Italian aqueduct loses more water than it delivers
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The ancient Romans may have mastered the art of building impressive aqueducts to deliver water across their empire, but modern day Italian engineers seem to be struggling with water retention, a study shows.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald  Mar. 7--With Lake Okeechobee rapidly receding and no rain on the radar, regional water managers said Tuesday they were being forced to install pumps to keep water flowing -- to farms for now and possibly to South Florida's suburbs in the near future.
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A number of homes in County Tyrone are again without water after a pipe burst at a reservoir.
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By Dick Cook, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jun. 25--With drought continuing across much of Georgia, officials are  getting increasingly strict about enforcing the state's water use  restrictions.
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By The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  May 28--The problems afflicting water levels in Toledo Bend Lake were complicated.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  MIAMI - Residents, firefighters and water managers are all wishing for rain as Lake Okeechobee's water levels dropped to a record low, the result of a drought that has shrunk the main backup water supply for 5 million South Florida residents.
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People will need to eat more vegetables and less meat because of dwindling water supplies, scientists say.
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New York City has failed to collect on millions of dollars in water bills because of records riddled with errors and outdated information.
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By GARETH MORGAN Western Mail  The Environment Agency revealed yesterday that it no longer believes a large-scale water grid to ship water from Wales is the answer to shortages in the south-east of England.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 21--Year-round water restrictions could provide a lesson in conservation, but not the answer to solving South Florida's water woes, utility operators and environmentalists warned Wednesday.
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A think-tank calls for more water metering after reporting that efforts to conserve water are not having much impact.
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By ADRIAN SAINZ  MIAMI - The water level in the lake that serves as the main backup water supply for 5 million south Florida residents dropped to a record low Thursday as firefighters continued battling a blaze on part of the exposed lake bottom.
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FERNLEY, Nev. -- Hundreds of homes sat in as much as 8 feet of water Sunday following a canal rupture as freezing weather spread sheets of ice over yards and streets, hindering efforts to get the water to drain away.
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Circa 100 dispersi, tutti operai impegnati a costruire ponte
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Slow drainage of the flooded Indonesian capital of Jakarta hit a setback Tuesday when heavy rain began and water levels in the city stopped receding.  Officials said at least 36 people are known dead, and thousands of others were camping out on the roofs of their homes.
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Flooding causes cancellation of train services and problems on the roads
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  Feb. 25--Curtailing new connections into the Northeast Interceptor might  not be enough to stop wastewater flows from increasing through the troubled  sewer line.