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Yemen`s capital `will run out of water by 2025`
Water shortages in Yemen will squeeze agriculture to such an extent that 750,000 jobs could disappear and incomes could drop by a quarter within a decade, according to a report. Poor water management and the enormous consumption of water for the farming of the popular stimulant khatare blamed for the predicted water shortages, which experts say could lead to the capital Sana'a running out of ...
By SciDev.Net
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New Water Bond Invests in Local Water Supply Projects, Groundwater Storage and Safe Drinking Water for All Californians
With Governor Jerry Brown’s support, state legislative leaders today approved, on a broad bipartisan basis, a $7.5 billion water bond that would provide clean drinking water for disadvantaged communities and provide $1.5 billion for water recycling, stormwater capture, water efficiency and other local water supply projects like those detailed in “The Untapped Potential of ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports American River Pipeline Conveyance Project Dedication
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), Conceived in 2011, the American River Pipeline Conveyance Project (Project) is an example of regional partners coming together to solve water supply reliability issues at a local level. The Project was developed to provide a replacement water supply for Golden State Water Company’s (Golden State Water) ...
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Reclamation Selects Recipients for Groundwater Banking Funding Under the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act
The Bureau of Reclamation announced today the selection of four groundwater banking projects that will receive an estimated $12.7 million in cost-share funding under Part III of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, including $10 million in Fiscal Year 2013 awards. Combined with local cost-share contributions, more than $39.6 million in water management improvements will be ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports American River Pipeline Conveyance Project Dedication
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), Conceived in 2011, the American River Pipeline Conveyance Project (Project) is an example of regional partners coming together to solve water supply reliability issues at a local level. The Project was developed to provide a replacement water supply for Golden State Water Company’s (Golden State Water) ...
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U.S. EPA orders $20 million Northrop cleanup at San Gabriel Valley Superfund site // Groundwater contaminated by former Benchmark Technology facility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation to spend an estimated $20 million to build a groundwater cleanup system to address groundwater contamination stemming primarily from the former Benchmark Technology facility in the City of Industry, Calif., located within the San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites. Formerly located at 200 South Turnbull Canyon ...
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Satellites show major Southwest groundwater loss
Groundwater losses from the Colorado River basin appear massive enough to challenge long-term water supplies for the seven states and parts of Mexico that it serves, according to a new study released Thursday that used NASA satellites. Researchers from NASA and the University of California, Irvine say their study is the first to quantify how much groundwater people in the West are using during ...
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