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Alberta WaterPortal "free & open source access.. sharing info & knowledge on ground & surface water conditions, water management innovations, best practices, news & research, & conservation programs" Can "In a 100-year period, a water molecule spends 98 years in the ocean, 20 months as ice, about 2 weeks in lakes and rivers, and less than a week in the atmosphere"
AllAboutWater.org "Read, Learn, & Know about Water" US
Alternatives to Water Privatisation "Reclaiming Public Water: Achievements, Struggles & Visions from Around the World" bk Transnational Institute, Netherlands + links * * * * *
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Water Information BOM.gov.au/water + Environment Protection Act 1970 Victoria state
The big thirst: The great American water crisis "The US drought is now so acute that, in some southern communities, the water supply is cut off for 21 hours a day" independent.co.uk 15Nov07
Blue Gold: World Water Wars dvd "Its not the money. Its the power." cinemapolitica.org London Mar09 & bluegold-worldwaterwars.com * * * * * * * * * *
BlueLivingIdeas.com "Water Conservation & Availability Tips, News, & Technology" blog
BluePlanetProject.net "water justice now.. public trust.. global commons.. precious & sustains all life.. Access to water is a fundamental human right.. international civil society movement begun by The Council of Canadians to protect the world's fresh water from the growing threats of trade & privatization" Maude Barlow, Friends of the Right to Water & UN
China to step up construction of water facilities "urgent effort to enhance grain safety and fight drought and floods.. water has exerted more evident impact on China's economic security, ecological security and national security as the economic and social development and improved livelihoods are facing water strains" ChinaDaily.com.cn 8Jul11
Circle of Blue.org WaterNews "Reporting the Global Water Crisis" * * * * * * * * * *
ClimateChangeWater.org Blog "Global travels in freshwater climate adaptation" + links + Adaptation Learning Platforms ALPs "global online community created for climate change adaptation practitioners and those interested in learning more" adaptationportal.org + see Climate Change InfoHelp * * * * *
The Corporate Threat to Water & the Water Justice Movement's Fight to Protect it Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! alternet.org 2Mar08 + "international water guru Maude Barlow" & new doco 'Flow: For Love of Water'
The Corporation film "explores the nature & spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film & part movement.. transforming audiences & dazzling critics with its insightful & compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal 'person' to the logical conclusion.. puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask 'What kind of person is it? ..includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders & critics" US 2003
Cost of water shortage: civil unrest, mass migration & economic collapse guardian.co.uk 17Aug06 & "International Water Management Institute, the world's leading body on fresh water management" IWMI Sri Lanka
Council of Canadians Water campaign re "no national strategy to address urgent water issues and no federal leadership to conserve and protect our water. The Federal Water Policy is over 20 years old and badly outdated. Our freshwater faces crises including contamination, shortages and pressure to export water to the United States through pipelines and diversions" canadians.org + Blue Communities Project "joint initiative that furthers the work of local Water Watch coalitions across the country" & Watch Out! "celebrate Water Watch's 10th anniversary with a 'Blue Summit' in Ottawa November 27-29. Join community leaders and activists from across the country to: * Celebrate and learn from our successes defending water from corporate exploitation * Connect with other water justice activists * Build a stronger movement to keep water public * Plan for another decade of winning activism ..free event.. Organized by the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Council of Canadians" + Blue Covenant: "The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water" bk New Press & Who Owns Water? "The antidote to water commodification is its decommodification. Water must be declared and understood for all time to be the common property of all" Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke ratical.org 2Sep02 + ourWaterlife.com dvd 09 "follows the epic cascade of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.. the story of the last huge supply (20%) of fresh water on Earth" 09 Primitive Entertainment Inc
Counterpoint: Water is the wrong right "The UN resolution devalues true human rights without helping those who need it most" & Point: Water is a fundamental right "Last week's UN resolution serves as the template for a more binding resolution" theglobeandmail.com 5Aug10
Drinking Our Rivers Dry? "Most of our water comes from rivers, & environmentalists fear we are pushing some of them & the wildlife they support to the edge. With many of Britain's rivers at the limit of what can sustainably be taken from them,. investigates whether the water industry & its regulators are doing enough to protect the nation's rivers" Panorama bbc.co.uk 25Sep11
Environmentalists Critical of Nobel Prize for R K Pachauri headed IPCC Global Alliance Against Pollution news New Delhi 13Oct07
Europe 'unaware' of its water footprint "Need for water pricing" etc enn.com/ecosystems 18Feb09
EyeonEarth.eu Water Watch "Keep an eye on bathing water quality" European Environment Agency
Fertiliser limits could be costly "70% of England.. a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.. massive costs on the livestock industry" farmnews.co.nz 27Aug07
FLOW For the Love Of Water dvd 08 "documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.. Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround" flowthefilm.com + FlowattheUN.blip.tv + imdb "How did a handful of corporations steal our water? Water is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. 'Flow' confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause" + on facebook
First-Ever Global Map of Surface Permeability Informs Water Supply, Climate Modelling ScienceDaily.com 24Jan11
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations "helping to build a world without hunger" fao.org + Making every drop count "By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under water stress conditions" 14Feb07 & Coping with water scarcity 22Mar07 etc
Food & Water Watch "Protect America's Water ..Budget Cuts ..Underfunding ..Clear Waters: Why America Needs a Clean Water Trust Fund" etc WashDC wateractivist.org worldbankwatch.org fwwatch.org eg Public-Private Partnerships: Issues & Difficulties with Private Water Service
Forget Shorter Showers "Why personal change does not equal political change.. Upping the Stakes.. People (both human people and fish people) aren't dying because the world is running out of water. They're dying because the water is being stolen" orionmagazine.org Jul09
Global Water Network "comprehensive resource to raise awareness about water issues & to raise funds to help build water & sanitation projects where they are needed most.. partnership with the Water Environment Federation (WEF) & the International Water Association (IWA) in support of World Water Monitoring Day"
Global Water News Watch Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology & Riparian Areas SAHRA.arizona.edu & privatization search * * * * *
Go Gratitude "Master Key that opens all doors of possibility" life thanks
Grand plan: from liquid gold to mud for schemer "a grand plan to market Sydney's drinking water to the world, involving offshore desalination plants on nuclear-powered ships, German bottling plants and transporting Alaskan water to Sydney. It would deliver companies controlled by the Sydney businessman Paul Makucha and also a senior NSW public servant, Ed Harvey, a share of an estimated $50 billion. And it was all to be done with the co-operation of the state-owned Sydney Water Corporation" 26Feb10
Greenhat Software "Simulation modelling software in the soil, plant, crop, agricultural & environmental sciences" incl WaterMod3 Aus [halt Aug06]
Hall Irrigation.com.au "Superior Design, Sales & Service of Pivots, Laterals & Pumps.. larger.. Lindsay's Zimmatic irrigational systems.. for more than 30 years.. supplying great quality systems & high performance parts.. continual advancements in technology bringing to farmers easier access & use" NSW SA VIC
Healing Water Institute.org "Our primary focus is on Education, presenting a comprehensive understanding of water's creative power in nature, the terrible problems that confront it, and the solutions that can help return water to the quality it once had only sixty years ago.. 'Global Thirst' - Major Water Problems Challenging The World" US UK NZ + Divine Water "explore water consciousness and how we must embrace a new way of thinking if the Earth is to survive. Divine Water is a film about the mystery, science and politics of water. 'More energy is encapsulated in every drop of good spring water than an average-sized power station.' Viktor Schauberger (1885 - 1958)" cloudsouth.co.nz/films
How to Green Your Water treehugger.com + links
HOW TO: Help Solve the Global Water Crisis with Social Media Mashable.com / Social Good & Write a Post for Clean Water [Blog Action Day 2010] * * * * * * * * * *
Innovative design cuts street runoff Seattle Post 20Nov02
International Glossary of Hydrology
International Polar Year IPY.org "programme focused on the Arctic & the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009" + Census of Antarctic Marine Life CAML + ANDRILL Antarctic Drilling Project
International Rivers.org "people water life.. protecting rivers & defending the rights of communities that depend on them" Berkeley CA
IUCN Water map shows billions at risk of 'water insecurity' bbc.co.uk/news 29Sep10 * * * * * * * * * *
International Water Association IWA "leading water professionals in science, research, technology & practice.. all facets of the water cycle" London iwahq.org + links
Jubilee South "network of debt campaigns, social movements, people's organizations, communities, NGOs & political formations" - Campaign on People's Right to Water & Power Services
Livestock's long shadow Environmental issues & options report LEAD library - Ch4 "Livestock's role in water depletion & pollution"
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization Our Water, Our City "City of Detroit must make water affordable and stop shutting off the water of low-income people!" & facebook Petition Drive! 2009 & @Detroit Greens
Millions struggle with water shortages in China "Chinese authorities have been planning for 50 years for water shortages now being blamed on global warming. In some areas of the country, rainfall is 10 to 15 percent lower than normal, and that has left 100 million people struggling to cope" 3news.co.nz 20Oct09
Nabuur.com village aid Water & Sanitation group News etc
Netafim Drip Irrigation "Where every drop counts" Tel Aviv + HydraCalc "Irrigation Planning Software" WinXX
No wheat, just worry, from dust bowl "Australia's drought takes its toll" NZ Herald 29Oct07
PeakWater.org "When the Politics of Water Produce Changes in Access ..unpacking water politics through the promulgation of water literacy.. awareness-building collective, a forum for public discourse, & an outreach organization specializing in politically, economically, & ecologically marginalized communities" blog board UCal US eg Water Wars: China's New 'Political Weapon'? 16Apr11 * * * * * * * * * *
The pending scramble for water "looking to access land overseas to grow crops" ANALYSIS Dominic Waughray Senior director head of environmental initiatives World Economic Forum Geneva news.bbc.co.uk 2Feb09
Roadmap for Sustainable Water Resources "Peter Gleick Addresses Challenges & Strategies.. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a special feature focusing on climate change and water in southwestern North America" Pacific Institute "nonpartisan research institute that works to advance environmental protection, economic development, & social equity" pacinst.org 14Dec10 & State Needs More Water Storage - Underfoot + Peak Water sfgate.com
Save Our Water California campaign facebook page
SaveOurWater.org Committee "Massachusetts Communities for Pure Water" anti-fluoride + Save Our Water Committee "preserve & protect Lake Eufaula" Oklahoma + SaveOurGroundwater.org SOG "New Hampshire Seacoast-area citizens action organization dedicated to protecting water in the public trust" + SaveOurWaterSupply.org Concerned Citizens for Clean Water CCCW "Working to Keep America's Water Safe & Clean"
H2O 08 Sigma Xi's Year of Water "Science Policy Ethics" blog Scientific Research Society US
Sticky Water: a new insight into PNW water cycle H2ONCoast "Water, Climate & Community on Oregon's North Coast"
Stockholm International Water Institute SIWI.org & Saving Water: From Field to Fork - Curbing Losses & Wastage in the Food Chain "Staggering Food Waste Places Water & Land Resources in Distress, Says SIWI, FAO, & IWMI" 14May08 at the 16th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development & World Water Week in Stockholm "Progress & Prospects on Water: For a Clean & Healthy World" 17-23Aug08 * * * * *
Stockholm Resilience Centre Planetary Boundaries "safe planetary operating space" Uni stockholmresilience.org
Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences SEFS7 "Freshwater ecosystems- Challenges between conservation & management under global change" 27Jun-1Jul11 Girona It sefs2011.com
United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/58/217 proclaimed 2005-2015 the International Decade for Action Water for Life + UN-Water World Water Day "celebrated each year on 22 March" 2007 'Coping with Water Scarcity' & International Year of Sanitation IYS2008 + UNESCO.org Natural Sciences Water & Water for People, Water for Life "The 1st UN World Water Development Report" WWDR 03 from World Water Assessment Program + International Hydrological Programme (IHP) Bureau & Institute for Water Education UNESCO-IHE postgrad Paris + UN Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment NYT 26Oct07 + The Human Right to Water, at Last 24Sep10 "UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a binding resolution" alternet + United Nation's Body Fails to Back "Land Grab" Code of Conduct "foreign land investments.. existing rights to land should be respected" 22Oct10 blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet + UN report warns of threat to human progress from climate change "Human development report says inaction on climate change puts at risk decades of progress on education & health" guardian.co.uk 4Nov10
 Victoria State Resources Online Statewide Dept of Primary Industries DPI.vic.gov.au & Our Water Our Future w/Suez ourwater.vic.gov.au & Our Water Privatised For Our Future - John Brumby "Building a desalination next to Australias most popular natural wildlife attraction The Phillip island Penguin Parade and Wilson Promontory" mov youtube Victoria Aus 3Nov09 + Environment Protection Authority Victoria's water environments EPA.vic.gov.au/water + MelbourneWater.com.au + Grattan Institute "aspires to contribute to public policy in Australia as a liberal democracy in a globalised economy.. work is objective, evidence-driven & non-aligned. We foster informed public debate on the key issues for Australia through both public events & private forums engaging key decision makers & the broader community.. current programs focus on productivity growth, cities, school education, energy, & water" grattan.edu.au etc
Waste = Food "An inspiring documentary on the Cradle to Cradle design concept" vpro.nl tegenlicht / Backlight program
WaterAid.org "water & sanitation for all - International site" + US Au UK Sw & RightToWater.info +Sanitation & FreshwaterActionNetwork.net "implementing & influencing water & sanitation policy & practice around the world.. improve water management by strengthening civil society to influence decision-making" UK global & WASH-United.org clean drinking WAter Sanitation Hygiene project brot-fuer-die-welt.de * * * * *
The Water Barons Center for Public Integrity bk Washington
Water Board Bible Alabama Rural Water Assn manuals etc US
WaterCharity.org "We are water ..to implement practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation, & meaningful health education to those in need" CA US
WaterCheck.biz "Transforming Your Relationship To Water" supply consultant CEO Leslie Gabriel WaterMan H2O Ambassador US
Water crisis wikipedia & Water industry & Water resources & Water cycle subsuming Carbon cycle species-food/energy & List of environmental issues * * * * *
The Water Cycle "..75% of the Earth's surface. Geologic evidence suggests that large amounts of water have likely flowed on Earth for the past 3.8 billion years - most of its existence. Believed to have initially arrived on the surface through the emissions of ancient volcanoes, water is a vital substance that sets the Earth apart from the rest of the planets in our solar system. In particular, water appears to be a necessary ingredient for the development and nourishment of life.. Groundwater may constitute anywhere from approximately 22 to 30% of fresh water, with ice (including ice caps, glaciers, permanent snow, ground ice, and permafrost) accounting for most of the remaining 78 to 70%.. sea level around the globe has risen approximately 17 centimeters over the course of the twentieth century.." 5pp EarthObservatory.nasa.gov * * * * *
The Water Cycle NatureWorks educ New Hampshire Public Television & Squam Lakes Natural Science Center nhptv.org
Waterdrop.tumblr.com "Change the Status H2O ..organization dedicated to changing the world's perception of water.. one of the world's most precious resources and it's time to treat as such"
Water fad swells cost 10,000 times "Bottled water is really expensive, in terms of environmental costs & economically" smh.com.au 12May07
Water Fights good.is + The Water Crisis huffingtonpost.com 22Mar10
The Water Geeks Laboratories "to help turn the global water crisis upside down through empowering consumers with compelling new choices that better fit both their active lifestyles & their ecological beliefs.. innovative new water consumption products designed for the world as it is today.. products.. uniquely designed to create both a healthier 'you' & a healthier 'planet'" Can
WATER Institute Watershed Advocacy Training Education & Research "to promote understanding of the importance of healthy watersheds to healthy communities. Building upon OAEC's many years of work to protect Coastal California's watersheds" Occidental Arts & Ecology Center OAECwater.org 2004 CA
Waterkeeper Alliance "Follow the water: Without water, there can be no life. Without clean water, there can be no healthy life" & Pure Farms, Pure Waters "campaign combines hard-nosed litigation with education & outreach on sustainable agriculture. We are working with farmers, environmentalists and political leaders to support real alternatives to factory-raised food" & SaveOurGulf.org etc waterkeeper.org Irvington NY & global * * * * * * * * * *
Water is Life "a Human Rights & Indigenous Rights issue.. Commodifying the Sacred" Indigenous Environmental Network Water Campaign ienearth.org
Water is Life: Mother Earth Water Walk 2011 North America
The Water Page "independent initiative dedicated to the promotion of sustainable water resources management & use.. [esp] development, utilisation & protection of water in Africa & other developing regions" africanwater.org
Water Planet leonardodicaprio.org movies Global Warning & "The 11th Hour"
Water Prices Rising Worldwide "just as the oil price shocks of the 1970s stimulated energy conservation, so too could pricing water to better reflect its real cost stimulate similar conservation efforts by industries, farmers, and households" Earth Policy Institute 7Mar07
The Water Project Inc "Bring Clean Water to Africa & India" NPO US
Water Resources of the United States US Geological Survey + Recent Climate Change Publications Addressing Water Availability Issues * * * * *
Water Should Be a Human Right "Over the last 20 years, with the help of the International Monetary Fund & World Trade Organization, water has become a $500 billion global industry dominated by just three companies.. 2.8 billion people won't have enough water to meet their basic needs by 2025" wired.com/wiredscience 30Jun09
Water storage depleting: Time for remedial measures Central Chronicle India 04Nov07 + Environmental changes: Time for corrective steps "heat conditions would increase resulting in less rainfall & irregular monsoon" '23Nov07' ex Silobreaker
Water Utility Climate Alliance WUCA coalition of 8 utilities 26Feb08 US calls on federal climate research to aid with impacts preparedness ClimateScienceWatch & Update mail sub + The Water Information Program "Providing water info to the communities of Southwest Colorado" waterinfo.org
Water, Wetland & Aquatic Ecosystem Research Brussel 98 Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative TERI Environment & Climate Programme of the European Commission
WaterWideWeb.org water matters "Coca Cola is making a very clear case for social consciousness.. what is good for the planet can also become something positive for the company's reputation & therefore for its business" etc eg Water privatization: an overview * * *
World for Water Dutch blog?
World Health Organization WHO The right to water "Millennium Summit.. agreed to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without access to safe drinking-water" bk 03 Water Sanitation & Health WSH
The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources "info, data, & resources to individuals, organizations, & institutions working on solutions to a wide range of global freshwater problems" bk Worldwater.org
World Water Council 2000 "An International Multi-Stakeholder Platform for a Water Secure World" & 5th World Water Forum Istanbul 09 + WaterTreaty.org "To halt the global water crisis, we need an international law on Right to Water. This would oblige governments the world over to turn their words into action" Water campaign "Global campaign for the Right to Water.. Access to Water is not a Privilege, it's a Right!" Green Cross International & USA / Optimist magazine gci.ch + news + Water Framework Directive EU 00 & European Declaration for a New Water Culture, Madrid Feb05 New Water Culture Foundation "unsustainability spiral.. sacrificing the rights of future generations & increasing existing world injustices. The fight against poverty, the ecological efficiency & the conservation of our natural inheritance are the keys of that challenge of ethical responsibility we must face" unizar.es & Aquanet ***
Creating Water Sensitive Australian Cities workshops "build the capacity & leadership skills necessary to fast track our transition" watersensitivefutures.org
World Water Day "celebrated each year on 22 March" see UN + World Water Week 2011 "From the American people" blog.USAID.gov
World Water Rescue Foundation "Water for all people ..nonprofit ..dedicated to protecting &http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ preserving the world's water resources & ensuring the fundamental right of access to safe drinking water.. essential to every aspect of life. We cannot live without it.. no technology available that can manufacture it.. cannot be replaced or duplicated.. must be valued & safeguarded.. to restore, in an environmentally sound manner & in harmony with the needs of the world, the integrity of the element of water.. in significant danger" 00 US + Water in Religion etc links + The Holy Order of Water: Healing Earth's Waters & Ourselves bk "finally water can be understood only when seen as the mediator not just between life & death but between the physical world & the spiritual world as well" Wm E Marks + kids 'Agent H2O' fun * * * * *
"William E. Marks has been a longtime advocate for the protection of water and was made the first WWRF Hero by the World Water Rescue Foundation. As well as journeying by horseback across the United States for two years in the 1970s, he has visited Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Australia to study historical water management practices. He established water testing institutes and a publishing company, but sold all his business interests in the 1990s to focus on writing about water. He is the author of The Holy Order of Water (Bell Pond Books, ISBN: 0-88010-483-X), which describes the biological, historical, environmental and spiritual significance of water, and the editor of Water Voices from Around the World: A Profound Book About Water (ISBN: 978-0-9793046-0-6), in which 77 authors attest to the significance of water." www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday 10May08
A World Without Water "The world is running out of water. All of us will face it soon, some of us are facing it now" truevisiontv.com London Channel 4 2006
Who Owns Water? google search ... & Save Our Water etc * * * * *
Why It's Clear There is a Worldwide Water Crisis "Senator John Kerry chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee" Environment/Change.org 15Oct10
World's major rivers 'drying up' "researchers analysed water flows in more than 900 rivers over a 50-year period to 2004.. found that there was an overall decline in the amount of water flowing into the world's oceans. Much of the reduction has been caused by human activities such as the building of dams and the diversion of water for agriculture.. highlighted the contribution of climate change, saying that rising temperatures were altering rainfall patterns and increasing rates of evaporation.. decline in freshwater sources will continue with serious repercussions for a growing global population" 21Apr09 bbc.co.UK
World Wildlife Fund 1961 "'WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature' (formerly World Wildlife Fund - except in North America where the old name was retained)" Living Planet Report + Water footprint interactive graph * * * * *
WWF-UK Research centre: Freshwater "There is a water crisis today. But the crisis is not about having too little water to satisfy our needs. It is a crisis of managing water so badly that billions of people - & the environment - suffer badly.. As part of the newly-created HSBC Climate Partnership, WWF is to receive US$35 million to help protect four of the world's major rivers from the impacts of climate change" + Sustainable use of water etc
Xeriscape "Landscape Water Conservation.. adequate supply of high quality water has become a critical issue for the future prosperity" Texas AgExtSvc + Xeriscape "A Guide to Developing a Water-wise Landscape" Uni Georgia Environmental Landscape Design Dept
Zimmatic pivot irrigators by Lindsay Corporation manufacturing "a leader, worldwide, in providing differentiated water management & road infrastructure products & services that improve productivity & efficiency for our customers & results in earning superior returns for our shareholders" Omaha US

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