Worldwide Battle for Water (video)

August 18, 2008 The wars of the next few decades could be fought over access to water, say some analysts. Reports come from Peter Greste in Kenya, Duncan Kennedy in Mexico City, Nick Bryant in Sydney and Aleem Maqbool in the West Bank TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLICK ON: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7569453.. » read more

World Water Crisis Underlies World Food Crisis

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 18, 2008 (ENS) - The world's supplies of clean, fresh water cannot sustain today's "profligate" use and inadequate management, which have brought shrinking food supplies and rising food costs to most countries, WWF Director General James Leape told the opening session of World Water Week in Stockholm today. "Behind the world food crisis is a global freshwater crisis, expected to rapidly worsen as climate change impacts intensify," Leape said. "Irrigation-fed agriculture provides 45 percent of the world's food supplies, and without it, we could not feed our planet's population of six billion people." Leape warns that many of the world's irrigation areas are highly stressed and drawing more water than rivers and groundwater reserves can sustain, especially in view of climate change. At the same time, he said, freshwater food reserves are declining in the face of the quickening pace of dam construction and unsustainable water extractions from rivers.. » read more

Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition (video)

Posted 8/19/08 Penn and Teller get hippies to sign a petition that bans water. TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLICK ON: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw. » read more

Thousands rally to mark 'death' of Australian river

SYDNEY, Aug 10 (AFP) Aug 10, 2008 Thousands of people rallied in southern Australia Sunday to protest the dwindling water levels in one of the country's greatest rivers, claiming the loss was causing an environmental disaster. The 5,000-strong crowd gathered near the mouth of the 2,530 kilometre (1,569 mile) Murray to hold two minute's silence to mark the 'death' of the river, which forms part of Australia's most important agricultural region. Kym McHugh, mayor of the local Alexandrina Council, said the ceremony near the South Australian town of Goolwa was to "underscore this eleventh hour bid to save the nation's greatest river." "It sent a very clear message by saying we've had a lot of talk about the river system, a lot of science, we all know what the problem is -- we just want politicians to have the will to fix it up," he told national news agency AAP. "They need to secure water upstream and send it down.. » read more

Dry California OKs Huge Desaination Plant

San Diego to get fresh water; Sierra Club cites massive fish kills via intake August 7, 2008 OCEANSIDE, Calif. - The California Coastal Commission approved a plan to build the Western Hemisphere's largest desalination plant north of San Diego — a move aimed at relieving water shortages in the nation's most populated state. The circled area shows a digitally added image representing the approved desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif. The goal is to site it inside an existing power plant. Wednesday's decision came after a daylong debate over the merits of the $300 million Carlsbad project, which is expected to eventually produce 10 percent of San Diego County's water supply from ocean water.. » read more

'Love and Gratitude to Water' Ceremony.

July 31, 2008   The ceremony will take place at Lake Baikal Siberia, Russia . August 3rd, 2008. A Message to you from Dr. Masaru Emoto. Dear Friend, Our planet Earth is called 'Planet of Water'.. » read more

Cypriots Skip Showers as Drought Threatens Golf Courses, Hotels

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Cypriots prayed for rain to end the worst drought in 50 years. They got tankers carrying enough water from Greece to fill 3,200 Olympic swimming pools. A fleet of ships started offloading its cargo this week at the port of Limassol, on the Mediterranean island's south coast, after engineers fixed a pipeline carrying the water inland. Six tankers plan 160 trips over the next six months after rainfall on Cyprus dropped to a fifth of average levels. The biggest water transport operation in history may help revive the parched villages, yellowing golf courses and desiccated farms that dot Cyprus.. » read more

A Thirst for West Bank Water Environment

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 During Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert`s recent visit to Washington, President Bush declared Olmert`s `convergence` plan `bold.` For Palestinians, however, it is disastrous, because it will annex much of the West Bank`s water and fertile land to Israel. Israel`s `convergence` plan will maintain control over most of Palestine`s water supply--dimming hopes for peace and a viable Palestinian state. Under Olmert`s plan, Israel aims to keep the two main Palestinian West Bank aquifers: the lower Jordan River basin in the east, and the eastern mountain aquifer, trapped behind Israel`s wall in the west. This will force Palestinians to depend on Israel for water, preserving the status quo, a dramatically unjust division of water resources.. » read more

Thirst In The Palestinian Territories

July 13, 2008 "Who says water has no colour, flavour or smell? Water does have a colour that reveals itself in the unfolding of thirst...... » read more

Abundant Skies: 8 Principles for Successful Rainwater Harvesting

July 5, 2008 The following is a guest post by Brad Lancaster on rainwater harvesting. Energy scarcity and water scarcity are closely related phenomena, especially in certain parts of the world. While rainwater harvesting is no panacea for our water or energy problems, it may be a critical component in many regions for dealing with issues of scarcity. It is also an excellent example of a scale-free tool: it can be implemented by individuals, communities, or nations. Food produced from rainwater on Brad Lancaster's Tucson residence Brad Lancaster is a permaculture expert and consultant based in Tucson.. » read more

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