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• Texas Rice Farms Likely To Not Receive Water Due To Drought www.huffingtonpost.com Shared once LISSIE, Texas (AP) — Five generations of Ronald Gertson's family have tilled the claylike soil of southeast Texas to grow rice, confident that no matter how fickle Mother Nature was, there would be one constant: water to irrigate their crop. Until now. For the first time since Gertson's great-grandfather made his way from Denmark through Kansas to the flat, coastal area south of Houston, his family faces the likelihood officials won't release water from two Austin-area lakes into the rivers and canals they use for irrigation. Thousands of farmers in Texas' rice-producing region are likely to be affected by action taken in response to one of the most severe droughts in state history. With water management agencies implementing emergency plans never used before, the Lower Colorado River Authority is widely expected to announce March 1 that it will not release water to rice farmers in three counties. "This is the very first time this has happened," Gertson said.

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• Hold the salt: Coastal drinking water more vulnerable to water use than climate change www.physorg.com Shared 4 times (PhysOrg.com) -- Human activity is likely a greater threat to coastal groundwater used for drinking water supplies than rising sea levels from climate change, according to a study conducted by geoscientists from the University of Saskatchewan and McGill University in Montreal.

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• Drinking Water nutrition.about.com Shared 2 times Water is good for you because your body needs to stay hydrated. Learn more bout why you need water.

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• WATER & DETOXIFYING FOR INFLAMMATION RELIEF www.inflammationreliefguide.com Shared once Are you drinking enough of this life-giving liquid each day? Ensure inflammation relief by drinking plenty of refreshing, pure water each and every day!

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• What are the risks of drinking tap water? - Sharecare www.sharecare.com Shared once Tap water can contain bacteria that cause infections when you drink it. Use a filter or drink bottled water.

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• Crossing the Line as Civilization Implodes: Heartland Institute, Peter Gleick and Andrew Revkin

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• New-car smell less toxic but not safe, Ecology Center says - Autoweek

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• Tour de Fort mixes exercise with history and ecology lessons

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• AP News: Radiation detected 400 miles off Japanese coast

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• Personal Ecology: Change Your Life to Change Your Leadership

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