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KXL: Portland Water Bureau tries out earthquake resistant water pipe
2014-06-04 15:52:51| PortlandOnline
News story posted to kxl.com June 3, 2014.
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Tepco begin work Fukushima ice wall contain water leaks
2014-06-04 10:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The operator of the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), has begun construction of a 1.5km (0.9-mile) ice wall to contain leaked radioactive water. Some 1,550 coolant-circulating pipes will be inserted 25 metres into the ground in an attempt to freeze the soil surrounding the contaminated water. A Tepco official said, We plan to end all the construction work in March 2015 before starting trial operations. The state-funded ice wall could be in operation...
BEEF Poll: Have You Commented On The Proposed Water Rule?
2014-06-04 04:01:47| Beef
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers want to expand their federal authority over “waters of the U.S.” The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says such a redefinition would require cattle ranchers to get federal permission to expand, maintain, or perform routine activities like driving a tractor through a pasture. The proposed rule is open for comment until July 21. This week’s online poll question is: “Have you commented on EPA’s proposed water rule?” Yes No but I plan to comment No and I dont plan to comment Dont know
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City pins plans for water fix on panel
2014-06-04 01:44:48| PortlandOnline
Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune, June 03, 2014
Iran Faces Dangerous Water Crisis as Temperatures Rise, Are the People to Blame?
2014-06-03 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: As summer presses on and temperatures rise, water scarcity in Iran is becoming a national emergency. Iran is facing a critical shortage of water as arid temperatures rise with the encroaching summer season. According to Future Directions International (FDI), an independent strategic analysis group based in Australia, the country of Iran began to experience notable water supply drops in 2013, with lower-than-average precipitation levels leaving the great majority of the region's dams and waterways...
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