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Peter Gleick provides fascinating facts about water

Posted Fri, 2013/05/10 - 10:55am by RCAP

For World Water Day on March 22, Dr. Peter Gleick provided a long list of facts about uses of water that was published on Science Blogs. Gleick is president and co-founder of the Pacific Institute and is renowned as an expert, innovator, and communicator on water and climate issues.

Read Glick's post

NY Times: Safe Storage of Water? Go Underground

Posted Fri, 2013/05/03 - 2:16pm by RCAP

The New York Times published an article on May 1 that talks about storing water underground as a modern (but also old) solution to water shortages and the advantages and disadvantages of this.

"[E]xperts are urging cities to build reservoirs below the ground, where the water cannot evaporate and many of the difficulties associated with above-ground water storage are avoided," the article reads.

Plain ol' water regains top spot for Americans' drink preference

Posted Fri, 2013/04/05 - 1:57pm by RCAP

The Associated Press reported recently that water has become the top drink for Americans.

The average American consumes 44 gallons of soda a year. Soda used to be the top choice of beverage for Americans. Soda consumption peaked in 1998 at 54 gallons a year.

Now Americans are drinking an average of 58 gallons of water a year.

Read the Associated Press's article in one newspaper