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SEABROOK — The town will increase its water rates for the first time in four years, despite objections from a handful of voters.

Selectmen voted Dec. 21 to accept the recommendations of a study performed by the Abrahams Group of Framingham, Mass., to convert the water department’s current flat rate billing system of $60 per year for up to 60,000 gallons to a flow-based system.

The new rate structure will begin Jan. 1 and billing will be combined with sewer bills, which Read More >

Wendell Coveyduc, who works at the Lake Major Water Supply Plant, tests a water sample for hardness this past November. (CHRISTIAN LAFORCE / Staff / File)
WHAT are ordinary folks supposed to do when faced with relentless rate hikes? Quite often, reducing consumption is their only option. But now, even conservation appears to be working against them — at least where the clientele of Halifax Water is concerned.

The municipal utility is seeking a 12 per cent rate hike next year, in Read More >

TYLER, TX (KLTV) – Texas has not seen enough rain in the last year and according to the city, the predictions for the new year don’t look too promising.

“It’s been designated as an extreme drought and long range projections are that we may not see any substantial relief of this for several years,” says Gregory Morgan, Managing Director with the city of Tyler.

Not the news Margaret Davis wants to hear, but she says it will not affect her yard until Read More >

On December 2, President Obama, joined by former President Bill Clinton, announced $4 billion in combined private and federal funds to be invested in upgrades to commercial buildings over the next two years.

Watch the The Presidents Video:

http://www.energyboom.com/efficiency/president-obama-announces-4-billion-energy-efficiency-funding

As part of the Better Buildings Challenge, 60 CEOs, mayors, university presidents and labor leaders committed to invest almost $2 billion of private capital in energy efficiency projects. Among the company’s who pledged funding were Abundant Power which committed $100 million, Ygrene Energy Fund, Read More >

The Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors adopted a new five year Water Use Efficiency Master Plan (WUE) at its November meeting. The WUE is designed to save 32,443 acre-feet of water through a variety of cost-effective programs and measures as well as an estimated $23 million in water purchases over the life of the program, which ends in 2016.

In developing the plan, analysis was conducted in the Central Basin service area to determine the areas where the Read More >

By Geena Martinez
NewsWest 9

EL PASO – The intense drought we’ve seen this year took a toll on everything, especially our water supply. This summer, for the first time ever in the Basin, people were forced to cut back on their water use.

But one West Texas city already holds the key to water conservation. NewsWest 9 takes a look at El Paso’s past to see if it could become the Permian Basin’s future.

“We live in a desert. We need to understand Read More >

Christopher Lord

In Tamashek, the language of the Tuareg nomads who wander the Sahara, aman iman means “water is life”. The two words sound so similar, a sign of just how much survival rests on finding water in this hot, harsh environment.

A new exhibition at Qasr Al Hosn Cultural Quarter Hall in Abu Dhabi, opening tonight, attempts to underscore that fragile relationship through more than 90 hands-on exhibits and inspiring, interactive models.

Water: H2O=Life was originally conceived in New York’s American Museum Read More >

Utah’s urban water use is consistently the highest or second highest in the country. Utah’s per capita water use is more than twice the national average and water use in the Salt Lake Valley is higher than virtually all major Western cities, including Las Vegas (Gasp!)

Somewhere between 65-70% of water use in our cities happens outside the home and for lawns and gardens. It is widely estimated we could reduce 25% of our use without removing a single blade of Read More >

BusinessWire Press Release:

With 36 states expected to face serious water shortages by 2013, water conservation is an increasingly critical concern for our country. In response to this important issue, the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and American Water, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense program, have launched the Save Water Today public service campaign. Save Water Today is an integral component of American Water’s Read More >

UN-Water, an agency formed by the United Nations High Level Committee on Programmes in 2003, is holding this year’s 2011 World Water Day launch in Cape Town, South Africa.

The International World Water Day is held annually on March 22nd as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

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