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Woman Pouring Glass Of Water From Tap In Kitchen
Local news, Weather

Dry spell sparks call for voluntary water use reduction in Pembina Valley area

Longer-term plan needed to avoid water shortages in more drastic situations, officials say

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Parts of the Pembina Valley were asked last week to reduce their water use as a dry spell across the region endured and demand for water peaked as farmers sprayed fields and residents watered lawns. The Pembina Valley Water Co-op’s CEO Greg Archibald said the request was voluntary and came after they had problems with
A worker cleans photovoltaic solar panels inside a solar power plant at Raisan village near Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, February 11, 2014.
Did you know?, International news

A new climate-smart cash crop — sunshine

Selling surplus solar energy to the grid is a triple-win scenario in India

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London / Thomson Reuters Foundation – A pioneering project in one of India’s sunniest states has led to one farmer harvesting what could become the country’s most climate-smart cash crop yet — sunshine. A pilot project by Sri Lanka-based non-profit International Water Management Institute (IWMI) offered farmers the opportunity to sell excess energy generated by solar
Crops

Drought forces California farmers to idle cropland

The price of California farm goods, including fresh fruits and vegetables is likely to rise

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Drought-stricken California farmers facing drastic cutbacks in irrigation water are expected to idle some 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of cropland this year in a record production loss that could cause billions of dollars in economic damage, industry officials said. Large-scale crop losses in California, the No. 1 U.S. farm state producing half the nation’s fruits
Country Crossroads, News

Water for the future

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A new report on future water demand in Pembina Valley Conservation District — already a frugal user of water — points to need for conservation strategy

Report underscores need to conserve now Residents in the Pembina Valley Conservation District use less water than the average Manitoban, but that won’t spare them from a water shortage expected to hit within the next 25 years — unless ways are found now to use even less. Those are conclusions drawn from a three-year water
News, Weather

Mexicans see current drought as sign of drier years to come

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Reuters / Authorities fear a severe drought in Mexico is just a foretaste of a drier future. As water tankers race across northern Mexico to reach far-flung towns, and crops wither in the fields, the government has allotted US$2.7 billion in emergency aid to confront the country’s worst-ever drought, which has caused $1.2 billion in
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City’s Sewage Discharges Detrimental To Lake Winnipeg

STAFF / Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) was quick to pounce on recent news reports that the City of Winnipeg has been discharging partly treated sewage into the Red River. The news that the City of Winnipeg s South End Water Pollution Centre has been discharging up to 60 million litres of sewage into the Red
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Your Well Needs Maintenance Too

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It isn t only machinery and buildings that need regular maintenance, your water supply does, too. Un f o r t u n a t e l y, we l l s don t come with a manual and that s one reason why Alberta Agriculture water specialist Melissa Orr says drinking water may be
Crops

Water Crisis Seen Big Threat To U. S. West, South – for Jul. 29, 2010

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One-third of U. S. counties are facing a high risk that future water demand will outstrip supplies, spelling potential disaster for central and southern states and the crops grown there, a new study says. Persistently parched grasslands, withering wheat and corn crops, and strained city utilities are a growing probability for 14 states seen at
Opinion

Celebrating Canada

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Canadians are masters of understatement when it comes to celebrating our national pride. Whereas our neighbours to the south belt out the Star Spangled Banner at every opportunity, the national anthem at Canadian events is usually performed, rather than participated in. Everyone but the singer stands awkwardly at attention, some of us humming and only
Crops

Saudi Arabia To Cut Water Use

Saudi Arabia will launch a new farming plan in September that will reward farmers for shifting to water-thrifty crops, a move that could raise the kingdom’s imports of barley, soybeans and maize, officials said. The sustainable agriculture plan aims mainly at halving the consumption of water within three years, said Abdullah al-Rubeeyan, who heads the

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