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1. 60% of water supply at risk

   knowledgeable about the area. This information reveals a potential for widespread contamination of water from ... the dump. Geologist Dr George Gibson stated in one submission that some water recharge areas for ... underground aquifers in the region take in part of the dump site itself. These aquifers feed water bores over ...

2. The human right to water and sanitation

   a Bolivian resolution to make water and sanitation a human right. No country voted against the resolution, ... presentation of this resolution by recalling that human beings are essentially water. About two thirds of our ... organism is comprised of water. Some 75% of our brain is made up of water, and water is the principal ...

3. Labor waters down lesbian/gay adoption legislation

   BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Key Tasmanian government leaders stepped in to water down proposed ...

4. Indigenous groups call for water justice in Murray-Darling Basin

   ensure key reforms on Aboriginal ownership and management of water entitlements are fulfilled. The Murray ... Basin Authority chair Neil Andrew to call for reforms that will secure key water reforms for the Basin’s ... of Aboriginal people in water. “So often, the public debate about water management is framed as ...

5. Victorian water campaigners unite

   Ben Courtice Naarm/Melbourne Victoria's three largest community water campaign groups have ... united to campaign for sustainable alternatives to the state government's new water infrastructure ... Victoria annnounced the formation of the Victorian Water Forum (VWF) and called on the state government to ...

6. Victorian Labor's water plan business as usual

   The Victorian Labor government's water plan is a clear case in point. The plan, announced in ... June, is designed to avoid grappling with the necessity of fundamental changes to the way water is ... hall to denounce the project. The other major element of the state water plan is a large-scale effort ...

7. Australia joins 40 nations who won’t back water rights

   abstained in the July 28 UN General Assembly vote on Bolivia’s resolution to recognise access to water and ... opponents of access to water, but many made statements that revealed their hostility to the very idea of ... recognising water as a human right. Australia “had reservations about declaring new human rights in a General ...

8. Privatising Victoria's water

   That's the motto of the Kennett state government. It hopes to sell off Melbourne Water (which provides ... sewerage services and water supplies), the Gas and Fuel Corporation and the state Electricity Commission. ... Melbourne Water made an operating profit of $134.7 million on a turnover of about $1 billion last year — and ...

9. Ireland: Huge protests against water charges, Sinn Fein top polls for first time

   against water charges. Even in the smaller towns across Ireland, people marched in their thousands, while ... expressed delight at the huge turnout amid terrible weather. The Right2Water campaign said: “Today showed ... the strength of public opposition to water charges in communities up and down the country. “The time ...

10. United States:‭ ‬Fracking chemical traces found in drinking water

    were found in‭ ‬the‭ ‬drinking‭ ‬water‭ ‬supply of three homes in Bradford County in the US state of ... underground drinking water sources from the method of extracting gases known as hydraulic fracturing.‭ ‬The ... report explicitly links the practice with the affected water systems.‭ “This is the first case published ...

11. Still no water catchment protection

    debate, the “water trigger” — an amendment to the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act ... 1999 – passed the Senate on June 19. Coal seam gas (CSG) projects that could affect water resources ... tabled, there is no guarantee that the amendment will stop projects that will damage water resources. This ...

12. Logging destroys water sources

    Logging destroys water sources The North East Forest Alliance has expressed outrage that the ... logging destruction of NSW's most precious water-producing forests is continuing at 60 hectares per ... still producing water flow for streams and rivers. Despite this, the destruction of these forests ...

13. NSW wins CSG moratorium in water catchments

    exploration and mining in Sydney's drinking water catchment “Special Areas” on November 12. This will be ... Government will ensure that mining cannot occur… in any water catchment area, and will ensure that mining ... House to ban CSG mining in Special Areas of the Sydney drinking water catchment. This moratorium ...

14. Ireland: Gov't thrashed in by-elections as huge march protests water charges

    Workers & unions Economy Democracy Huge crowds demonstrated against water charges on the ... The rally was organised by Right2Water against a government measure to introduce charges for water ... trying to turn our human right to water into a commodity to be sold. I think people are resisting this ...

15. City, country unite to protect land & water from CSG

    precious farming land and water supplies. Before the rally, NSW Resources and Energy minister Chris ... Australia April 30, 2012 921 Video: Country & city, united we stand- protect our water, protect our ...

16. New rules for CSG but water still at risk

    production activities, and they have not ruled out drinking water catchments. This is good news ― and ... a welcome announcement ― but it still does not protect the land and water of NSW communities. Those spared ... CSG right on their door ― step, under this new announcement, need clean drinking water too. Premier ...

17. MALAYSIA: Protesters oppose water privatisation

    House to protest the proposed privatisation of the country's water supply management. ... indicated that the parliament may soon rubber stamp the water privatisation, which is currently before ...

18. The Murray water crisis

    announced on April 19 that no water will be allocated to irrigators in the Murray-Darling basin after June ... 31, unless there is substantial rainfall and therefore water inflows to the basin in the next six ... Basin Commission (MDBC) that examined water availability in the basin's river system in the face of ...

19. Letter from the US: Racist austerity poisons Flint's water

    deliberately poisoned through their drinking water for more than a year. The worst exposure has been to lead, ... Flint's water crisis. In 2010, Republican Rick Snyder was elected Michigan governor in a wave of Tea ... Flint emergency manager, Darnell Earley, switched the city's water supply from the Detroit system ...

20. Big win as last CSG licence in Sydney's water catchment cancelled

    �����Ա��’s water catchment. “It is a big win,” said Jess Moore, spokesperson for Stop CSG Illawarra. The ... water catchment. “This now means that all CSG licences in our drinking water catchment are gone. These ... again by Ian Macdonald. “Community opposition to CSG and the campaign to protect land and water ...

21. Toxic water problem at uranium mine not resolved

    millions of litres of contaminated water generated. The Environment Centre said government regulators were ... responding to water management problems at Ranger by allowing Energy Resources Australia, which manages the ... mine, to create and store even more water on site. The centre’s nuclear free campaigner Cat Beaton said: ...

22. New CSG well approved in Sydney water catchment area

    we express for our water, environment and health; it’s the CSG industry. “In approving this new ... protecting our drinking water. “This approval advances a project that risks the drinking water of 4.3 million ... reason exploration is happening: to develop a gas field in the drinking water catchment. “Of course, if ...

23. PUERTO RICO: Water company near collapse

    this Caribbean island have gone without water for weeks, even months and years. And the 1995 ... water is wasted because of leaky aqueducts. Also, the Comptroller found 3181 deficiencies in the ... water in any way. The privatisation "has been a bad business deal for the people of Puerto ...

24. Water supply workers strike

    Water supply workers strike By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — A mass meeting of more than 700 ... Engineering and Water Supply (E&WS) workers on May 20 voted to strike from Friday May 20 to Monday against ... separation packages would be cut, water costs would rise and water rate subsidies would disappear, there ...

25. Mayors agree to Beattie's water plan

    south-east. Seemingly not a day has passed in the past few months when the issue of water hasn't made ... south-east's water resources, all mayors in the region agreed on August 8 to his plan for a water grid linking ... ways for power stations to use alternatives to drinking water. Last month Beattie signalled he would ...

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