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Source: http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/west_central/danville-urges-water-conservation-hendricks-county-issues-burn-ban

DANVILLE, Ind. (WISH) – Danville Water Utility is asking town residents to conserve water as the hot, dry weather continues, and Henricks County officials have joined many across the state in instituting a burn ban.

The utility said it has enough water to meet demand for now, but it is asking that residents not water their lawns if possible. If watering is necessary, it asks that customers south of U.S. 36 water only on odd days, and customers north of U.S. Read More >

Source: Ben Mullin — Staff Intern at ChicoEr.com

CHICO — The California Water Service Co. will make its case to charge some Northern California residents between 20 and 30 percent more for their water Monday.

The company, also known as Cal Water, has 28,000 water hookups servicing 100,000 customers in Chico and Hamilton City areas.

It also provides water to Willows, Oroville, and Marysville, districts that will see fee increases separate but similar to the increases in Chico, said Darin Duncan, rates manager Read More >

SOURCE: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and ARMONK, N.Y., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire viaCOMTEX/ –

IBM today announced that Desert Mountain, an Arizona based golf and residential community, is using IBM analytics software to help the community reallocate and reduce water usage, save energy and cut operating costs.

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Desert Mountain, with 4,500 residents and six golf courses, is already a leader in water conservation as the largest reclaimed water (26 million gallons) Read More >

Source: Kate Galbraith – NY Times

MIDLAND — David Rosen, a self-employed geologist, said he was relieved when he looked at his water bill for April. The drought-stricken city of Midland had just slapped a steep rate increase on heavy water users, and Mr. Rosen had avoided a big charge by curtailing his sprinkler use.

“I was watering like crazy in March to beat the price increase,” he said as he sat in his living room on a rare rainy day. Read More >

Source: Yadullah Hussain from Canada.com Network

     Let’s face it, we have managed our bounties poorly. While the country has 20% of the world’s fresh water supply, Canadians are among the largest per capita consumers in the world, each of us using an average of 2,500 litres per day — or more than 100 times the amount of water used per day by people in much of the developing world.
     “If there is an area of resource development that is going Read More >