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Veiled Water Wonk Wars: Robert Stavins Vs. David Zetland on Water Conservation Pricing (LeakBird)

Water Desalinating Technology Boom Challenge to Dethrone Reverse Osmosis: Three Markets — Seawater Desalination, Inland Brackish Water, and Water Recycling (MSNBC)

Global Water Infrastructure Underfunded, Says World Bank @ WWF in Istanbul (AssociatedPress)

Join LeakBird @ The PG&E/ USGBC Water Conservation Showcase in San Francisco Next Week: David Zetland will Be There Too! (LeakBird)

Happy Fix a Leak Week (March 16-20)!!!: Fixing or Addressing Water Leaks can Save Homeowners, Landlords, Property Managers 10% on Water Bills (TheWaterBlog)

Global Financial Crisis Good for Water Industry, Says Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Twin Causes Water Demand and Dwindling Water Resources (TerraDaily)

Water Pricing Misconceptions: Tiered Block Water Rates Give No Incentive for Water Conservation (Robert Stavins, HuffingtonPost)

Shock: Lake Michigan Water Level Drops 1 Foot! Says Army Corps of Engineers (NBCChicago)

Water Tech Boom: Mexico to Build New $800M Water Purification Plant (Bloomberg)

World Water Forum (WWF) Begins with Arrest of International Rivers Activists in Istanbul, Turkey: 28,000 in Attendance (EnvironmentNewsService)

Smart Move IBM with “Smart Water” Technology Industry Play (CleanTechnica)

You Can Bank on Water Rationing in SoCal by July 1, 2009 (LeakBird)

You Never Want to Waste a Good (Water) Crisis: IBM’s Global Innovation Outlook Report on Strategic Water — PDF (GreenBiz)

California and The Metropolitan Water District’s Search for Water (SanDiegoTribune)

If a Toilet Runs in the Bathroom, will Anybody Hear?: or Toilets don’t Walk, They Run! (LeakBird)

Caifornia Drought and the Groundwater Replenishment System — Produces Water @ $600.00 Per Acre Foot : Within 3 Years, Imported Water will Cost $800.00 Per Acre Foot = Year’s Supply for 2 Families (Treehugger)

California Drought Water Bank but Very Little Water Supply to Sell: $275.00 Per Acre Foot of Water (OrovilleMercuryRegister)

Having Enough Water to Drink: Tampa Bay Surface Water Reservoir Supply GONE; Groundwater and Desalinated Water Only Water Tampa Bay can Rely On (MSNBC)

Free Water Markets: Chile Trading Water Rights with Little to No Government Oversight (NewYorkTimes)

IBM Jumpstarts Water Management Business (NewYorkTimes)

Home Water Conservation: Reusing White, Gray and Black Water (Reuters)

Water Rates to Jump 8% in Marana, Arizona in March, 2009 (AZStarNet)

Home Water Conservation: Reusing White, Gray and Black Water (CrunchyChicken)

Water Wars: Dividing Up Colorado River on Paper, as Its Water Flows Dwindle (SaltLakeTribune)

Aquifer Levels Continue Severe Decline in Southwest Florida, from which Tampa Bay Area gets 80% of Its Water!!! (TBNWeekly)

Californa Water Grab: Repudiating the OMG Worst Drought (Robert in Monterey, Calitics)

Drought in California and Georgia Doozie because States have Outgrown Their Water Supplies (Robert Glennon, HuffingtonPost)

The Average Monthly Household Water Bill ($51.00): Water Facts and Running Toilets (LeakBird)

New Water Use Study: How Residents can Lower Their High Water Bills (OCRegister)

Invisible Water of Life: Global Threat to Our Groundwater Supply (Europa)

Newark, Delaware to Raise Water Rates 20% (DelawareOnline)

David Zetland is Right: Water Rates have to Rise, and Globally Too (LeakBird)

West must Secure Water Supply, Even at High Price: California Uses Enough Water Per Year to Cover Washington State in Foot of It (Reuters)

Biggest Risk to Business – Water Rationing and Water Shortage: Why not Raise Water Prices Instead, which can be Passed on More Easily to Consumer? (Aguanomics)

Cities in China to See Sharp Rise in Water Rates, as Water Shortage Becomes More Severe: Average Domestic Water Price $.55 Per Ton of Water (ChinaDaily)

From Bread Basket to Water Basket Case: A Taste of Future Water Rationing Revisited (in California) (LeakBird)

From California to Oklahoma, Drought may Wreak Environmental Havoc on US (Guardian)

Water Problem in California: How Benefit Farm, Fish & People Simultaneously? (Californian)

The Long Tail of the Super Chinese Water Infrastructure: Less is More (FresnoBee)

Federation of Canadian Municipalities Asks Canadian Cities and Towns to Ban Bottled Water (CBCNews)

From Water Conversation to Water Conservation: Helping Our Children Understand the Water Crisis (Amy Wang, Oregonian)

Is California Drought Worst in History because there are 33M Water Customers + Central Valley Bread Basket? (David Curran, SanFranciscoChronicle)

Three Reasons for the Growing Demand for Water Conservation Technologies in the Drought Environment (LeakBird)

Artesian 100% New Zealand Bottled Water Available at Trader Joe’s in Wisconsin (CrikeyCreek)

John Hopkins Begins “Year of Water” Theme for Academic Year (SchoolOfAdvancedInternationalStudies)

San Francisco Submits Preliminary Permit Application to Feds for New Wave Power Project Off Ocean Beach: Will Generate 10 – 30 Megatts of Power, Provide 100 New Jobs (Gavin Newsom, CleanTechnica)

New Water Gold Rush for Prehistoric, Salty “Brackish Water” in New Mexico (ArizonaGeology)

Solving the Water Shortage Crisis: Water Innovation Opportunities for Water Entrepreneurs (SramanaMitra)

Growing Market Demand for Water Experts, AKA Hydrologists, Says Bureau of Labor Statistics (NewYorkTimes)

Foster City, California Endorses Tiered Water Rate Structure: Some Households’ Bi-Monthly Water Bills will Go from $128 to $221, while Others will Decrease; Average Water Bill to Rise 10%; 60 California Cities have Implemented Some Form of Tiered Rate Structure (MercuryNews)

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