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  • August 2008

    • Safety of US Tap Water Remains Murky

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 19, 08 12:58 PM CDT

      Safety of US Tap Water Remains Murky

      (Newser) - As critics pan bottled water as wasteful and frivolous, many Americans are turning back to tap water—only to find a debate of equal concern waiting at their kitchen sinks. The Wall Street Journal examines the controversy over tap-water purity, and why many argue the federal government isn’t doing enough to protect us from newly discovered impurities. More »

  • June 2008

    • Marketing Coup: Just Add Water

      Washington Post  |  Jun 30, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      Marketing Coup: Just Add Water

      (Newser) - A commodity that's widely available practically free is also on sale for thousands of times the actual cost, repackaged as a luxury item. It's transported around the country and even across the world, generating untold volumes of CO2. It's water, of course. The Washington Post looks at a marketing effort that has Americans paying top dollar for repackaged tap water—and the emerging backlash. More »

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      marketing  • water  • drinking water  • tap water  • Aquafina

    • Floods Breach Des Moines Levee

      Associated Press  |  Jun 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT

      Floods Breach Des Moines Levee

      (Newser) - Floodwaters breached a levee and a temporary barrier today near a residential neighborhood in Des Moines, forcing authorities to call for a mandatory evacuation of 270 homes, the AP reports. “There’s not anything else we can do,” said a city official. Storms throughout the region have killed nine, and officials have cut power service and are bracing for the worst. More »

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      Iowa  • flooding  • water  • levees  • Cedar Rapids  • Des Moines

    • Next Resource in Crisis: Water

      Yale Environment 360  |  Jun 4, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      Next Resource in Crisis: Water

      (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 from nature used to irrigate crops, a scarcity could trigger terrible famines. More »

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

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Drinking Water Myths Tough to Swallow

      NPR  |  Apr 22, 08 3:30 PM CDT

      Drinking Water Myths Tough to Swallow

      (Newser) - With high-end restaurants offering diners tap water and concerns about the health and environmental impact of plastic bottles at an all-time high, NPR sets the record straight about some common myths related to drinking water: Not only is drinking 8 glasses daily not necessary, "nobody really knows" where that advice originated, says one expert. Water  doesn't help the kidneys filter toxins . More »

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      list  • water  • drinking water  • healthy habits  • health tips

    • Water-Guzzling Benefits Don't Wash

      Reuters  |  Apr 3, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Water-Guzzling Benefits Don't Wash

      (Newser) - Kidney experts looking into the alleged health benefits of drinking lots of water have found the evidence to be far from watertight, Reuters reports. Claims that increased water intake improves skin tone, flushes toxins from the body, reduces appetite, and prevents headaches have little solid research behind them, according to a study to be published in the Journal of American Phrenology . More »

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      health  • medical research  • water  • drinking water  • kidney

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Lake Mead May Vanish by 2021

      LiveScience  |  Feb 13, 08 3:24 AM CST

      Lake Mead May Vanish by 2021

      (Newser) - Lake Mead, the giant man-made lake behind the Hoover Dam and a major source of water for millions of people, is rapidly drying up, reports Live Science. A new study predicts a  50% chance the lake will be too low to produce hydroelectric power by 2017, and a 50% chance that it will vanish by 2021. More »

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      global warming  • water  • Hoover Dam

  • December 2007

    • Old Town Resurfaces as Drought Dries Ga. Lake

      Associated Press  |  Dec 24, 07 10:03 PM CST

      Old Town Resurfaces as Drought Dries Ga. Lake

      (Newser) - The brutal drought hitting Georgia is drying up an artificial lake and exposing the long-dead town that lies beneath—along with mountains of trash. "It's horrendous, it's unbelievable," said one local resident. Lake Lanier's receding shores have exposed debris of all shapes and sizes, including an old dirt racing track, foundations of buildings, sunken cars and boats, even a stretch of Georgia Highway 53. More »

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      Georgia  • Atlanta  • water  • drought  • lake

  • November 2007

    • Water Runs Out In Tenn. Town

      Associated Press  |  Nov 2, 07 7:07 PM CDT

      Water Runs Out In Tenn. Town

      (Newser) - If the Southeast drought’s effects on Orme, Tenn., are a sign of things to come, folks in Atlanta should start scheduling their showers. The rural home to 145 people has run completely dry, and what water gets trucked in can be used only between 6 and 9 pm. This means citizens have to rush to get supper made, clothes washed, and baths drawn, the AP reports. More »

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      Atlanta  • Tennessee  • water  • Alabama  • drought  • Southeast  • emergency funding

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Hudson River Gets Ready for Its Close-Up

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 5, 07 7:33 PM CDT

      Hudson River Gets Ready for Its Close-Up

      (Newser) - The Hudson River is about to go on display. The 315 miles of New York (and New Jersey) water will be outfitted with sensors that collect data and track environmental threats, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The effort will improve understanding of human impact on ecology and will direct resource managers to healthy, responsible practices. More »

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      environment  • New York  • New Jersey  • water  • shipping  • sewage

  • August 2007

    • Great Lake Getting Less Superior

      Reuters  |  Aug 15, 07 4:45 PM CDT

      Great Lake Getting Less Superior

      (Newser) - Water levels in Lake Superior are down a whole foot this year, and scientists say man is to blame. The world's largest body of fresh water by surface area has suffered an on-and-off drought for four years, but levels may reach an all-time low this summer. Climate change is partially responsible, but one environmental group points to another culprit: the constant dredging of the St. Clair River for navigation. More »

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      climate change  • environment  • water  • lake  • erosion  • Great Lakes  • Lake Superior  • fresh water

    • 500 Dead in Bangladesh Floods

      Reuters  |  Aug 15, 07 12:35 PM CDT

      500 Dead in Bangladesh Floods

      (Newser) - Nearly 500 people have died in Bangladesh as devastating floods hit the low-lying country in recent weeks, Reuters reports. 38 died last night, including two from water-borne diseases that have sickened thousands more. Flood waters have receded, but millions remain homeless. "They hardly have a roof on their heads or anything to eat," an official said. More »

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      flood  • disease  • water  • homeless  • Bangladesh  • illness

    • Chicago Puts Bottled Water Tax on Tap

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Aug 14, 07 4:26 PM CDT

      Chicago Puts Bottled Water Tax on Tap

      (Newser) - With bottled water getting bad marks from environmentalists and Chicago eager to green up its act, a city alderman has proposed a first: a 25-cent tax on bottled water. George Cardenas says that not only is all that plastic a disaster, but drinking bottled water cuts consumption of Chicago's own award-winning water, which hits the city in the pocketbook. More »

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      Chicago  • environmentalism  • taxes  • water  • plastic  • drinking water  • bottled water  • Richard Daley

    • Angkor What?: Cambodian Dig Unearths Megacity

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 14, 07 12:34 PM CDT

      Angkor What?: Cambodian Dig Unearths Megacity

      (Newser) - Cambodia's famed Angkor—usually penciled into guidebooks thanks to its eponymous 12th-century temple—was once the world's biggest city, new research by University of Sydney archaeologists shows. From the 10th century on, Angkor grew to nearly one million inhabitants and sprawled out to the size of modern-day Los Angeles. More »

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      archaeology  • Asia  • water  • Cambodia  • Angkor  • canals  • Angkor Wat

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