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Israel Bets On Recycled Water To Meet Its Growing Thirst
2015-06-21 15:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Recycling sewage water has helped free Israel, a desert country, from depending on rain. Treated sewage water provides close to a quarter of Israel's demand for water, right behind desalination, the other major process that has eased Israel's fear of drought. But making that water - from toilets, showers, and factories - clean enough to use is challenging. One of the first steps is removing garbage from the sewage system. At Israel's biggest wastewater treatment plant, called Shafdan, three-quarters...
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Drought-hit Indian village looks to 'water wives' to quench thirst
2015-06-04 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In the parched village of Denganmal, in western India, there are no taps. The only drinking water comes from two wells at the foot of a nearby rocky hill, a spot so crowded that the sweltering walk and wait can take hours. For Sakharam Bhagat, as for many others in the hamlet some 140 km (85 miles) from Mumbai, the answer was a 'water wife'. Bhagat, 66, now has three wives, two of whom he married solely to ensure that his household has water to drink and cook. ADVERTISING "I had to have someone...
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The Quest to Quench Worlds Thirst for Water
2015-05-30 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The average Briton uses 150 liters of water a day; the average American gets through 570 liters (150 gallons) of the stuff. The world is getting thirstier and the global demand for fresh water is rising by 640 billion liters (169 billion gallons) a year. Population growth is one factor, not only the need for drinking water and sanitation but also the need to produce more food. Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of water use. Even the push for biofuels to reduce consumption of fossil fuels has...
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US thirst for Languedoc wines continues - figures
2015-05-07 17:19:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Wines from the Languedoc continued to increase their presence in the US last year as imports from the French region grew volumes and value, according to recent figures.
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Can Saltwater Quench Our Growing Thirst?
2015-04-19 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: It seems simple enough: Take the salt out of water so it's drinkable. But it's far more complex than it appears at first glance. It's also increasingly crucial in a world where freshwater resources are progressively strained by population growth, development, droughts, climate change and more. That's why researchers and companies from the U.S. to Australia are fine-tuning a centuries-old concept that might be the future of quenching the world's thirst. "When it comes to increasing water supplies,...
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