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Facing the realities of limited water supplies

2016-09-10 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sacramento Bee: In the coming days and weeks, some of the implications of climate change and the need to improve Californias aging water delivery system will become more evident to all parts of the state, none too soon. Old lines in Californias unending water wars could start to shift, as Gov. Jerry Browns administration makes clear that the holders of senior water rights, which date to the turn of the last century and before, are not immune to the demands of the environment and the realities of diminishing...

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Water supplies in Syria deteriorating fast due to conflict, experts warn

2016-09-07 13:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: War-torn Syrias water supplies are deteriorating fast, triggering migration and disease and stoking a pollution crisis in neighbouring Lebanon, hydrologists and humanitarian groups have warned. Water security continues to deteriorate for many civilians [in Syria]. Evidence shows that control over power and water infrastructure is [being] used as a weapon of warring parties, said Noosheen Mogadam, a policy adviser with the Norwegian Refugee Council based in Gaziantep on the Turkish-Syrian border....

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