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California water board outlines $606M bill assistance program
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California water board outlines $606M bill assistance program

The state looks for ways to help poor households with the increasing cost of drinking water.

In USAID redesign, water is grouped with food and climate
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In USAID redesign, water is grouped with food and climate

A plan to reshape the administrative structure of the federal agency responsible for foreign aid is prompting questions about how to embed U.S. goals for water access, sanitation, and ecosystems into the bureaucracy’s new hierarchy.
International conference discusses remedies to Lake Chad crisis
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International conference discusses remedies to Lake Chad crisis

Few political conflicts with environmental roots are more worrisome to security experts than the crisis in the Lake Chad basin.

Water closely linked to world’s refugee crisis
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Water closely linked to world’s refugee crisis

The world's refugee crisis, which is intimately linked with water availability both in the homelands that people escape and in the camps where they find shelter, is large and growing.

Amid political quarrels over Cape Town crisis, engineers prepare dams for Day Zero
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Amid political quarrels over Cape Town crisis, engineers prepare dams for Day Zero

Squabbles between South Africa's politicians over who is to blame for Cape Town's water emergency reached such a pitch in recent weeks that leaders, in an attempt to soften the debate, invoked the country's icon of peace and resolve.

U.S. governors outline water priorities
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U.S. governors outline water priorities

In State of the State speeches, governors emphasize pollution cleanup, collaboration, and funding.

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