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News & InformationNews and InformationNovember 25, 2008 One-third of China's Yellow River pollutedSource: Associated Press Newly released scientific results show one-third of the famed Yellow River, which supplies water to millions of people in northern China, is heavily polluted by industrial waste and unsafe for any use. The Yellow River, the... November 24, 2008 Beware Of Water WarsSource: Times of India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's disclosure that during his recent Beijing visit he raised the issue of international rivers flowing out of Tibet underscores the enormous implications of China's hydro-engineering projects and... November 21, 2008 Georgia’s hopes fading for reversing water rulingSource: Atlantic Journal Georgia is running into more resistance in its bid to convince the Supreme Court to overturn a critical ruling that undermined the state’s water rights. The Justice Department recently recommended that the high court not take up... November 20, 2008 'Water crisis to hit by 2080'  Source: Metro.co.UK Climate change could leave half the world's population – 3.2billion people – facing a shortage of clean water by 2080, UN experts warn. It is disrupting water flow patterns and increasing the severity of floods, droughts and... November 19, 2008 Big CO reservoir project faces environmental hurdlesSource: Water Technology The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District’s $400 million-plus project, designed to supply water to 15 municipalities and water districts in northern Colorado, is facing some hurdles after the US Environmental Protection... November 18, 2008 Drill for Natural Gas, Pollute WaterSource: Scientific America In July a hydrologist dropped a plastic sampling pipe 300 feet down a water well in rural Sublette County, Wy. and pulled up a load of brown oily water with a foul smell. Tests showed it contained benzene, a chemical believed to... November 17, 2008 Japanese firm recalls 8 million bottles of mineral water imported from the USSource: Newsday A Japanese company said Monday it would recall bottles of Crystal Geyser mineral water imported from the United States after consumers complained about a strange smell. Otsuka Beverage Co Ltd. said in a statement that the... November 16, 2008 Great Lakes activists want stronger protectionsSource: Chicago Tribune When President George W. Bush in October signed a water compact negotiated by the Great Lakes states, supporters rejoiced that seven years of haggling over how to keep thirsty outsiders from grabbing their precious resource were... November 15, 2008 Water restrictions ordered to help California fishSource: Reuters California officials ordered on Friday an additional 17 percent cut in the amount of water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to protect a fish in the most populous U.S. state's fresh water hub.
November 11, 2008 Nestle bottles, sells filtered Framingham tap waterSource: MetroWest Daily - MA The Framingham Technology Park off Rte. 9 does not evoke the idyllic and tranquil images often associated with ads promoting bottled drinking water |
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