water supplies Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Privatization of Water Supplies Might Limit Fundamental Human Rights https://www.greenoptimistic.com/privatization-water-supplies-might-limit-fundamental-human-rights-20140306/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/privatization-water-supplies-might-limit-fundamental-human-rights-20140306/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:27:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46325 For many of us, availability of clean fresh water is a given. It is quite often difficult to comprehend how it could this ever be a problem, when all we have to do is turn on the tap, and voila, the liquid gold flows out of it. But the recent drought in California, which left […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/privatization-water-supplies-might-limit-fundamental-human-rights-20140306/feed/ 0 46325 Threat to U.S. Water Supplies Smaller Than Thought, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/threat-to-water-supplies-smaller-than-thought-study-says-20130201/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/threat-to-water-supplies-smaller-than-thought-study-says-20130201/#respond Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:04:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32510 A new survey conducted by a team at University of Florida reveals that U.S. water supply is not at such high risk as previously predicted. As opposed to previous studies of this type, the survey take into consideration the infrastructure used to maintain urban water supplies. Jim Jawits, a UF soil and water science professor, […]

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