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Fracking wastewater contaminated— and likely radioactive

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Fracking wastewater contaminated— and likely radioactive

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TEPCO starts pumping out toxic groundwater from Fukushima plant

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TEPCO starts pumping out toxic groundwater from Fukushima plant

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Machine turns sweat into drinking water for Unicef Sweat machine

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18 July 2013
Updated at 11:53 ET

Machine turns sweat into drinking water for Unicef
Sweat machine

The sweat-extraction machine was developed to promote a campaign by Unicef in Sweden

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A machine that takes sweat-laden clothes and turns the moisture into drinking water is in use in Sweden.

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Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated -USGS

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Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated -USGS

Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON

Mon May 20, 2013 6:56pm EDT

May 20 (Reuters) - Water levels in U.S. aquifers, the vast underground storage areas tapped for agriculture, energy and human consumption, between 2000 and 2008 dropped at a rate that was almost three times as great as any time during the 20th century, U.S. officials said on Monday.

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Water shortages in northern Algeria: “Washing and cooking have become luxuriesâ€

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10/12/2012 / ALGERIA


Water shortages in northern Algeria: “Washing and cooking have become luxuriesâ€


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Hi-tech toilets save lives - and mean big business

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8 October 2012 Last updated at 19:12 ET

Hi-tech toilets save lives - and mean big business

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Business reporter, BBC News

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Bloomberg's Mark Barton talks with Jan Lundqvist of the Stockholm International Water Institute about investing in Water.

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Bloomberg's Mark Barton talks with Jan Lundqvist of the Stockholm International Water Institute about investing in Water.


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Potential grows for food crisis as prices surge: U.N.

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Potential grows for food crisis as prices surge: U.N.

(Reuters) - The world could face a food crisis of the kind seen in 2007/08 if countries restrict exports on concerns about a drought-fuelled grain price rally, the U.N.'s food agency warned on Thursday, after reporting a surge in global food prices in July

Catherine Hornby

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Food

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Now water and food data.




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World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture

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World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture

(Reuters) - The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands.

Chris Wickham

LONDON
Thu Aug 9, 2012 5:14am EDT

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Water grab in Kansas oil boom

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Water grab in Kansas oil boom

Blake Ellis
@CNNMoney

June 12, 2012: 5:25 AM ET

"In hydraulic fracturing, water is injected into the ground at a high pressure to help crack shale rock and bring oil to the surface. The industry says it takes as much as 2 million gallons of water to drill a single horizontal well in "

"Select Energy"

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Water bills to creep up, debt rise as supplies shrink

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Water bills to creep up, debt rise as supplies shrink


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The key effects of climate change

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The key effects of climate change
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Water map shows billions at risk of 'water insecurity'

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29 September 2010 Updated at 13:01 ET

Water map shows billions at risk of 'water insecurity'

Richard Black

Environment correspondent, BBC News

The study maps water availability and quality down to the regional level

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About 80% of the world's population lives in areas where the fresh water supply is not secure, according to a new global analysis

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Why water, oil and coal do mix

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Why water, oil and coal do mix

Clare Davidson
Business reporter, BBC News,
Didcot power station, Oxfordshire

The cooling towers are crucial to the production of electricity

The vast cooling towers in Didcot dominate the Oxfordshire landscape as they belch out plumes into a clear sky.

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