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Israel’s Mediterranean Desalination Plants Shift Regional Water Balance

December 15, 2020July 28, 2016 by Brett Walton

A national mission in the last decade to develop the fleet, plus many more years of investment in wastewater recycling facilities, have turned Israel into as much a water producer as a water consumer.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Environment Tags building resilient water systems, wastewater treatment Leave a comment

Algal Blooms Are No Accident For Florida Everglades and Estuaries

December 15, 2020July 21, 2016 by Codi Kozacek

Restoring the balance of water in South Florida and the Everglades is the focus of numerous federal and state initiatives, and has been since the early 1990s.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Environment Tags algae blooms, building resilient water systems, water health Leave a comment

Urban Swales Part 3: On Levels and Transits

December 15, 2020June 14, 2016 by Rob Avis

In this third video on urban swales, I explain why the level is a key tool in permaculture design and demonstrate its use to ensure that our swales work as intended…

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Conservation Lessons from Old India

December 15, 2020June 14, 2016 by Jayant Sriram

As the report below…explains, ecologically safe engineering marvels of water conservation have existed in India for nearly 1,500 years…

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World Water Day! – Iconic Woodstock, NY Fights Water Battle and Wins

December 15, 2020March 18, 2016 by Pamela Boyce Simms

An attempted Niagara Bottling Company water grab in iconic Woodstock New York was a defining moment for Rachel Marco Havens.

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Rainwater Harvesting in São Paulo, Brazil

December 15, 2020November 13, 2015 by Rob Hopkins

Residents of two very different neighbourhoods come together to learn to safely harvest, filter and store rainwater in the face of the worst drought on record.

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One Way to Ease California Drought: Recycle Wastewater For Irrigation

December 15, 2020August 12, 2015 by Keith Schneider

The signs of California’s mounting drought-related distress are moving west from the Sierras.

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Agriculture Beyond Water

December 15, 2020June 30, 2015 by Megan Perry

Drought is becoming more prevalent and causing havoc for food producers around the globe.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Food & Water Tags building resilient food systems, building resilient water systems, climate change, drought, drought mitigation strategies 1 Comment

Justice Must Flow: Economic Democracy and the Water Commons

December 15, 2020March 19, 2015 by Matt Stannard

Now in the throes of artificial scarcity, U.S. cities, counties and states are running out of water even as they turn control over managing water supplies to private corporations.

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LA Imports Nearly 85 Percent of Its Water—Can It Change That by Gathering Rain?

December 15, 2020January 6, 2015 by Madeline Ostrander

In the past decade and a half, a few local environmentalists have been collaborating with city and county officials to rewrite the plan for water here, driven by more and more urgent necessity.

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