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How a new source of water is helping reduce conflict in the Middle East

Rowan Jacobson

July 19, 2016 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Israel experienced extreme drought a few years ago and its water supply was very low. National campaigns to install desalination plants have helped Israel turnaround its inadequate water supply into a surplus. The water scientists who have helped make this surplus see an opportunity for water diplomacy and the de-politicization of water in the Middle East so that more of it can be shared with other geographies.

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Large-Scale Rainwater Harvesting Eases Scarcity in Kenya

Justus Wanzala

July 12, 2016 |

Inter Press Service News Agency |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Narok

Harvesting rainwater is a necessary practice throughout Kenya, but is especially important in the areas of the country that are arid or semiarid. The African Water Bank has made this process more accessibly to many in these areas by creating a less expensive and more efficient water conservation system.

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Reaping the Rewards of the SunShot Initiative

Kat Friedrich

July 01, 2016 |

Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Air and water pollutants have an adverse impact on the health and well-being of citizens. Protecting the air and water, by increasing the usage of solar energy, can have a tremendous impact on reversing the impact of pollution on health. The Sunshot Initiative, launched by the Department of Energy, has already begun seeing improvements.

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L.A. Offers Free Recycled Water to Residents

Jen Kinney

June 21, 2016 |

Next City |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

California has long struggled with creative solutions to its lack of abundant water. Los Angeles offers its residents free recycled water as a solution to drought and water shortage issues.

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Detroit Is Turning Vacant Lots Into Sponges for Stormwater

Jessica Leigh Hester

June 04, 2016 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

When it comes to green infrastructure, Detroit's got plenty of parcels to work with. A look at their new plans to turn unused land into stormwater sponges.

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Sharing the shortage

JR Logan

May 27, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Talpa, New Mexico

Farmers and land owners in the Rio Grande del Rancho region are using a collaborative, community-based approach fostered by acequias to ensure better sharing of water resources in times of scarcity.

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After years of drought and overuse, the San Luis Valley aquifer refills

Paige Blankenbuehler

May 26, 2016 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Centre, Colorado

An over-taxed basin in Colorado is getting its water use under control through the sub-district project, an innovative user-led solution for solving water problems.

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When the River Rises: an investigative report on flooding in Richland County, Ohio

Dillon Carr

May 16, 2016 |

Richland Source |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

As farmers continue to experience floods—and lack control over the dredging of the rivers running through their farms—a few have looked to homegrown solutions, and others to amending policy to create "subdistricts."

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The Navajo Are Fighting to Get Their Water Back

Erica Gies

April 22, 2016 |

TakePart |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

In Navajo Nation, access to water is scarce and 38% of people don't have it. In several states tribes have been signing away their rights to rivers and other water sources in exchange for help with building the infrastructure to bring clean water to many who have been without.

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Could Harvesting Fog Help Solve the World's Water Crisis?

Pauls Toutonghi

March 22, 2016 |

The New Yorker |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Morocco, Aït Baâmrane

The demand for clean water around the world continues to grow. In arid southwest Morocco, the region may only see “a few hundredths of an inch of rain per year,” which contributes to poor human health, as well as environmental, and economic conditions. A global collaboration with a Moroccan N.G.O. and German organizations have helped to bring clean water to the region with the use of CloudFisher technology that converts sea fog into water.

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