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Is Traditional Water Management the Future?

Scott James — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:53:48 +0000

The world’s water situation is only going to get more challenging in the coming years. There will be more people a water supply that is increasingly polluted and often distributed with aging infrastructure. Clearly we will need to embrace new methods of water management- is it possible that those methods have been around for thousands [...]

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Is Climate Change Genocide?

Scott James — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:39:31 +0000

Climate change and rising temperatures are widely believed to be causing the retreat of glaciers and lower river flows. According to researchers, that is what’s happening to the Andean glaciers. Evo Morales, President of Boliva, believes there should be an international court of environmental justice- and many Bolivians agree with him. In fact, Boliva’s UN [...]

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Rivers in the Desert: Solar-Powered Desalination

Scott James — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:32:57 +0000

Water crises and water shortages are increasing around the world- at this point there are 1.2 billion people in 40 countries without reliable access to clean water. But what if there were a way to use the sun to turn oceans into drinking water? IBM and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), the [...]

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Research Recommends Diversified Water Portfolios for Urban Water Planning

Scott James — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:34:24 +0000

Cities need water. And as they grow, so does their need for water. Unlike most other goods that can be manufactured or shipped in, you can’t make more water. Cities are facing the reality that they have to learn to efficiently use the water they have and prevent waste at all points of the process, [...]

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Will Smart Water Grids Become a $16.3 Billion Industry by 2020?

Scott James — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:56 +0000

If you read this site you know that water is a major issue and how we relate to and manage our water could be the defining issue of the 21st century. Water innovation is just now starting to build buzz and attract investors, with venture capital still not flush and technologies very much in their [...]

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Overpopulation to Blame for Southeastern U.S. Water Shortages

Derek Markham — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:11:32 +0000

Water shortages in the southeastern U.S. during the last two years were due to the skyrocketing population growth in the area, not just the drought, says a new study from Columbia University researchers. Some state’s populations, such as Georgia’s, jumped almost 50% in only 17 years, putting pressure on local water supplies and increasing the [...]

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Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Derek Markham — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

If there’s one film that everyone needs to watch this year, it’s Blue Gold: World Water Wars. The film, based on the book Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, pulls no punches in its portrayal of the major water issues facing us [...]

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Climate Change and the Colorado River: Water Shortages Expected by 2050

Derek Markham — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:00:53 +0000

A study by Scripps Institute researchers predicts that even under conservative climate change scenarios, the Colorado River will not be able to supply water to meet the current demands 60 to 90% of the time by the year 2050. Researchers also predicted that the reduction in the runoff feeding the river will mean shortages of [...]

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