Water access progress 'too slow'
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Urbanisation and population growth are threatening the goal of improving water access, UN bodies warn.
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By Greg Lavine, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Feb. 21--A new National Academy of Sciences report indicates that more  droughts and reduced flow of the Colorado River are problems that water  managers and scientists need to plan for now.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 27--There are many reasons why government projects take so long to complete. Money's often scarce. Leadership changes. Regulations are tough to meet.
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Water meters should be introduced in drought-hit parts of England to help save water, the environment secretary says.
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By the numbers: a snapshot of development's impact on water usage in the basin.
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Regulatory hurdles still to be jumped
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Campaigners claim curbs are too little, too late.
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Thousands of homes could be spared flooding misery if a more sustainable approach is taken, campaigners say.
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Move comes amid increasing impatience at failure to achieve progress in power-sharing talks with government
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To: National Desk  Contact: Kylah Hedding of the American Water Works Association, 303-347-6140, khedding@awwa.org  DENVER, Dec. 14 /U.S.
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An international scientific report warns of floods, famine and global water scarcity. Sound familiar? But the government has yet to edit before it's presented in April in Brussels. By the Associated Press.
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By M.K. Guetersloh  BLOOMINGTON - The city may be looking for short-term solutions that may increase Bloomington's water supply and improve its quality.
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Sex equality will take generations to achieve at the current 'painfully slow' rate of progress, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today in a final report before being wound up by the government after more than 30 years fighting gender bias across British society.
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BEIJING, Sept. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- In many parts of the world, good quality fresh water resources are becoming increasingly scarce.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN Journal Staff Writer  Environment New Mexico and other environmental groups called for far-reaching policy changes to address the state's water woes Wednesday.
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By Alyson Crean, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Feb. 28--It may have seemed a good idea at the time, but initiating a land-mapping for allotting building permits continues to hit snags.
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It's taking on water, and debt.