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Los Angeles River: From Concrete Ditch to Urban Oasis
It's mostly treated wastewater. The rapids aren't much. But a $1 billion restoration offers hope for the river's future.
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Water leaks continue to plague No. 5 reactor at Fukushima plant
A leak of radioactive water was found in the piping of water used to cool the spent fuel pool in the undamaged No. 5 reactor building of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, its operator said on July 19, a sign of possible deterioration in the system.
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How can our blue planet be running out of fresh water?
In 15 years, half of us will live in high water stress areas. Earth has over a billion trillion tons of it, so how can we be running out?
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Halliburton fracking spill mystery: what chemicals polluted an Ohio waterway?
A recent accident highlights how state fracking laws protect corporate trade secrets over public safety.
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Canadians deliver water to protest Detroit shutoffs
Protesters fighting water shutoffs in Detroit greeted a convoy of Canadians who traveled to the city with hundreds of gallons of water to help those who have been cut off because of unpaid bills.
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Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses Who Owe Millions
More than 15,000 households have had their taps turned off for being past due. Yet the bankrupt city hasn’t touched 40 businesses who owe $9.5 million in total.
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Cause Found For Large Chemical Spill In West Virginia
Two holes in a chemical storage tank, and no formal inspections, left the city of Charleston without drinking water, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board reports
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Falling the iceberg
Iceberg collapsed a couple of seconds, no injuries
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Toledo, Monroe County residents warned: Don't drink the water
Toxins detected in the water system led to the advisory, which sent Toledo residents into Michigan in droves seeking bottled water. The source may be a toxic harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie.
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Mayor Collins lifts drinking advisory, says Toledo,Ohio water is safe
Mayor Collins has officially lifted the drinking ban in Toledo and surrounding areas, saying "our water is safe".
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What If California Runs Out of Water?
It would be a great premise for a Hollywood apocalyptic disaster thriller. Imagine that after several years of devastating drought, California's supply of water gradually vanished. As the reservoirs went bone dry, in Los Angeles water would stop flowing from faucets, while in California's Central Valley, crops would wither as irrigation ceased.
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Why Control of a Terrifying Dam in Iraq Is Life or Death
There are conflicting reports out today about whether the extremist group ISIS has taken control over Iraq's largest and most dangerous dam, which Iraqi officials had previously said was safe under the protection of Kurdish forces.
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Southwest braces as Lake Mead water levels drop
Once-teeming Lake Mead marinas are idle as a 14-year drought steadily drops water levels to historic lows. Officials from nearby Las Vegas are pushing conservation, but are also drilling a new pipeline to keep drawing water from the lake. Hundreds of miles away, farmers who receive water from the lake behind Hoover Dam are preparing for the worst. The receding shoreline at one of the main reservoirs ...
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Oil companies fracking into drinking water sources, new research shows
Energy companies are fracking for oil and gas at far shallower depths than widely believed, sometimes through underground sources of drinking water, according to research released Tuesday by Stanford University scientists.
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We Need To Do Better Than the Ice Bucket Challenge
The Ice Bucket Challenge is problematic in almost every way. It's also raised millions for charity. How can we reconcile those two facts?
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The Message from Water
What has put Dr. Emoto at the forefront of the study of water is his proof that thoughts and feelings affect physical reality. By producing different focused intentions through written and spoken words and music and literally presenting it to the same water samples, the water appears to “change its expression”.
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California has given away rights to far more water than it has
California has allocated five times more surface water than the state actually has, making it hard for regulators to tell whose supplies should be cut during a drought, University of California researchers reported. The scientists said California’s water-rights regulator, the State Water Resources Control Board, needs a systematic overhaul of policies and procedures to bridge the gaping disparity, but lacks the legislative authority and funding to do so.
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Gaza severely short of water for drinking and bathing
A major consequence of the water shortage, caused by Israeli strikes, is the outbreak of skin disease and other infections.
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Clean Ganga drive: Toxin sensors to send alerts about effluents level
Ganga is considered as the holiest of holy rivers, serving as a gateway for souls to escape the cycle of rebirth and attain salvation. But today, the grim reality is that the sacred river is more like a flowing mess.
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How extensive is California's drought? Compare the photos
A snake-like trickle of water flows underneath Lake Oroville's Enterprise Bridge — just one striking example of how much California's chronic drought is affecting the state's lakes and reservoirs. Situated at the foot of the Sierra Nevadas in Butte County, Lake Oroville is one of the largest reservoirs in California, second only to Shasta Lake. After enduring three straight years of drought, the lake is currently only filled to 32 percent of its capacity.
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