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Is Your Water Contaminated? Just Drink Beer Instead 26 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Some South African residents are fed up with contaminated water coming into their houses through their taps. They’ve decided to make the switch to beer. Mpumalanga province in South Africa has some o...
Week in Water: Aug 15-22, 2013 24 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The Week in Water brings you blue living news and ideas from around the web. Mother Jones takes a look at the growing sinkhole in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. It’s been quite active this week, with...
Louisiana Sinkhole Update 23 Aug 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The massive sinkhole in Assumption Parish, Louisiana continues to grow. The latest videos show trees being swallowed whole. Seismic monitoring picked up signs of a collapse in the Oxy3 cavern, so it...
Freezing Fukushima 20 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
With the radiation still leaking from the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant, the owners have come up with a plan to stop radioactive water from making it to the ocean – freezing it. 72,000 gallons of wa...
Week in Water 16 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
The Week in Water brings you blue living news and ideas from around the web. A Honolulu photographer takes pictures of trash in the ocean and surprises a lot of people. The garbage that gets sent ou...
Washed Away – Book Review 14 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
In 1913, a large storm hit the midwestern U.S. The resulting tornadoes, rains, and floods produced one of the largest natural disasters in the nation’s history and changed the way the country approach...
Support for Keystone XL Pipeline Fading 12 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
The political support behind the Keystone XL pipeline seems to be fading. Information about the consulting firm that produced the environmental impact statement on the pipeline indicates they were hi...
Ground Water Near Natural Gas Wells Has Higher Concentrations of Heavy Metals 7 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
A new study by the University of Texas at Arlington has found higher concentrations of heavy metals in ground water near natural gas wells. Associate Professor Kevin Schug of the Department of Chemis...
How the Market Can Keep Streams Flowing 2 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Current laws penalize the owners of water rights, reducing incentives to conserve. Rob Harmon has an idea for how the market can keep streams flowing. Water rights are usually awarded to the people w...
Deadly Amoeba Close Water Park 29 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
A water park in Arkansas closed after the Department of Health determined it was the likely source of a rare infection by a deadly amoeba. A person contracted primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)...
