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Happy Earth Day from the Portland Water Bureau!
2015-04-22 17:33:24| PortlandOnline
Almost half Vanuatu people lack clean water month after cyclone: UNICEF
2015-04-22 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 100,000 people in Vanuatu have no clean drinking water, a month after a monster cyclone struck the tiny Pacific nation, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. Two thirds of the archipelago's water and sanitation infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed and most wells are contaminated, UNICEF said in a statement. "There is water but quality is not that good because of the contamination," Ketsamay Rajphangthong, chief of UNICEF Vanuatu field office, told...
America's about to hit a water crisis
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: Americans tend to take it for granted that when we open a tap, water will come out. Western states have been dealing with water problems for a while, but they won't be alone for long. As drought, flooding, and climate change restrict America's water supply, demands from population growth and energy production look set to increase, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. These two changes squeeze our natural water reserves from both directions. The stress is...
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California Approves Plan Allowing Oil Companies To Continue Contaminating Underground Water
2015-04-22 07:29:18| pollutiononline Home Page
Oil companies can continue dumping millions of gallons of waste fluid a day into scores of protected California aquifers under a plan approved today by the state’s Office of Administrative Law.
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American Water Resources Of Florida And Orlando Utilities Commission Launch Home Warranty Protection Programs
2015-04-22 06:00:03| publicworks Home Page
American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that American Water Resources of Florida and Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC-The Reliable One) recently launched their partnership to offer Home Warranty Protection Programs to more than 200,000 residential customers in Orlando, St. Cloud and portions of unincorporated Orange and Osceola counties.
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