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When you buy a new washing machine, you don’t expect it to stink up your house. But that seems to be a common problem for people who own high-efficiency front-loading washers.
With the Texas population expected to nearly double over the next 50 years, lawmakers and water experts gathered Monday to convey an important message: We're running out of water.
The resorts along Las Vegas Boulevard sit not just in the middle of a desert, but at a crossroads where conspicuous consumption meets scarce resources.
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was promoting a complex legislative package to rebuild California's water system, he often appeared alongside farmers who were unable to cultivate their land amid a third year of drought and federal pumping restrictions.
York Water Co., which purifies and distributes water, said Friday a higher number of customers plus a rate increase lifted its third-quarter profit by 20 percent.
Lawmakers kept haggling Tuesday in their effort to alleviate California's water woes, as the Legislature prepared to vote on a package of bills that appears to lack the support needed to pass.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders say their $11.1 billion water bond is an essential investment for California's future, but it may be a hard sell to voters.
Denver's Board of Water Commissioners has approved rate increases that will raise the typical Denver residential customer's water bill by about $40 per year.
Amnesty International is accusing Israel of pumping disproportionate amounts of drinking water from an aquifer it controls in the West Bank, depriving local Palestinians of their fair share.
In Minnesota, bong water can count as an illegal drug.
Authorities have started resettling 330,000 people in central China to make way for a massive project to divert water hundreds of miles (kilometers) to the booming cities in its arid north, a report said Sunday.
Federal prosecutors have agreed to drop the charges against all but one of the officials for a Nevada irrigation district accused of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by falsifying water delivery documents.
It was the kind of legislation that rarely generates much debate in Congress: a bill to expand a local water recycling program.
Not war but drought has forced more than 100,000 people in northern Iraq to abandon their homes since 2005, with 36,000 more on the verge of leaving, UNESCO said Tuesday.
California lawmakers met again Saturday in hopes of reaching a deal to upgrade the state's decades-old water system, but left without resolving a handful of major outstanding issues.
Scientists said NASA's moon-smashing mission produced enough data on Friday to address questions about lunar water ice — but the crash didn't come close to meeting public expectations as a cosmic fireworks show.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders plan a seventh straight day of water negotiations Monday, as the governor summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems.
Democratic lawmakers from California have introduced legislation intended to increase the flow of water to the state's parched San Joaquin Valley, where farmers have idled thousands of acres.
Federal regulators on Tuesday issued final rules requiring airlines to test and disinfect the tap water served to passengers and used in plane lavatories, an attempt to remedy bacteria contamination found in onboard water.
The head of the U.S. Senate Environment Committee said Wednesday that legislators will hold hearings to address toxic drinking water in the nation's schools following an Associated Press probe into the widespread problem.
Cleaning and clearing operations are in full swing in many places in Manila, including my family’s house, which got submerged in 14 feet of water on Sept. 26. I will forever remember that as one of the most harrowing days of my life. A FirstPerson account by Diana Veloso.
Peter Hunn has a simple wish: He'd like his children to farm the land in California's delta that his great, great grandfather settled more than a century ago.
The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state's water crisis.
Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.
Not a drop of rain has fallen on Los Angeles in nearly four months, and the main river that runs through the city looks more like a rain-starved trickle these days.
Taliban threaten to poison water sourcesThe Pakistani Taliban have threatened to contaminate water sources and reservoirs with poisonous material to pressure the army to stop military operations against them in South Waziristan tribal region.
Tillegra Dam studies 'flawed'A SOCIOECONOMIC assessment on Tillegra Dam has been branded "seriously incomplete and flawed" for its failure to assess the project's significant social impacts.
Moon-Bombing a Success, Confirms Lunar Water DepositsNASA today confirmed that they found what they were looking for, in the plume of dust thrown up by the lunar explosion: Definitive proof of moon water.
Amnesty Water Report Waterboards the TruthJust like Amnesty's faulty history, its water charges are both old and false. For example, more than 10 years ago National Public Radio reported similary false charges:
Water still divides the stateYears ago, pundits and pols began redrawing the California political map with an east-west divide, erasing the historic north-south split. Now they can partition it north-south again, at least in mapping the reignited water war.
Little fish takes big biteAre you paying a "Delta smelt tax" yet? You are, or might be before long, if you live in one of the 28 Orange County cities or water districts with ties to Southern California's Metropolitan Water District, which gets water, in part, from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The D …
Rare amphibian on Tillegra dam siteA STUTTERING barred frog has been discovered on the proposed Tillegra Dam site, bringing new hope to the fight against the project.
Taking the Rains: How to Harvest Precipitation for Home and GardenCollecting rainwater from gutter downspouts is a no-brainer—and affordable
Calif. water deal will bring little immediate relief to farmers expecting another tough yearWhen Gov.
Urban environmentalists from SpokaneIt was inevitable. Urban environmentalists from Spokane are going to sue to stop an irrigation project for farmers. In April $55 million of federal stimulus money was secured to build two water routes.
Water discovery fuels hope to colonize moonHaving a store of water on the moon could be a boon to possible future lunar camps. It could yield not only drinking water, but could be broken down to create rocket fuel and more.
NASA finds water on moonNASA says it has found a significant amount of frozen water on the moon.
Lcross Mission Finds Significant Amounts of Water on the MoonThere is water on the Moon, scientists stated unequivocally on Friday, and considerable amounts of it.
NASA reports "significant" amount of water on moon!Nasa has reported a significant amount of water found on the moon Friday.
Texan drives $1 million sports car into marshesLA MARQUE, Texas - A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston.
Just what is in that drinking water? National Geographic ArticleNational Geographic article highlights the potent ingredients in our drinking water - ranging from pharmaceuticals, especially in European rivers, to vanilla and sage (especially at Thanksgiving) in Puget Sound.
Another water war - and more debt for CaliforniaIn all the celebratory, back-slapping press conferences and statements following this month's agreement on a potentially landmark state water management plan, no one so much as used the term "peripheral canal." For sure this water deal will not produce a carbon copy of the 1982 …
German 'fog catcher' brings water to Peru slums Many of Peru's grittiest slums can only dream of access to water. But thanks to a German NGO, simple technology and hard work, some humble homes are the first to use plastic netting to harvest water from the fog cloaking the night sky, writes AFP's Luis Jaime Cisneros.
Planting Trees Can Affect Local Water AvailabilityAccording to two new studies, planting forests in areas that currently don't have trees -- a process called afforestation -- can reduce the local availability of water.
Record-low river flows sock Chelan PUD revenuesColumbia River flows at Rocky Reach Dam hit record-breaking lows in September and October, contributing to already sobering revenue expectations for the Chelan County PUD. An average flow of 52,900 cubic feet per second in September easily broke the previous low record of 59,000 …
Water Bill Signed Into LawGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in San Jose Tuesday to officially sign the historic water bill into law. "The day we set forth a bold vision for the future of California," Schwarzenegger said.
US Urges North Korea Not to Escalate Tensions in Yellow SeaWashington has urged North Korea not to escalate tensions in the Yellow Sea following a naval skirmish between the North and South Korean navies Tuesday. More Articles
Korean Navies Trade Fire in First Incident in Seven YearsNorth and South Korean naval vessels exchanged fire in disputed waters off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, leaving one North Korean vessel engulfed in flames, South Korean officials said. More Articles
Public needs to weigh in on issue of dam removalThe impression is being put forward that dam removal is a done deal. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are many hoops to jump through first. The public needs to weigh in and verbalize its opinion.
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