Making every drop count
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Vast population expansion and industrialization have combined to pose the gravest threat to the continuing viability of earth's water supply in history. Hydroelectric power projects have left a legacy of depleted ecosystems around the world. Overpopulated cities create conditions resulting in polluted rivers and aquifers and waste of water on a massive scale. A progressive proposal for rethinking industrial civilization's attitudes toward water supply and conservation is presented.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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Bagged and dragged: transporting water in enormous bags may not be such a crazy idea
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Towing giant plastic bags of freshwater with small boats is an innovative method for the delivery of water to resource-poor regions that may replace other, costlier methods. Companies such as Nordic Water Supply in Norway supply fresh water to places such as the Bahamas, which have a demand for fresh water that their own resources cannot supply. The method is less expensive than using modified oil tankers.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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Cleaning up the River Rhine: intensive international efforts are reclaiming the most important river in Europe
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The Rhine River was heavily polluted by industrial waste and organic pollution as European nations began to develop and use the river as a dumping ground for sewage. In 1989, implementation of a program to reduce the pollution was begun by several countries after a chemical spill.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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