{"id":1145,"date":"2015-02-17T11:52:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2015-02-17T11:52:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:52:03","slug":"heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Heard, Read, Seen by Water Diplomats This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><del><\/del>A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/topics\/sustainability\/water-high-price-cheap\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/topics\/sustainability\/water-high-price-cheap', 'Water: The high price of cheap']);\" >Water: The high price of cheap<\/a>\u00a0(Marketplace) &#8211; a collection of articles concerning all aspects of water, highlighted by a water-use calculator.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ens-newswire.com\/2015\/01\/28\/goverments-will-forge-first-treaty-protecting-global-oceans\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/ens-newswire.com\/2015\/01\/28\/goverments-will-forge-first-treaty-protecting-global-oceans\/', 'Governments Will Forge First Treaty Protecting\u00a0Global Oceans']);\" >Governments Will Forge First Treaty Protecting\u00a0Global Oceans<\/a>\u00a0(Environment News Service) &#8211; delegates to the United Nations have agreed to\u00a0the development of a treaty which would protect marine life in areas outside of national\u00a0jurisdiction<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/community-news\/collin-county\/headlines\/20150216-dredging-should-boost-water-supply.ece\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/community-news\/collin-county\/headlines\/20150216-dredging-should-boost-water-supply.ece', 'Lavon Lake dredging project adds to North Texas water supply']);\" >Lavon Lake dredging project adds to North Texas water supply<\/a> (The Dallas Morning News) &#8211; The North Texas Water District will begin dredging in order to increase the amount of water supply particularly during summer months when water levels drop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/climate-consensus-97-per-cent\/2015\/feb\/16\/nasa-climate-study-warns-unprecedented-north-american-drought\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/climate-consensus-97-per-cent\/2015\/feb\/16\/nasa-climate-study-warns-unprecedented-north-american-drought', 'NASA climate study warns of unprecedented North American drought']);\" >NASA climate study warns of unprecedented North American drought<\/a> (The Guardian) &#8211; while the drought in California is center-stage right now, new mega-droughts are predicted in the Midwest and American Southwest if human activity continues &#8220;business-as-usual&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbulletin.net\/haber\/154754\/kenyas-water-insecurity-problem\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldbulletin.net\/haber\/154754\/kenyas-water-insecurity-problem', 'Kenya&#8217;s water insecurity problem']);\" >Kenya&#8217;s water insecurity problem<\/a> (World Bulletin) &#8211; presents the struggle that most Kenyans face accessing water, which is an example of global water scarcity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Contributed by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam', 'Shafik Islam']);\" >Shafik Islam<\/a>, Kyle Monahan, Antje Danielson, and Molly Greer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week\u2026 Water: The high price of cheap\u00a0(Marketplace) &#8211; a collection of articles concerning all aspects of water, highlighted by a water-use calculator. 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