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

(March 8, 2009, SramanaMitra)
While people focus on carbon footprints and potential ways to reduce the impact man-made CO2 emissions, the world is running out of another of its key elements: fresh water.
We use fresh water much faster than it can replenish: it is increasingly scarce and has no alternative.
Water is a strategic resource for countries [...]

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House Passes Bill for New Water Efficiency Research Program: EPA to Overseee; $20M Per Year for Five Years; Collection, Storage, Reuse of Rainwater, Storm Water, Wastewater (DeseretNews)

(Feb. 12, 2009, The Deseret News)
The House passed Wednesday a bill by Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, to create new research programs into how to conserve water, use it more efficiently and reuse wastewater.
“Many experts are starting to see water as ‘the new oil’ in terms of what a precious commodity it is,” Matheson said. “The [...]

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This Guy Made a Rainwater Toilet System! (GreenThing)

(Jan. 17, 2009, GreenThing)

With only one toilet and one tap, it seemed crazy to be handing money over when there’s plenty of rain water falling for free!
Using the parts for a water butt diverter, I just connected up to a drain pipe outside the shop and diverted rain water into a large tank [...]

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