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Read the full post at Green, Inc. Todd Jarvis, the associate director of the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University, sees parallels between the planet’s dwindling oil supplies and groundwater depletion.

Read the full story at Mother Nature Network. Farms, freeways and front yards are flooding underground aquifers with dangerous toxins, slowly poisoning many communities’ water supplies. But how can this happen?

Read the full story at GreenBiz. When it comes to managing water use, as with most aspects of business operations, measuring is the first step to management. But once you get a handle on how much water you’re using, there … Continue reading →

Via Docuticker. Water Scarcity Looms as Population, Temperature Rise Source: Worldwatch Institute Water scarcity is increasing in many regions as factors including population growth, climate change, and pollution restrict the amount of water available relative to demand. In 2008, 1.4 … Continue reading →

Read the full story in Scientific American. Stringent water restrictions in Los Angeles, recently enacted in the face of impending shortages, appear to be working. The city’s utility reports that June demand dropped by 11 percent from last year’s levels … Continue reading →

Read the full story at GreenBiz. In Las Vegas, the [second-]biggest desert city in the U.S., and still one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation, the local water utility is offering cash incentives to replace water-sucking lawns with drought-resistant … Continue reading →

Read the full story in the New York Times. The restoration of the Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul is part of an expanding environmental effort to “daylight” rivers and streams.

Read the full story in the Los Angeles Times. A cash-strapped conservation credit program run by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has stopped paying vendors and customers for installing water-saving toilets and appliances. Though the program has been … Continue reading →

Listen to the full story at NPR. California is in the midst of one of its worst droughts in decades. Residents of Los Angeles are banned from watering their lawns during the day and can only use sprinklers twice a … Continue reading →

Read the full story in the New York Times. New laws allow residents to begin rainwater harvesting, a practice that water rights laws once prohibited. See also The Legalities of Rainwater Harvesting at Green, Inc.