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Parched California moves to boost water saving toilets, faucets
2014-04-22 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: With California facing its worst drought in a century, state officials have fast-tracked first-in-the-nation water efficiency standards for new toilets, urinals and faucets, an action expected to save about 8.2 billion gallons of water the first year while cutting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The draft standards, released late last week, would prohibit the sale of appliances in California that do not meet proposed standards, which are expected to go into effect in 2016. The standards...
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Why Federal Efforts to Ensure Clean Tap Water Fail to Reach Faucets Nationwide
2013-05-11 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Laura Garcia was halfway through the breakfast dishes when the spigot went dry. The small white tank beneath the sink that purified her undrinkable water had run out. Still, as annoying as that was, it was an improvement over the days before Ms. Garcia got her water filter, when she had to do her dishes using water from five-gallon containers she bought at a local store. Ms. Garcias well water, like that of her neighbors, is laced with excessive nitrates, a pollutant associated with agriculture,...
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