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Wireless Sensors Save Water on Golf Courses (NYTimes)

(May 20, 2009, The New York Times)
In seven years of overseeing every root and blade of grass on the grounds at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., Matt Shaffer has built a reputation on innovation and conservation. An early advocate of course playability over aesthetics, he long lived by the maxim “the drier, the [...]

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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)

(March 10, 2009, China Daily)
The authorities need to push ahead with a price hike, reflecting accurately the growing shortage of water in China and help plug further depletion of the resource, an official has said.
“We must set up a rational water pricing system adapted to the country’s severe shortage of water. So some cities will [...]

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Rise of the Water Entrepreneur: Look to Business Sector to Find Next Generation of Water Saving Opportunities (SanFranciscoChronicle)

(March 5, 2009, The San Francisco Chronicle)
The ongoing struggles of managing California’s limited water supply to support our cities, farms and natural environment are well known. As we face what some are calling one of the worst droughts in California history, we must all learn to conserve water wherever possible. Just as the Bay Area [...]

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