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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:51 +0000 en hourly 1 How to save Venice: Make it float http://aquafornia.com/archives/59395 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59395#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:19:22 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59395 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59395/feed 0 Melting glaciers mean double trouble for water supplies http://aquafornia.com/archives/59209 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59209#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:34:58 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59209 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59209/feed 0 The Water Tamer: John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world http://aquafornia.com/archives/59013 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59013#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:42:22 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59013 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59013/feed 0 California Water Blog: Israel’s Delta – The Hula Valley http://aquafornia.com/archives/58910 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58910#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:02:04 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58910 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58910/feed 0 As global population grows, water matters more http://aquafornia.com/archives/58750 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58750#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:29:53 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58750 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58750/feed 0 Mars yields strong new evidence of ancient water http://aquafornia.com/archives/58488 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58488#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:40:56 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58488 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58488/feed 0 The power politics of water struggles http://aquafornia.com/archives/58036 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58036#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:36:21 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58036 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58036/feed 0 Flood control on steriods: Check out this slideshow on Tokyo’s gigantic flood prevention system http://aquafornia.com/archives/57177 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57177#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:28:10 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=57177 http://aquafornia.com/archives/57177/feed 0 China invests billions to avert water crisis http://aquafornia.com/archives/55780 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55780#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:56:02 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=55780 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55780/feed 0 Water problems are solvable: The International Water Forum at the UN http://aquafornia.com/archives/54848 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54848#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:11:55 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=54848 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54848/feed 0 Water worries span the globe: San Diego forum seeks solutions to longrunning problem http://aquafornia.com/archives/54676 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54676#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:24:07 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=54676 http://aquafornia.com/archives/54676/feed 1 Utilities and climate scientists team up to prepare for bleak water future http://aquafornia.com/archives/53474 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53474#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:53:42 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=53474 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53474/feed 0 Commentary: World running low on water: A World Bank study reported in 2005 that the grain supply for 175 million Indians and 130 million Chinese is produced by overpumping water http://aquafornia.com/archives/53272 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53272#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:22:31 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=53272 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53272/feed 0 Oroumieh Lake, Iran’s largest, turning to salt http://aquafornia.com/archives/49799 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49799#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 13:40:06 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=49799 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49799/feed 0 Resurrecting the Dead Sea: With the Dead Sea drying up as a result of rising water demand, the historic body of water may one day disappear http://aquafornia.com/archives/49633 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49633#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 15:36:33 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=49633 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49633/feed 1 China admits problems with Three Gorges Dam http://aquafornia.com/archives/49364 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49364#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 15:25:13 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=49364 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49364/feed 0 One fish, two fish, false-ish, true-ish http://aquafornia.com/archives/48409 http://aquafornia.com/archives/48409#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 14:49:24 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=48409 http://aquafornia.com/archives/48409/feed 0 Bangladesh: A present-day water world and the remarkable resilience of the Bangladeshi people http://aquafornia.com/archives/48402 http://aquafornia.com/archives/48402#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 14:49:09 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=48402 http://aquafornia.com/archives/48402/feed 0 Can tech make the desert bloom again? http://aquafornia.com/archives/47966 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47966#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:20:10 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=47966 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47966/feed 0 Australia: Investors dip their toes in water rights http://aquafornia.com/archives/47565 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47565#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:34:00 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=47565 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47565/feed 0 Intelligent use of water: Is Australia’s model the one to follow? http://aquafornia.com/archives/46737 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46737#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:36:45 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=46737 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46737/feed 0 Can the Dead Sea be saved through desalination? Mix environmental concerns, international diplomacy and a lot of money and technology and you might have a happy result http://aquafornia.com/archives/46647 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46647#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:56:43 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=46647 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46647/feed 0 Chrétien’s call to Canada: Don’t be afraid of water-exporting debate http://aquafornia.com/archives/46330 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46330#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:35:58 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=46330 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46330/feed 0 NYT Green Blog: Divvying up the water down under http://aquafornia.com/archives/46233 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46233#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:17:53 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=46233 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46233/feed 0 The world at 7 Billion people: A closer look at water supplies http://aquafornia.com/archives/44434 http://aquafornia.com/archives/44434#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:27:36 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=44434 http://aquafornia.com/archives/44434/feed 0 Infographic: Going the Distance, From Ashgabat to Whyalla—10 cities pumping water from afar http://aquafornia.com/archives/42249 http://aquafornia.com/archives/42249#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:53:19 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=42249 http://aquafornia.com/archives/42249/feed 0 Too little, and then too much, in Australia http://aquafornia.com/archives/38449 http://aquafornia.com/archives/38449#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:28:40 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=38449 http://aquafornia.com/archives/38449/feed 0 Weird weather leaves Amazon forest thirsty: ‘Once in a century’ drought followed one just five years ago http://aquafornia.com/archives/36275 http://aquafornia.com/archives/36275#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:11:03 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=36275 http://aquafornia.com/archives/36275/feed 0 Reaching the bottom of the well: Why worry about freshwater supplies? Unlike options in energy-use, there are no substitutes or alternatives to water http://aquafornia.com/archives/35387 http://aquafornia.com/archives/35387#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:30:58 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=35387 http://aquafornia.com/archives/35387/feed 0 Border tale swapping: Redondo Beach hosts the 6th Bi-national Mayors Summit http://aquafornia.com/archives/34983 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34983#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:52:26 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=34983 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34983/feed 0 Water Wired blog: Taming the Darién Gap – The latest LaRouche scheme http://aquafornia.com/archives/34719 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34719#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:46:38 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=34719 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34719/feed 0 Huffington Post: Water management lessons from an unlikely source http://aquafornia.com/archives/34265 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34265#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:37:38 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=34265 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34265/feed 0 Osmosis power geneartion revives in Northern Europe http://aquafornia.com/archives/33890 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33890#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:42:02 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=33890 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33890/feed 0 Water map shows billions at risk of ‘water insecurity’ http://aquafornia.com/archives/33611 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33611#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:52:03 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=33611 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33611/feed 0 Groundwater depletion raises likelihood of global food crises http://aquafornia.com/archives/33471 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33471#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:19:24 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=33471 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33471/feed 0 Nile mystery: Just whose river is it? http://aquafornia.com/archives/33074 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33074#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:12:54 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=33074 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33074/feed 0 Water shortages? No more! Lyndon LaRouche presents ‘Mega-Project NAWAPA Redux’ http://aquafornia.com/archives/32946 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32946#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:58:08 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=32946 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32946/feed 1 Water Wired blog: Coping with drought and water scarcity; Can the Australian Experience Help? http://aquafornia.com/archives/32885 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32885#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:45:12 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=32885 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32885/feed 0 Foreign investors are becoming players in Australia’s water market http://aquafornia.com/archives/32654 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32654#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:29:03 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=32654 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32654/feed 0 US company plans to ship fresh water from Alaska to India http://aquafornia.com/archives/32519 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32519#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:55:40 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=32519 http://aquafornia.com/archives/32519/feed 0