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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:17 AM

Water Resources

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Chemistry)
Arsenic is target of new plant in New Hampshire
SEABROOK, NH - Officials here on November 17 broke ground on construction of a new $11 million water treatment plant that will be paid for in part by $5 million in federal stimulus funds - the largest amount of recovery act funds awarded to any project ... [Water Technology Online - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Saline Water Irrigation Effects on Antioxidant Defense System and Proline Accumulation in Leaves and Roots of Field-Grown Olive
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Volume 0, Issue 0, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable). ... [Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
South Florida Adopts Year-Round Water Conservation Rule
(ENS) - Recognizing the need to conserve water and increase protection for South Florida's water resources, the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board has unanimously approved sweeping year-round water conservation measures that place ... [Environment News Service - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Battling the Elements: How Can India's Farmers Cope with Drought?
About three or four times a week, Yogesh Verma takes government officials and farmers from various parts of India on a tour of the olive plantation he manages. The visitors travel to the plantation near Jaipur in the desert state of Rajasthan to see the ... [Wharton - 18 hours ago]
Entities: Drought, Irrigation, India
First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Breakthrough in energy efficient desalination technology
Courtesy of GLOBE-NetSaltworks' proof-tested process employs an innovative thermo-ionic energy conversion system. The energy reduction is achieved by harnessing low temperature heat and atmospheric dryness to overcome the desalination energy barrier. ... [Environmental Expert - 10 hours ago]
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
CAP Mining to construct US$250 million desalination plant for Chilean iron mine
Ian Dunn explains the importance of using thickening technologies – especially lime - during the desalination process. Using several examples from Australia, he examines the importance of this technology for urban desalination provision.The Trekkopje ... [Filtration Separation - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Water supply to be stopped
Due to inter-connecting of pumping main at the Lorry Stand reservoir, water supply from this reservoir will be stopped from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and the supply will be totally affected to the following areas on the evening: RTC Workshop road and ... [The Hindu - 3 hours ago]
Entities: water supply, Dolphin
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Energy)
We Need a Catalyst
Market churns on data points again. Investors are attempting to digest the economic data relative to future growth. This is not a new item of concern just one back on the front burner again. The small cap stocks, as we have discussed, are lagging. They ... [Green Faucet - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
USAID helps rural communities adopt water management solutions
MENAFN - Jordan Times - 20/11/2009cistern for collecting rainwater in Jerash(MENAFN - Jordan Times) Ali ... [MENAFN - 18 hours ago]
First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Cabinet nod to Rs 7, 266 cr Bundelkhand package
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a special package worth Rs 7,266 crore for the implementation of a drought mitigation strategy over a three-year period starting 2009-10 for the development of 13 districts in the Bundelkhand region. "The prime mover ... [Indian Express - 10 hours ago]
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Minrav Holdings wins Israeli desalination tender
Worth NIS1.5-2 billion, the Mekorot National Water Company tender is for the construction of a desalination plant in Ashdod, Israel.Mekorot subsidiary Mekorot Development & Enterprise Ltd made the announcement that the IVM consortium, comprising Minrav ... [Filtration Separation - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Thumbs up for the Eco bottle
PET bottles are used every year. Rather than carry filtered water in reusable containers, most of us drink out of PET bottles which we then discard after use.These discarded bottles make their way into landfills and as they break down, the toxins in the ... [Sun2Surf - 4 hours ago]

Quotes

As the Beijing +15 conference came to the fore, Foroyaa has initiated a column entitled " Beijing +15 reflection' which deals with issues relating to the lives of the women in the Gambia. In this edition, we publish the voices of urban women who are finding it extremely difficult to get water for their daily domestic needs."
Gambia: Voices of the Urban Woman on Clean Drinking Water [AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago]
"With food crops we have to wait for a year or longer to get a harvest, and if there's a problem you won't get a crop. But with khat, you just put some water on it and you have leaves in a month's time that you can sell immediately. It's a cash crop" he says
Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen [NPR - 3 hours ago]

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Gambia: Voices of the Urban Woman on Clean Drin... [AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago]
Minister visits water supply project areas [The Hindu - 3 hours ago]
Shortage of fertilisers: Farmers [The Hindu - 3 hours ago]
Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen [NPR - 3 hours ago]
Water supply to be stopped [The Hindu - 3 hours ago]
Thumbs up for the Eco bottle [Sun2Surf - 4 hours ago]
Gormley in Cork to inspect flood damage [RTE Online - 4 hours ago]
Rasta roko for amenities [The Hindu - 4 hours ago]
No easing of water limits in new 50-year strategy [Sydney Morning Herald - 5 hours ago]
$Food production in State may go up by 4.5 pc$ [Deccan Herald - 6 hours ago]
Desalination equipment supplier eyes expansion [Sun Star Network - 7 hours ago]
Exxon Mobil Hit With $105M Damage Award For New... [National Underwriter - 7 hours ago]
Doosan Vina ships first Vietnam made desalinati... [Filtration Separation - 7 hours ago]
CAP Mining to construct US$250 million desalina... [Filtration Separation - 7 hours ago]
Minrav Holdings wins Israeli desalination tender [Filtration Separation - 7 hours ago]
Hyflux plans new HQ and membrane facility in Si... [Filtration Separation - 7 hours ago]
Action plan guides Alberta's water management [Government of Alberta - 8 hours ago]
Acid spill threatens water supplies [Shanghai Daily - 8 hours ago]
Cumbrian gas supplies are safe but some water a... [New Civil Engineer - 9 hours ago]
Water treatment one key to big Japanese deal [Water Technology Online - 9 hours ago]
New drinking water standards in Pakistan [Water Technology Online - 9 hours ago]
How to Irrigate On A Shoestring [Global Envision - 10 hours ago]
Editorial: Right response on public water [Denver Post - 10 hours ago]
PA Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination,... [ProPublica: Articles and Investigations - 10 hours ago]
US Uses Less Water Than It Did a Generation Ago... [Greener Buildings - 10 hours ago]
Breakthrough in energy efficient desalination t... [Environmental Expert - 10 hours ago]
Cabinet nod to Rs 7, 266 cr Bundelkhand package [Indian Express - 10 hours ago]
NDA CMs make a beeline for learning smart irrig... [Indian Express - 11 hours ago]
Are Melburnians getting ripped off? [The Age - 11 hours ago]
Karnataka minister demands central assistance f... [Topnews.in - 11 hours ago]
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London Restoring Water Fountains, Giving Citize... [Treehugger - 9 hours ago]
Photo via MauriceWhen did water fountains become more of a novelty than an expectation in urban areas? And when did their restoration become news? It seems to say ...
London Restoring Water Fountains, Giving Citize... [Treehugger - 10 hours ago]
Photo via Maurice When did water fountains become more of a novelty than an expectation in urban areas? And when did their restoration become news? It seems ...
Dispatch from Israel: Smart Nations Are Investi... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/19/2009]
On Monday, California Governor Schwarzenegger signed an agreement with Israel's Trade Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer to develop renewable energy and water ...
Porifera Seeks to Upturn Carbon Capture & D... [Earth2Tech - 11/17/2009]
Carbon capture and water desalination couldn’t seem further apart. One seeks to grab large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions and sequester them away from the planet’s ...
Water and Ecosystems a Focus at Barcelona Clima... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/16/2009]
  We tend to think of climate change as an air pollution problem, or a threat to our atmosphere, but in fact water and especially watery ecosystems (wetlands, ...
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Audio/Video

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Jewel's cause [CNN.com - Video - 11/17/2009]
Palestinians denied access to water - 14 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/14/2009]
Shimkus on Hypocrisy in Safe Drinking Water Act [Rep. John Shimkus - YouTube Channel - 11/06/2009]
China rivers hit by drought [Reuters Video: Top News - 10/22/2009]
Clean Drinking Water [Senator Benjamin L Cardin - YouTube Channel - 09/24/2009]
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