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  • Desert city uses water, then uses it again

    Dan Kraker

    May 27, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson has slashed its per capita water consumption by more than a third, and one of the more startling ways it's done that is by reusing water after it's flushed down the toilet or run through a washing machine.

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  • A first in Minnesota, cities launch system to treat, stash water underground

    Jennifer Vogel

    April 16, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Michael, Minnesota

    Capturing water during times of plenty, storing it underground, and pulling it out later when it's needed—it's a strategy used in the western and southeastern parts of the country, and now, for the first time, in Minnesota.

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  • Big rise in irrigation pumping draws DNR attention to Minnesota's 'Bonanza Valley'

    Dan Haugen

    February 19, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Belgrade, Minnesota

    Minnesotans are being prodded to take a different look at how they use water and how to make sure an apparent abundance can be made to last.

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  • Malawian Farmers Say Adapt To Climate Change Or Die

    Jennifer Ludden

    January 01, 2014 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Malawi, Chikwawa, Southern Region

    In just the next couple of decades, the World Bank says, farmers across Africa could lose more than half their cropland to drought and heat - the issue is considered so pressing that, a few years ago, Malawi's Department of Meteorological Services added "Climate Change" to its name. A new aid group group now works with farmers in more than 60 villages — with plans to expand — helping them become more resilient to a changing climate.

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  • The Real Future of Clean Water

    David Bornstein

    August 21, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    Water:Charity assumed that money and celebrity exposure would be able to solve the world’s access-to-clean-water crisis. But this approach often led to more abandoned water pumps. Charities – and journalists who cover them – are now working to concentrate on making their solutions sustainable.

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  • Soil Renewal Puts Pakistan's Poor on Stronger Ground

    Amy Yee

    November 16, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Sharbaga, Punjab

    Thanks to a partnership between the United Nations Development Program and the government of Punjab, the state is seeing a reduction in poverty and a regeneration of agriculture. Since implementation, farmers incomes have doubled or tripled after treating the land with gypsum, a biosaline that neutralizes saline soil.

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