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December 8th, 2011 | Tags: 2030 water resources group, corporate accountability international, international finance corporation, water commodification, water privatization, world bank, world economic forum | Category: Community Rights, International, Nestlé, News, Report, Resources | Chris Buchanan, DW4L, December 8, 2011
In 2007, the World Economic Forum Water Initiative was created to “raise awareness among governments, businesses, and the expert community about the challenge of managing future water needs, and on piloting public-private-expert platforms for reform.” http://www3.weforum.org/docs/IP/MM/Water_Resources_Group_Phase2_4pager.pdf
Out of this initiative came the 2030 Water Resources Group. Formed in 2008, the WRG was sponsored by the International Finance Corporation, a part of the World Bank Group, which “provides investments and advisory services to [...]
Continue reading World Bank Sponsors ‘Water Resources Group’ aiming to Privatize Water Services in Less Developed Countries
November 19th, 2011 | Tags: deschutes river, groundwater | Category: Report, Resources | ACCEPTABILITY OF THE DESCHUTES GROUNDWATER MITIGATION PROGRAM by Eva Lieberherr*
Printed in Ecology Law Quarterly
This is a useful resource on how groundwater is effected by pumping, and an example of groundwater protection.
http://elq.typepad.com/currents/2011/06/currents38-04-lieberherr-2011-0607.html
November 8th, 2011 | Category: Features, News, Report, Resources, Washington | Skagit County Planning and Development Services, Wash., released a climate change study on the Skagit River Basin. The Climate Impacts Group/University of Washington conducted the study for Envision Skagit 2060. The website includes links to the following:
Executive Summary Basin Overview Climate Variability Climate Change Scenarios Glaciers Hydrology Geomorphology Ecosystems Human Systems Complete Report
See http://www.skagitcounty.net/Common/asp/default.asp?d=EnvisionSkagit&c=General&P=reports.htm
October 21st, 2011 | Category: News, Report, Resources | Protect Our Manoomin: Communities must declare all water sources as sacred sites.
prepared 9/24/2011 by Renee Gurneau, Anishinaabe Indigenous Knowledge Institute, and Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network
“Indigenous elders, who have been grounded in culture and language, are the foundation of traditional education about water. They are our living treasures. Understanding the meaning of water helps us to understand our relationship with, and our interconnectedness with the natural world and with each other. The values of sharing and caring [...]
Continue reading Indigenous Peoples Cosmovision and Relationship to Water: A Need for a New Paradigm in Water Policy and Water Management
May 27th, 2010 | Category: Canada, Report | A Montreal study finds heterotrophic bacteria counts, in more than 70 percent of bottled water samples, exceed the recommended limits specified by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). Researchers from Ccrest laboratories report their results today at the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego.
“Despite having the cleanest tap water a large number of urban Canadians are switching over to bottled water for their daily hydration requirements. Unsurprisingly, the consumer assumes that since bottled [...]
Continue reading Study finds high level of bacteria in bottled water in Canada
May 15th, 2010 | Category: Report, United States | SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Some folks buy bottled water because it tastes better than what they can get from the tap. The taste of the water, regardless of its source, is based on dissolved mineral and the way its disinfected method. Some municipalities add a small amount of chlorine to the water. Bottled water manufacturers often use other methods to avoid the after taste.
According to earth911.com , Americans purchase nearly 30 billion bottle of water each year! [...]
Continue reading Water bottles: billions sold each year
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February 26th, 2010 | Category: International, Report, United States | By Mike Verespej | PLASTICS NEWS STAFF
SALEM, MASS. (Feb. 25, 11:15 a.m. ET) — The findings of a peer-reviewed study of tap water, bottled water and other beverages indicate tap water has the lowest environmental impact, based on a life-cycle analysis.
The study, released earlier this month, was conducted by life-cycle-analysis firm Quantis International of Salem, Mass., and commissioned by Nestle Waters North America in Greenwich, Conn., the leading bottled [...]
Continue reading Analysis says tap water has lowest environmental impact
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