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Water demand shrinks even as Florida, US grow
2014-11-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Across the country and in Florida, Americans are only using as much water as almost 45 years ago, even though the population has grown by more than 100 million people, the U.S. Geological Survey reported this week. Environmentalists point to efficient toilets, low-flow showers and limits on lawn sprinkling, saying water conservation is the way to go. "We have hardly scratched the surface of what can be achieved by really effective efforts toward water conservation," Audubon Florida's Charles Lee...
Water worries increase demand for bottled water
2014-08-18 01:49:19| Agriculture - Topix.net
Managers at area stores say concern over the level of toxins in Toledo's tap water is leading to increased sales.
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Rising energy demand a threat to strained water supplies - U.N
2014-03-20 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies that are already under strain from climate change, the United Nations said in a report on Friday. It urged energy companies to do more to limit use of water in everything from cooling coal-fired power plants to irrigation for crops grown to produce biofuels. "Demand for energy and freshwater will increase significantly in the coming decades," U.N. agencies said in the World Water Development Report. "This...
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United Kingdom: Millions told to ration water as heatwave sends demand up by 50 percent
2013-07-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Four of Britain's biggest water companies Severn Trent, Affinity, South East and Yorkshire told customers to cut back and use water "wisely" as temperatures hit a record 32 degrees centigrade. The Met Office issued a "level three heat health watch" for London and the south-east amid predictions that July could be the driest since records began 247 years ago. Affinity, a water company that supplies three-and-a-half million homes across north London and the home counties, issued an alert admitting...
Pennsylvanians Demand Clean Water and Moratorium on Fracking
2013-06-21 16:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Clean water activists and representatives from Clean Water Action, Sierra Club, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Berks Gas Truth gathered in the Capitol Wednesday to call on Gov. Corbett (R-PA) to speak publicly on the extent of water contamination from fracking for natural gas in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Director of Clean Water Action, Myron Arnowitt, said the rally was being held because many activists know that Pennsylvania will end up with dirty water if gas companies continue to work...
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