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Courtesy of Google News Updated: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:57:40 GMT+00:00 Explain GMT

Workers find second half of missing coupling at center of water crisis
Boston Globe
The MWRA switched to backup water and nearly 2 million people were asked to boil water used for drinking or cooking for the next 2½ days.

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IRAN: Dangerous levels of nitrate in Tehran's drinking water reported
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Parliamentarian Hasan Ta'mini, a member of the Health and Medicare Commission, reported that authorities had hoped to address the water crisis within a week ...

UM film about world water crisis makes TV debut on August 2
MiamiHerald.com
Will the world's drinking water run out? Top experts and a variety of leaders including the 14th Dalai Lama and Robert ...

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WaterPure International Begins Commercial Production; Ships First WaterCycle ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We expect it to be used in schools, hospitals, homes, factories, RVs and on boats, yachts, and at sporting arenas to ease the water crisis. ...

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Main replacement was already on tap
Lumina News
The ruptured water main that plunged Wilmington and parts of New Hanover County into a water crisis last weekend was scheduled to be ...

The Hindu

Canada must acknowledge international recognition of right to water
rabble.ca (blog)
It is time for Canada to do something about the deplorable condition on First Nations reserves that have lacked access to safe drinking water and adequate ...
In Historic Vote, UN Declares Access to Water a Fundamental RightDemocracy Now
UN to vote on right to waterToronto Star
Canada's water supply not threatened by UN water rights vote: ActivistMontreal Gazette

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Critics of EPA's Jackson say she bows to both extremes
Legal News Line
Meanwhile, the group says, the state saw an increase in the contamination of drinking water and mismanagement of toxic waste clean up under Jackson's watch. ...

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Pakistan's woes compounded by severe water crisis
Washington Post
Up to a third of Pakistan's 175 million people lack safe drinking water and nearly 630 children die each day from diarrhea, according to a study done last ...

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NEWS UPDATE: Main replacement was already on tap
Lumina News
The ruptured water main that plunged Wilmington and parts of New Hanover County into a water crisis last weekend was scheduled to be ...
Water main repaired; boil advisory remains in placeStarNewsOnline.com

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Clean Water for Gaza: Maryam's Story
ReliefWeb (press release)
The rest is claimed by Israel, where people's consumption of water is more than double that of Gaza. The shortage of clean water in Gaza has reached crisis ...

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