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- The ugly story of how corporate America convinced us to spend so much on water https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23433132/best-bottled-water-is-tap-environment-health 94 comments
- Why is so much of the US under water? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48589651 24 comments politics
- Aquifers in US falling dramatically as farmers take too much water http://www.trust.org/item/20130521153857-dxuao/?source=search 5 comments worldnews
- AP EXCLUSIVE: US says too much fluoride in water http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/07/national/a050106s50.dtl 54 comments science
- US Airways No Longer Serving Free Water: It costs twice as much as coffee now. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/01/us-airways-no-longer-serv_n_116483.html 5 comments reddit.com
- Why do we buy so much bottled water when there’s a greener alternative in every kitchen? We asked five top advertising agencies to sell us the cheap stuff http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/article2249219.ece 12 comments reddit.com
- ISS crew members try to have as much fun as they can. Marking day 300 of his mission, US astronaut Scott Kelly has demonstrated new water-repellent material by playing solo ping pong with a ball of water in micro gravity. https://youtu.be/37RgKdTb8l0 10 comments space
- Max Verstappen during red-flag: "They want us to run on extremes but you can’t! It’s like water this much! It’s like a boat!" https://dubz.link/c/324551 94 comments formula1
- US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Water Per Day With urban design upgrades, there’s no need to let so much rain go to waste. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/03/us-cities-could-capture-billions-gallons-rain-water-conservation-drought/ 44 comments environment
- Scientists launch effort to collect water data in US West -- "The team has set up radar systems, balloons, cameras and other equipment in an area of Colorado where much of the water in the river originates as snow. More than 40 million people depend on the Colorado River." [United States of America] https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-science--a963cebe851978bd2a1e74f128b2ebfa 4 comments energy
- A top ten of record-breaking US weather events of the last decade reveals Hurricane Harvey is the most extreme of the decade. The category 4 storm was the wettest on record leaving much of Houston under water at one point, and the second costliest in US history at $125bn. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/tfg-hht021120.php 4 comments science
- As the Rio Grande Runs Dry, Mexico & Texas Fight Over Water - Texas is denouncing Mexico & wants the US to force Mexico to deliver water agreed to in a treaty. But Mexico is not yet in violation of the treaty & it likely doesn't have much water to spare. http://www.texasobserver.org/on-the-border-a-struggle-over-water/ 3 comments worldnews
- The Water Cycle for Kids- the US Geological Survey has just put out a poster/diagram of the water cycle for kids and schools. Note: This is the NATURAL water cycle...as if no humans existed. To create the true water cycle for today's world, a much different diagram would be needed. http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids.html 3 comments science
- Outlook Grim in Venezuela’s Essential Oil Industry - Only filthy water from broken sewer pipes keeps the dust down. Massive tankers pull up to an old refinery that processes much of the oil that earns Venezuela over $100B a yr. "It doesn't help us at all," http://news.yahoo.com/outlook-grim-venezuelas-essential-oil-industry-143827999.html?1 8 comments worldnews