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The decreased water level of an artificial reservoir used for production of drinking water is affecting wildlife and recreation activities in the Valparaiso Region; the problem is caused by lack of rain and rising consumption during the spring season.
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A team of scientists reported they used nanotechnology to transform common sand, now used worldwide to purify water, into super sand with five times more filtering capacity, potentially lowering the cost of providing clean water in developing countries.
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Durham -
A new scientific study has, for the first time, found a pattern linking hydraulic fracturing and natural gas drilling with methane contamination of drinking water, with some contamination levels so high that faucet taps can be set on fire.
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Boston -
Officials from Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) confirmed on Sunday that traces of radioactive iodine-131 have been detected in samples of rainwater taken from an undisclosed location within the state.
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Cape Town -
Using nano-fibres, researchers at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, have developed a filter sachet - looking like a tea bag - that costs less than a cent and can clean one litre bottle of the most polluted water.
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Manila -
Residents of metropolitan Manila in the Philippines have been hit by severe shortage of water due to the receding water level at Angat Dam, the main source of water for around 10 million residents of the cities and municipalities comprising metro Manila.
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In May Bill S-11 was introduced in Parliament to ensure that First Nations have clean drinking water. At the same time the Government of Canada announced that there would be a two-year extension of the First Nations Water and Wastewater Action Plan.
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Albany, New York hosted two rallies Monday, with about 1,000 people showing up altogether. One rally was to lobby for natural gas drilling in New York's mountains. The other rally was to protest the plans to drill.
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Since 2004, water provided to more than 49 million people has been found to contain illegal amounts of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as dangerous bacteria that is often found in sewage.
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"You have to drink before you are thirsty. Once you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated." This is the type of advice given to everyone on alternology shows, and even more strongly so to runners and other athletes. How good is this advice?
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Students who take water into the exam hall may improve their grades, a study suggests.
The UN has greatly downplayed the scale of the global drinking water crisis, research carried out by the BBC suggests.
Has the UN underestimated access to safe drinking water?
 Experts say a New Zealand woman's daily eight-litre Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft-drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts.
A man who was locked in a tiny cell for five days without water and food tells of drinking his own urine to survive, as drug agents apologise.
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Technical Sergeant Mike Buytas of the United States Air Force
File photo: U.S. Army Sergeant Kornelia Rachwal gives a young Pakistani girl a drink of water as they are airlifted from Muzaffarabad to Islamabad, Pakistan in Oct. 2005.
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