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A small town in Central Texas is being threatened with running out of water as its main source, the Navasota River, continues to dry up. The only thing officials can do is put a pipeline over three miles long in place that will bring water from up north.
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The world’s population is expected to continue its rapid growth, escalating past 9 billion before 2050 and going over 10 billion by 2100 if current fertility rates continue at their projected levels, according to United Nations figures just released.
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If there’s one working brain cell in this country on the subject of water supply, it’s well camouflaged. Recent reports from the water industry indicate both a water shortage and more expensive water, partly through the costs of desalination.
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Police are warning members of the public about two bogus workmen who targeted a 93-year old woman in her flat in the Blackford are of the city.
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Although "group punishment" is a war crime under the Geneva Conventions, the Israelis have cut off supplies of chlorine to Gaza which are desperately needed to help purify the water supply of the 1.5 million residents.
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A senior Chinese government official announced that the Beijing Olympics could be threatening the livelihoods of millions of the Chinese people. Water is being diverted for the games putting a strain on many local water supplies.
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Shrinking rivers are big trouble, globally. Now the US West is experiencing conditions some of us have had for years. The big western rivers are overstrained, and drying up. It’s a deadly scenario, and it affects everyone.
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While it is true that Australia suffers a terrible drought and a lack of water as a result of it… this is mostly affecting our agriculture… not our cities.
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Water supply Headlines
The water authority responsible for poisoning a Cornish town's water supply was "gambling with as many as 20,000 lives", a coroner says.
 The privately bankrolled SpaceX Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, and astronauts will begin unloading some of the 544 kilograms of food, water, clothing and other supplies its carrying starting Saturday.
A rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station has blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The US unveils a strategy at the Davos World Economic Forum to protect the global supply chain in the event of a terror attack or natural disaster.
Set-top box manufacturer Pace says its profits halved in 2011 after natural disasters hit its supply chain.
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Boreholes, such as this one near Burkina Faso, provide essential water needs for many of Africa's urban dwellers.
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