water Solution Lies Underground
Researchers may have found a solution for California’s water woes. Beneath California’s Central Valley there lies precious groundwater reservoirs waiting to be extracted. Water Solution proposed by New research published in the journal PNAS...
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Texas Residents Struggle to Find Quality Water
According to cbslocal.com, there has been an increase in boil-water notices throughout the U.S., particularly in Texas. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality stated that Fourteen Texas cities with populations exceeding 100,000 have undergone...
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United States Dams Are Strained By Severe Drought
It’s been known that in the 20th century the US built several dams across the West to direct and conserve river water, generate electricity, and store water in reservoirs for city and farm use....
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Flint Still Under Construction, and Residents in Despair
The 100,000 residents of Flint, Mich., are still using bottled water for bathing and washing dishes because their tap water is still unsafe to use. Some improvement has been made, says researchers who released...
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New Research Shows Asia Without Water in 2050
New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that Asia, a country populating about 1 billion people, could be without water in 2050. The group of researchers say that Asia’s water needs are...
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Fog Water Collection
A new invention called CloudFisher, is a project designed to collect condensed fog and transport it into potable water for rural areas in southwest Morocco. A CloudFisher set up is a series of tall...
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Flint, Michigan’s Clean Water is Coming Soon
Replacement of the old lead pipes in Flint are to begin this month so that the community can have access to clean water as soon as possible. The state legislature may approve funding for the...
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India’s Water Crisis
India’s Water Crisis New Delhi is experiencing severe issues accessing clean water. According to India’s Ministry of Urban Development, more than half of Delhi’s residents receive only three hours of running water each day....
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Water Scarcity Across The Globe On Grid
Here’s an interesting grid created by researchers that dividing the globe into square millage to determine the monthly water demand of each continent, and where water scarcity is most potent. According to Arjen Y....
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Flint’s Water Solution
Still the talk of the news, Flint’s residents are unsatisfied with the current lead pipes used to deliver drinking water to their homes. Who would blame them? Changing the source of water that flows...
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U.S. Cities Use Lead Pipes for Drinking Water
Flint, Michigan isn’t the only city whose residents have been drinking water from lead piping for years. Researchers found high levels of lead in Chicago homes, yet city officials failed to warn residents of...
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Muslim Community Donates 30,000 bottles of water to Flint
Americans are aware of the water crisis occurring in Flint, Michigan, where over a hundred thousand people have been poisoned with lead. Governor Rick Snyder and his administration tried to save money by selling...
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New Natural Resource Investment Center
The White House recognizes the challenges US is facing today with water conservation. There’s news from USA TODAY about a meeting that focused on managing the country’s water supplies that are constantly at risk...
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Researchers remove salt from polluted water
The ocean makes up 75% of earth’s water, but is undrinkable due to its high salt content. Researchers have discovered a simple and cost-effective method for removing pollutants and salt from water, making it drinkable. Whereas...
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Research Shows Earth’s Water Depleting
Here’s an interesting article by The Washington Post, about earth’s most precious resource, freshwater, and how recent studies have attempted to calculate how much water is used globally each year. Essentially researchers have found...
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Changes In Snowfall Affect Water Supply
A new study has just confirmed that billions of people depend on snowfall for water supply, and snowpacks are currently shrinking in areas where climate temperatures are rising. The New York Times posted an article about...
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Project Liquifying Aquifers
The Los Angeles River carries approximately 200 million gallons of runoff water each day into the Pacific Ocean. A young architect, Lujac Desautel has an idea to reuse this wasted water. He calls the project Liquifying...
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Flint’s water emergency advisory
Water authorities in Flint, Mich. told their customers and water users to continue drinking their tap water even though strange odors and colors were reported. Then residents were advised to let the water run...
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NASA Clarifies Discover of “Water” On Mars
We all know how rumors like to be spread… and how quickly the truth can be misinterpreted. If you’d like to know what scientists are really saying about the water-like substance seen on Mars,...
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California’s Solution, Recycling Water?
Experts say that California’s solution to the drought, if it keeps up, may be recycling and purifying sewage water into drinking water. Water managers throughout the state agree that the technology is here and...