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<title>WaterSISWEB / Top Posts</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New book by USC professor details the economics of climate change policies]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=New_book_by_USC_professor_details_the_economics_of_climate_change_policies</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Information timely as 'cap and trade' discussions unfoldAs the U.S. Congress considers enacting historic &quot;cap and trade&quot; legislation, a newly-published book by University of Southern California professor Adam Rose provides valuable lessons and reference points in evaluating the economic impacts of climate change policy.The book - The Economics of Climate Change Policy: International, Nati<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[USGS Fact Sheet 2009–3050: Availability of Groundwater Data for California, Water Year 2008]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=USGS_Fact_Sheet_2009ndash3050_Availability_of_Groundwater_Data_for_California_Water_Year_2008</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=USGS_Fact_Sheet_2009ndash3050_Availability_of_Groundwater_Data_for_California_Water_Year_2008</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrogeology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This Fact Sheet serves as an index to groundwater data for water year 2008. The 2‑page report contains a map of California showing the number of wells (by county) with available water-level and water-quality data for water year 2008 and instructions for obtaining this and other groundwater information contained in the databases of the U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dam removal brings energy, environmental trade offs in Northeast]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Dam_removal_brings_energy_environmental_trade_offs_in_Northeast</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Dam_removal_brings_energy_environmental_trade_offs_in_Northeast</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:18:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Dam_removal_brings_energy_environmental_trade_offs_in_Northeast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dammed up rivers fueled the first industries in the Northeast. But they also wall off rivers and stop fish from migrating upstream.In recent years more than 20 dams have been knocked down in the region. This month marks the ten-year anniversary of one of the first to come down: the Edwards Dam in Augusta, Maine. As part of a collaboration with Northeast public radio stations, Susan Sharon<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WaterWired: National Water Policy Event in DC, 28 July 2009]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WaterWired_National_Water_Policy_Event_in_DC_28_July_2009</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:05:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jim Thebaut, filmmaker extraordinaire,and the man behind the Running Dry Project, is organizing a National Water Policy Event in Washington, DC, on 28 July 2009, 5:30 - 9:30 PM, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium. Read more here.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thousands Turn out at Fresno City Hall to March for Water]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Thousands_Turn_out_at_Fresno_City_Hall_to_March_for_Water</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Thousands_Turn_out_at_Fresno_City_Hall_to_March_for_Water</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:05:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin called the massive water rally, one of the largest gatherings ever on the steps of city hall. Protesters say not even the heat was enough to keep them from fighting for an issue that affects our everyday way of life.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kansas Supreme Court affirms ruling on water rights]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Kansas_Supreme_Court_affirms_ruling_on_water_rights</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Kansas_Supreme_Court_affirms_ruling_on_water_rights</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:09:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that a water district has the right to get a temporary easement to conduct groundwater test drilling on private property.The case stemmed from a dispute between Gregory Shipe, a Lawrence-area farmer, and other landowners against the Public Wholesale Water Supply District No. 25.The water district, a water wholesaler made up of thr<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Melbourne endures dry start to 2009]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Melbourne_endures_dry_start_to_2009</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:48:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Melbourne has endured a record dry first half of the year with just 126.2mm of rain falling from January to June, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.The bureau says the rainfall for the first six months of 2009 is 8mm below the previous record of 134.5mm set in 1967, and less than half the long-term average of 307mm.Melbourne Water's Manager of Water Supply Operations, John Woodland, <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Dams_Are_Thwarting_Louisiana_Marsh_Restoration_Study_Says</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Desperate to halt the erosion of Louisiana's coast, officials there are talking about breaking Mississippi Riverlevees south of New Orleans to restore the nourishing flow of muddy water into the state's marshes.But in a new analysis, scientists at Louisiana State University say inland dams trap so much sediment that the river no longer carries enough to halt marsh loss, especially now that <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Even in Minnesota Cities Change Water Rates To Promote Conservation]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Even_in_Minnesota_Cities_Change_Water_Rates_To_Promote_Conservation</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:24:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
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<description><![CDATA[When you brush your teeth, do you keep the water running? What about when you shave or do the dishes? That's the kind of question homeowners may start asking themselves when their water bills arrive.By the end of this year, all metro water utilities have to start charging for water in a way that encourages conservation. It's part of a law passed in 2008.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[California thirsty for water]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=California_thirsty_for_water</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Three years of little rainfall have cost California dearly. Water restrictions for the agricultural sector could mean up to $800 million in lost income and force 25,000 people out of work in the California Central Valley.This video demonstrates the need for farmers, scientists and policymakers to collaborate on plans to support California through the challenge of global climate change.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Severe water scarcity boosts desalination market]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Severe_water_scarcity_boosts_desalination_market</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Severe_water_scarcity_boosts_desalination_market</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:57:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Demand for fresh water is increasing around the world, especially in regions with rapidly growing populations and badly affected by long, drought seasons. Water is only going to become scarcer and many governments are looking at desalination and investing in this technology to supply water to their populations. These factors are driving the desalination market that shows a strong growth according<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Desalination by Numbers]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Desalination_by_Numbers</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Desalination_by_Numbers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This graph shows the growth in desalination capacity since 1990.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Desalination Coutries]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Top_10_Desalination_Coutries</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Top_10_Desalination_Coutries</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:39:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Do you know which countries have the highest desalination capacities in the world?Here is the market snapshot showing the top 10 countries in terms of daily production capacity for desalinated water.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Spain produce 51% of the world's desalinated water.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reverse Osmosis Desalination Process]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Reverse_Osmosis_Desalination_Process</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Reverse_Osmosis_Desalination_Process</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Reverse_Osmosis_Desalination_Process</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Check this out if you want to learn more about the desalination process.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sand Falls Like Water]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Sand_Falls_Like_Water</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:40:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Sand_Falls_Like_Water</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When poured, sand behaves much like water to form water-like droplets, scientists have discovered.The finding could be important to a wide range of industries that use &quot;fluidized&quot; dry particles for oil refining, plastics manufacturing and the drug industry, the researchers say.Researchers previously thought dry particles lacked sufficient surface tension to form droplets like ordinary liq<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Water Needed to have Italians Eat Pasta and Pizza]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=The_Water_Needed_to_have_Italians_Eat_Pasta_and_Pizza</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=The_Water_Needed_to_have_Italians_Eat_Pasta_and_Pizza</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=The_Water_Needed_to_have_Italians_Eat_Pasta_and_Pizza</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Problems of freshwater scarcity and pollution are related to water use by farmers, industries and households. The term ‘water users\' has always been interpreted as ‘those who apply water for some purpose\'. As a result, governments responsible for water resources management have traditionally targeted their policies towards those water users. Recently, however, it has been shown that this approach<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amnesty International Says Niger Delta is a 'Human Rights Tragedy']]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Amnesty_International_Says_Niger_Delta_is_a_Human_Rights_Tragedy</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Amnesty_International_Says_Niger_Delta_is_a_Human_Rights_Tragedy</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:57:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Amnesty_International_Says_Niger_Delta_is_a_Human_Rights_Tragedy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the Niger Delta, in the oil producing areas, hundreds of thousands if not millions of people depend on fisheries and farming for their food and livelihoods. Oil spills, waste dumping, gas flaring, dredging of rivers, seismic operations - all of these activities of the oil industry have seriously damaged agricultural lands and waterways of the Niger Delta, thereby damaging peoples ability to ca<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Concepts in Water Conservation: the Reduce-Your-Use Bathmat]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=New_Concepts_in_Water_Conservation_the_Reduce-Your-Use_Bathmat</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=New_Concepts_in_Water_Conservation_the_Reduce-Your-Use_Bathmat</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:57:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=New_Concepts_in_Water_Conservation_the_Reduce-Your-Use_Bathmat</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This year's INDEX: AIGA Aspen Design Challenge brought design students together to problem solve global issues regarding water awareness, safety and conservation. The finalists, a group of students from Samsung Design Membership for eco-friendly Oli concept line, envisioned a water-saving bathmat which epitomizes water conservation at its easiest and most practical. The design is simple:  The<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s water worries]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Pakistanrsquos_water_worries</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Buried within Foreign Policy\'s latest Failed States Index (Pakistan is in 10th place, though its overall score at 104.1 compared to 103.8 in 2008 suggests a far slower rate of decline than might have been expected given its troubles over the past year) is a short article worth reading about its looming water crisis.&quot;The country\'s troubles today pale compared with what it might face 25 years f<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Turn on clean water, and the trust of the Iraqi people will flow: Analysis]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Turn_on_clean_water_and_the_trust_of_the_Iraqi_people_will_flow_Analysis</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Turn_on_clean_water_and_the_trust_of_the_Iraqi_people_will_flow_Analysis</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:18:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Turn_on_clean_water_and_the_trust_of_the_Iraqi_people_will_flow_Analysis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[mam Mahnood al-Bayati, at the Hajia Sidaa Mosque, thinks there's a simple answer to creating a government here that Iraqis will rally around: water.He suggests a massive effort to fix the nation's water system, make it possible again for people to turn on the tap and trust the water flowing from it. He's right.The United States made a mess of nation building in this place for the firs<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SWAT: Soil &amp; Water Assessment Tool]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=SWAT_Soil__Water_Assessment_Tool</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=SWAT_Soil__Water_Assessment_Tool</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:40:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=SWAT_Soil__Water_Assessment_Tool</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SWAT is a river basin scale model developed to quantify the impact of land management practices in large, complex watersheds.SWAT is a public domain model actively supported by the USDA Agricultural Research Service at the Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory in Temple, Texas, USA.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LSU researchers: coastal restoration projects doomed to fail - NOLA.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=LSU_researchers_coastal_restoration_projects_doomed_to_fail_-_NOLA-com</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=LSU_researchers_coastal_restoration_projects_doomed_to_fail_-_NOLA-com</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:58:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=LSU_researchers_coastal_restoration_projects_doomed_to_fail_-_NOLA-com</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even under best-case scenarios for building massive engineering projects to restore Louisiana's dying coastline, the Mississippi River can't possibly feed enough sediment into the marshes to prevent ongoing catastraphic catastrophic land loss, two Louisiana State University geologists conclude in a scientific paper being published today.The result: The state will lose another 4,054 to 5,212 s<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WSJ's Strassel: The Climate Change Climate Change]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WSJs_Strassel_The_Climate_Change_Climate_Change</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WSJs_Strassel_The_Climate_Change_Climate_Change</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WSJs_Strassel_The_Climate_Change_Climate_Change</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Steve Fielding recently asked the Obama administration to reassure him on the science of man-made global warming. When the administration proved unhelpful, Mr. Fielding decided to vote against climate-change legislation. If you haven't heard of this politician, it's because he's a member of the Australian Senate. As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to pass a climate-change bill, the Aus<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Turkey raises amount of water it gives to Iraq]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Turkey_raises_amount_of_water_it_gives_to_Iraq</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Turkey_raises_amount_of_water_it_gives_to_Iraq</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Turkey raised the amount of water it was giving to Iraq.The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources said that Turkey raised the amount of water it was giving to Iraq.&quot;Turkey raised the flow of the River Firat (Euphrates) to 570 cubic meters per second,&quot; the ministry said.In its statement, the Iraqi Ministry expressed hope that Turkey would increase more the amount of water it water it was g<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[West Bank aquifer at risk from wastewater]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=West_Bank_aquifer_at_risk_from_wastewater</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=West_Bank_aquifer_at_risk_from_wastewater</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Palestinians and Israelis have long been embroiled in a dispute over the scarce water resources in the West Bank and its surroundings. Now a leading local rights group has said that both sides are responsible for putting the entire region's water source at risk.    In a report published on Sunday entitled Foul Play: Neglect of Wastewater Treatment in the West Bank, the Israeli organizatio<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EPA Water Quality Video Contest Winners]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=EPA_Water_Quality_Video_Contest_Winners</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=EPA_Water_Quality_Video_Contest_Winners</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:18:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In March 2009 EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds launched a Water Quality Video Contest to inspire environmental stewardship and educate the public on ways individuals can improve water quality in their community. We received over 250 video submissions. We are pleased to announce the two winners of the contest.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Itrsquos_Now_Legal_to_Catch_a_Raindrop_in_Colorado</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:12:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
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<description><![CDATA[New laws allow residents to begin rainwater harvesting, a practice that water rights laws once prohibited.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Drinking from the Sea]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Drinking_from_the_Sea</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Drinking_from_the_Sea</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Drinking_from_the_Sea</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pressed by growing urban populations, drier and warmer climates and the need to fortify supplies stretched by the increasing worldwide thirst, metropolitan and national governments on five continents are building record numbers of industrial plants to use a nearly alchemic technology to produce drinking water from the sea.Over the last five years, an average of 800 new desalination plants hav<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Water webs: Connecting spiders, residents in the Southwest]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_webs_Connecting_spiders_residents_in_the_Southwest</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_webs_Connecting_spiders_residents_in_the_Southwest</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:39:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_webs_Connecting_spiders_residents_in_the_Southwest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The research, performed by graduate student Kevin McCluney and associate professor John Sabo in School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, demonstrates that under restricted water conditions, crickets consume more moist green leaves and wolf spiders more crickets. This distinct increase is driven by water limitation and the connectivity between organisms based on water - a water web. <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rainwater, IPhone App Help Thirsty California Farms]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rainwater_IPhone_App_Help_Thirsty_California_Farms</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rainwater_IPhone_App_Help_Thirsty_California_Farms</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:24:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rainwater_IPhone_App_Help_Thirsty_California_Farms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zach Sheely, 27, is excited about the family farming business now that a California-based irrigation software company, PureSense, lets him and other farmers check on their crops using an iPhone.The iPhone application allows them to access information from underground sensors that detect moisture levels near the roots of crops.The underground sensors aren't cheap. Each sensor station, cons<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Case Study: Application of Multicriteria Decision Making to Urban Water Supply]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Case_Study_Application_of_Multicriteria_Decision_Making_to_Urban_Water_Supply</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Case_Study_Application_of_Multicriteria_Decision_Making_to_Urban_Water_Supply</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:05:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Case_Study_Application_of_Multicriteria_Decision_Making_to_Urban_Water_Supply</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Presented herein is an attempt to put into practice the multicriteria decision making technique of compromise programming for a real urban water management case study in the city of Zahidan in Iran. Zahidan, the capital of Sistan and Balouchistan Province, faces serious water problems in terms of both quality and quantity. To satisfy future water demands, a long-distance water transmission projec<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[China Seeks Report on Dam's Ecological Effects]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=China_Seeks_Report_on_Dams_Ecological_Effects</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=China_Seeks_Report_on_Dams_Ecological_Effects</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:39:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=China_Seeks_Report_on_Dams_Ecological_Effects</guid>
<description><![CDATA[China's environment ministry said it has ordered an ecological assessment for a proposed Yangtze River dam that conservationists fear could threaten hundreds of fish species and drive the giant Chinese sturgeon into extinction.Chinese environmentalists and scientists are trying to halt the Xiaonanhai dam, upstream from Chongqing city in mountainous western China, saying that it and two other <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A good forg we may need in dry regions]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=A_good_forg_we_may_need_in_dry_regions</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=A_good_forg_we_may_need_in_dry_regions</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:57:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=A_good_forg_we_may_need_in_dry_regions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Frog dozes in mud for years without food, waterResearch reveals how the frog and other 'super-sleeper' animals do itOne species of burrowing frogs can survive for years buried in mud without food and water. New research has figured out how the frog and other &quot;super-sleeper&quot; animals do it.Many species of animals go through a period of torpor to conserve energy when resources are scarce. <br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Nexus of Climate Change and Human Rights]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=The_Nexus_of_Climate_Change_and_Human_Rights</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=The_Nexus_of_Climate_Change_and_Human_Rights</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:48:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=The_Nexus_of_Climate_Change_and_Human_Rights</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Though climate change and human rights are important corporate responsibility issues on their own terms, they are increasingly interrelated.As our global climate destabilizes, there will be an increase in water stress, food scarcity, the prevalence and intensity of diseases, and the loss of homelands and jobs around the world. In turn, climate change is likely to affect several rights enshrin<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rising sea levels threatening Florida Keys]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rising_sea_levels_threatening_Florida_Keys</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rising_sea_levels_threatening_Florida_Keys</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:05:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rising_sea_levels_threatening_Florida_Keys</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rising sea-levels could one day leave significant portions of the Florida Keys underwater, experts say.Researcher Evan Flugman said in a Florida International University report the Florida Keys are at the forefront of the emerging threat of rising sea-levels in the southern portion of Florida, The Miami Herald reported Sunday.''South Florida is on the front line against sea-level rise in <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Water expert: Red-Dead 'pilot' project could be premature]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_expert_Red-Dead_pilot_project_could_be_premature</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_expert_Red-Dead_pilot_project_could_be_premature</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:48:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_expert_Red-Dead_pilot_project_could_be_premature</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There is no need to rush into the pilot project for the Red-Dead conduit that Regional Cooperation Minister Silvan Shalom has announced, a water expert told The Jerusalem Post Sunday. Shalom announced plans to build a &quot;pilot&quot; pipe 180 km long from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea on Saturday, after meeting with World Bank President Robert Zoellick. Two hundred million cubic meters (mcm) per year w<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Levels of raw sewage increasing in Ontario's waterways]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Levels_of_raw_sewage_increasing_in_Ontarios_waterways</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Levels_of_raw_sewage_increasing_in_Ontarios_waterways</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:05:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Levels_of_raw_sewage_increasing_in_Ontarios_waterways</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Billions of litres of untreated sewage are gushing into Ontario's waterways due to aging infrastructure and poor provincial oversight, says a report by environmental group Ecojustice.The report, Flushing out the Truth, compiles the amount of sewage dumped into lakes and rivers by various Ontario municipalities in 2006 and 2007.According to Ministry of the Environment figures analyzed by t<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spatial Analysis of Instream Nitrogen Loading to Streams in SE USA  Using SPARROW]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Spatial_Analysis_of_Instream_Nitrogen_Loading_to_Streams_in_SE_USA__Using_SPARROW</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Spatial_Analysis_of_Instream_Nitrogen_Loading_to_Streams_in_SE_USA__Using_SPARROW</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:24:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Spatial_Analysis_of_Instream_Nitrogen_Loading_to_Streams_in_SE_USA__Using_SPARROW</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program assessed total nitrogen loads and yields in streams throughout the southeastern United States using the USGS watershed model SPARROW (Spatially Referenced Regression On Watershed Attributes). Results from the southeast regional total nitrogen SPARROW model indicate that atmospheric deposition is the largest source of nit<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Drought-hit Calif. gets federal water czar]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Drought-hit_Calif-_gets_federal_water_czar</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Drought-hit_Calif-_gets_federal_water_czar</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Drought-hit_Calif-_gets_federal_water_czar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Sunday announced several steps he hoped would ease the toll of the state's water shortage on farmers, and said he would assign a top deputy to help find solutions.At a spirited town hall meeting in California's agricultural heartland, Salazar told a packed auditorium that Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes will &quot;bring all of the key federal agencies to the<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Camels May Store Answers for Thirsty Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Camels_May_Store_Answers_for_Thirsty_Africa</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Camels_May_Store_Answers_for_Thirsty_Africa</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:39:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Camels_May_Store_Answers_for_Thirsty_Africa</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Camel farming may become a central focus in the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa as climate change tightens its grip on agriculture. The drought-resistant animals can become an attractive alternative for farmers, who could struggle to grow crops as hotter conditions and less rainfall are expected to hit vast areas of Africa, a new report by the International Livestock Research Institute and W<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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