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NEWS ABOUT: water shortage

water shortage stories: 9 news summaries
OPINION

 Let's Start Paying 
 for Water—Or Lose It 

Solution to 'crisis' may be controversial, but problem will only worsen

Aug 30, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - You may receive a water bill every month, but you’re not actually paying for water. You’re paying for the cost of service, and this free-rider problem is contributing to the worsening water crisis that threatens to dehydrate the US, author and law professor Robert Glennon argues in the... More »

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conservation • drought • water • natural resources • water shortage • water supply • desalination

(Newser) - The world’s rivers are drying up as climate change worsens and the demand for water increases, the BBC reports. Researchers studying 925 major waterways—from the Ganges to the Colorado—found significantly less fresh water flowing into oceans in 2004 than 50 years earlier. If the trend continues, the... More »

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climate change • global warming • glacier • river • drinking water • water shortage • water supply • scientific study • Colorado River • weather data • Ganges River

 Drought Turns Off Tap 
 in Mexico City 

Citizens counting on water trucks during shutoff

Apr 10, 09 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A record drought forced officials to turn off the major water pipeline providing fresh water to Mexico City, reports the BBC. The shutoff was scheduled to last 36 hours and affects 5 million residents. Emergency water trucks were supplying hard-hit citizens, but Easter weekend was chosen when many people leave... More »

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Mexico City • drought • water • Mexico • rain • water restrictions • water shortage

 LA Moves to Ration Water 

Statewide water shortage means LA may impose first water limits since 1991

Feb 18, 09 2:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Los Angeles is taking steps toward rationing water for the first time since 1991, reports Reuters. The LA Department of Water and Power has approved a plan to charge a penalty rate for water use over a set monthly limit that will take effect in May unless it is vetoed... More »

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California • drought • water • Los Angeles • rationing • shortage • water shortage

UK Press Grinds Starbucks for Wasting Water

Firm vows change after tabloid claims chain uses 6.2M gallons daily

Oct 10, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks is abuzz as it tests new methods of spoon-cleaning, a reaction to a UK tabloid's report that the caffeine titan wastes 6.2 million gallons of water daily, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Every store leaves a tap running constantly, the Sun said; Starbucks confirmed the claim, explaining that the... More »

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environment • Starbucks • water • coffee • water shortage • British tabloids

OPINION

 Next Resource in Crisis: Water 

H2O is no longer 'cheap and unlimited,' says scientist

Jun 4, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - While economists and world leaders fret about the global food crisis, there is another emergency that is just as urgent: the shortage of water, writes British scientist Fred Pearce in Yale Environment 360. No longer is water "a cheap and unlimited resource," and with two-thirds of water extracted... More »

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China • water • biofuel • food prices • water shortage • Fred Pearce • Yellow River

 Emergency H20
 Flows Into
 Parched
 Barcelona 

Water tanker arrives as Spain suffers severe drought

May 14, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barcelona is having to ship in emergency supplies of drinking water as Spain suffers its worst drought since records began 60 years ago, the Guardian reports. The first shipment of 5 million gallons arrived yesterday and dozens more are scheduled. The city's reservoirs are down to a quarter of capacity... More »

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Spain • water • Barcelona • Catalonia • drinking water • water shortage • water supply

Odinga Rejects Unity Rule; Kenya Health Crisis Looms

Aid chiefs sound alarm in wake of chaos

Jan 6, 08 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Opposition leader Raila Odinga today rejected President Mwai Kibaki's offer of a unity government and demanded an international mediator, AP reports. "We want a properly negotiated settlement, not a coalition government," Odinga said, warning that his party would stage more rallies, threatening a new burst of violence after... More »

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Kenya • United Nations • crisis • political factions • food shortage • water shortage • ethnic conflict • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga

UN Warns of 'Abrupt' Warming

Earth at 'tipping point' of irreversible catastrophe: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon

Nov 17, 07 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The last and most forceful of a series of UN reports on climate change unveiled today urges swift action to avoid "abrupt and irreversible" damage to the environment. Melting glaciers will cause a rapid rise in sea levels, wiping out vulnerable species and destroying water and food supplies for... More »

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climate change • Africa • United Nations • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Antarctica • glacier • natural disaster • food security • water shortage • Ban Ki-Moon

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