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(May 1, 2009, ClimateWatch, NPR)
NPR’s Morning Edition launched an “occasional series” on California’s water woes this morning. Veteran correspondent John McChesney begins with the impact on agriculture in the Central Valley’s Westlands Water District, the nation’s “biggest irrigated region.”
KQED’s Central Valley Bureau Chief and Climate Watch contributor Sasha Khokha will have three stories in the [...]

(April 26, 2009, Sand Gets in My Eyes)
The “raw” water in Saudi isn’t really fit to drink, so bottled water, rather than being a luxury like it is in other places, is a necessity.
Anyway, awhile back I started noticing that when I drank certain brands of water, my gut really started to hurt. More specifically, [...]

(March 10, 2009, The Orange County Register)
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on Californians to reduce water use in the face of severe drought conditions, 78 households in The Reserve neighborhood of San Clemente were resting easy.
Those residents had signed on to participate in The Reserve Outdoor Sustainability Project, a study measuring the effects of efficient [...]

(Feb. 6, 2009, Aguanomics)
This 26 minute PBS video is excellent for its overview of California water issues. They interview farmers in the Central Valley (”protect our way of life”), enviros (”we can’t keep taking water from nature”) and have a good overview of the technology (water recycling, reverse osmosis, etc.) What do they forget to [...]

(Oct. 13, 2008, Pakistan Daily Times)
* President wants resolution of Chenab water issue through dialogue
* Pakistan will challenge violations of Indus treaty
* President vows to protect national interests, hopes India will ensure implementation of water accord
President Asif Ali Zardari warned on Sunday that any Indian move to block Pakistan’s water supply from the Chenab River [...]