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Drought conditions drive customers to Laundromats

washdaylaundry wrote 1 day ago: Self and Full Service Austin’s record heat is bad enough, but now we have a major drought to a … more →

Tags: Water Conservation, Drought, Austin, laundromat, laundry, Washateria, Dry Well, Oak Hill, Dripping Springs

Water in the market - bottled water

neosurya wrote 1 day ago: If there were ever futures trading with water, I would be a millionaire. Several others would be too … more →

Tags: NGO, Bangalore, association for indias development, Environment, Nature, water

Kenya: Nairobi water board sent packing, acute water shortages persist in cities1 comment

dietvorst wrote 2 days ago: The entire board of the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company was sent packing over alleged mismanageme … more →

Tags: Kenya, Transparency, water distribution, water related diseases, Cholera, corruption, Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company, urban water supply, water authorities

Never Surrender: The California Water Shortage

margelit wrote 3 days ago: Everyone has been excited about the change that Obama’s being elected is expected to bring to t … more →

Tags: California, Daphne Weisbart, fresno, Jim Costa, Margelit Hoffman, Max Films, Mendota, Michael Fenenbock, obama

Diagram: How Fresno's Water System is Secretly Being Replaced

marlalk wrote 1 week ago: CLICK: Marla Here is another example of how Fresno is being turned inside out as secret replacem … more →

Tags: fresno ca, altered records, code violations, Drought, friant, millerton, Olive Ave., Temperance Dam, tower district

ISRAELI WATER THEFT: Mohammed Abbas is sick, with chronic diarrhoea. Not for the first time.

Antievil wrote 1 week ago: He and his family live in a Palestinian village with no running water, no sewage system, and no pros … more →

Tags: Israel, ISRAELI-APARTHEID POLICY, neo liberalism & neo capitalism, Occupation, Palestine, Racism/hate, Settlers, Shoah, VIDEO & PICTS

Somalia, Somaliland: burgeoning population drains Hargeisa water supply

dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Urbanisation and rural-urban migration could soon overwhelm the water supply in Hargeisa, capital of … more →

Tags: Somalia, Water Supply, Somaliland, urban water supply

Eagle Mountain: No more water shortages

Sara wrote 1 week ago: Provo Daily Herald – For the past two summers, catastrophic water-well failures have created w … more →

Tags: groundwater issues, Water Development, wells, Eagle Mountain

Bolivia: huge glacier disappears

dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Scientists in Bolivia say that one of the country’s most famous glaciers has almost disappeare … more →

Tags: Bolivia, Water Resources Management, climate change, Glaciers

Chile: town withers in free market for water

dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: During the past four decades here in Quillagua, a town in the record books as the driest place on ea … more →

Tags: Chile, Policy & Legislation, Water Resources Management, Water Markets, Water privatisation, Water Rights

Latin America: Govt seeks to regulate shared waters to guarantee supply

dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: The Uruguayan government is trying to reach agreements with Brazilian, Paraguayan and Argentine auth … more →

Tags: Policy & Legislation, Water Resources Management, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, transboundary waters

Rwanda: Water rationing warning as drought bites

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: Electrogaz, Rwanda’s public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a pro … more →

Tags: Rwanda, Drought, rural water supply, urban water supply, water rationing, déforestation

Water woes seen as opportunity for investors in agriculture

Jac van Tuijn wrote 2 weeks ago: Good opportunities for investors in modern water technologies for agriculture. Water scarcity is a g … more →

Tags: irrigation, Water Resources, World Wide

Capturing Rainwater is Illegal in the U.S.

infolution wrote 2 weeks ago: Utah: Capturing Rainwater is Illegal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jjxg8f3Gq0   S.787 Wo … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Army Corps, Clean Water Act, clean water restoration act, Colorado, Congress, Corporations, Dictatorship, Empire

Visions of Water, Visions of Life: ECAG in Kenya

waterfortheages wrote 3 weeks ago: This is the second interview for the series Visions of Water, Visions of Life. Today’s intervi … more →

Tags: activism, Africa, Agriculture, Community, drinking water, groundwater, NGO, water availability, Water Management

Kenya: water shortage increases cholera toll1 comment

dietvorst wrote 3 weeks ago: An acute water shortage in parts of eastern and northeastern Kenya is fuelling the spread of acute w … more →

Tags: Kenya, School sanitation, water related diseases, acute watery diarrhoea, bottled water, Cholera

India: watercrises = mismanagement

Jac van Tuijn wrote 3 weeks ago: In many places in India water is scarce and becoming a big problem. Experts in a seminar on ‘W … more →

Tags: India, Water Resources

Drink maker sector worried about losing 'social licence' if water shortage looms

Jac van Tuijn wrote 3 weeks ago: Following a drought in India, Coca Cola received large protests against its use of groundwater by it … more →

Tags: Drought, India, Water Resources, Business

Sierra Leone, Freetown: facing water crisis

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Massive rural-urban migration into Freetown [pop. 1.2 million] is putting pressure on the city’s cap … more →

Tags: Sierra Leone, Water Supply, urban water supply, Freetown


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