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1. EPA office of Water - Subscribe to Waterheadlines
2. Riding the "Blue Wave" to Green Landscapes "Landscape irrigation is estimated to account for one-third of all residential water use, totaling more than seven billion gallons per day."
3. UN warns of looming water crisis
4. Lack of ample irrigation may ultimately doom the cash crop
5. City has sunk an estimated 9 meters since the 1900s due to water drawdown

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2. Riding the "Blue Wave" to Green Landscapes
By Benjamin H. Grumbles

Efficient irrigation makes WaterSense
With a finite amount of water available and demand growing each day, communities throughout the country now face water supply and infrastructure challenges. In fact, the Government Accountability Office has estimated that at least 36 states anticipate some type of water shortage by 2013. Gone are the days when watering restrictions were limited to drought-prone areas. As a result, the pressure is on landscape and irrigation professionals to provide solutions that maintain beautiful lawns without draining water supplies.

Nationwide, landscape irrigation is estimated to account for one-third of all residential water use, totaling more than seven billion gallons per day. Experts estimate that more than 50 percent of commercial and residential irrigation water is lost due to evaporation, runoff, or over-watering - a result of poorly designed, installed, or maintained irrigation systems. Clearly, the time has come to find solutions that save our water and our wallets.
http://www.greenmediaonline.com/uploads/li/features/0407_iw2.asp

3. UN warns of looming water crisis

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict says Kofi Annan

More than 2.7 billion people will face severe water shortages by the year 2025 if the world continues consuming water at the same rate, the United Nations has warned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/1887451.stm

4. Lack of ample irrigation may ultimately doom the cash crop.

While rising temperatures may provide short-term benefits for the region's lucrative cotton industry, the lack of ample irrigation may ultimately doom the cash crop. Mass unemployment looms in already unstable areas, especially in the Ferghana Valley, if Central Asia's cotton sector collapses. _In Tajikistan, the cotton industry employs about 80 percent of the country's rural labor force and the crop is the country's second largest export. However, 75 percent of Tajikistan's poorest citizens live in cotton growing areas, according to the World Bank. Elsewhere, cotton production employs up to 3 million Uzbeks and generates 24 percent of the country's $8.7 billion GDP, providing the Uzbek government with an annual income of over $1 billion. These exports account for about 60 percent of Uzbekistan's hard currency export earnings. _To avoid economic and political disaster, experts say immediate water-sector and agricultural reforms are needed.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav042607a.shtml

5. City has sunk an estimated 9 meters since the 1900s due to water drawdown.

Water "Hot Spots": A list of some water "hot spots"-locations of special stress-gives a more concrete picture of what is happening to the Earth's water supply. Mexico City: Mexico City, one of the world's most populous urban areas, draws 80% of its water from aquifers below it. As a result, the city has sunk an estimated 9 meters since the 1900s. 27% of Mexico City's water is wasted through leaks. Spain: Due to protests by environmentalists, a plan to spend 2.4 billion euros to divert water from the Ebro River to the water scarce Valencia was recently dropped. The plan was to allow the development of tourist facilities and golf courses in the desert-like Valencia region. The Ebro's sensitive delta ecosystem would have been endangered if the plan had been allowed to proceed. Chad: Once huge Lake Chad in Central Africa has shrunk by 95% since the 1960s. Oil has recently been discovered there.
http://www.greenparty.org/water.php

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