International Business News - Water http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The number of villagers sickened by drinking water contaminated with arsenic in southern China has risen to 200, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/china-200-villagers-sickened-by-arsenic-in-water.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:30:20 EDT More than a hundred villagers in southern China have been poisoned by after drinking water apparently contaminated with arsenic, official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/136-villagers-poisoned-by-water-in-southern-china.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:03:12 EDT Nine states sued the Bush administration Thursday over federal rules on water dumped from ships, claiming there is an illegal loophole that could hurt fisheries and contaminate drinking water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/states-sue-epa-over-water-releases-from-ships.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:40:00 EDT Nine states sued the Bush administration Thursday over what New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says is an illegal administrative ruling that could hurt fisheries and contaminate drinking water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/states-sue-epa-over-water-releases-from-ships.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:48:47 EDT Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday said he believes a proposal to issue $300 million in bonds for water projects will pass if voters understand that it will not raise their taxes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/ark-gov-predicts-300m-bond-package-will-pass.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:43:13 EDT Heckmann Corp., a blank-check company, said Tuesday it lowered the cash portion of its purchase of China Water and Drinks Inc., which distributes and bottles water in China, because of recent instability in the credit and capital markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/heckmann-lowers-cash-price-for-china-water.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:38:26 EDT Pennsylvania's sewer and water systems could get a substantial infusion of cash for repairs and upgrades if voters approve a Nov. 4 referendum on $400 million in new borrowing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/pa-voters-to-decide-on-400m-in-water-sewer-debt.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:57:19 EDT Two new grants totaling $7.6 million will help promote access to safe water in South Asia and Africa, the PepsiCo Foundation announced Thursday. The funds will go toward helping the United Nations reach its goal of halving the number of people lacking access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2015. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/pepsico-gives-money-toward-un-water-goals.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:05:35 EDT The state pollution control agency approved strict standards for ships that discharge ballast water into Lake Superior, hoping they will cut down on the spread of harmful invasive species. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/minn-pollution-agency-oks-rules-for-ballast-water.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:29:41 EDT North Dakota's Supreme Court says an oil company has to keep paying to use two former oil wells for salt water disposal. Burlington Resources had an agreement with two families to use wells on their land to dump salt water. The company paid 5 cents a gallon for disposal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/court-oil-firm-must-pay-for-salt-water-disposal.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:53:39 EDT Ships that dock in Duluth's port dump several billion gallons of water into Lake Superior each year as they prepare to take on loads of taconite, timber and grain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/minn-considers-rules-for-ballast-water-discharge.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:16:16 EDT SouthWest Water Co., a water utility serving the Southwest, said Wednesday Geoffrey C. Ketcham has been elected to the board of directors, boosting the total number of members to nine. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/southwest-names-ketcham-to-board-of-directors.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:32:53 EDT At The Water Club, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa's ultra-posh luxury hotel, you've got 60 seconds to decide if you're in the mood. If a package of adult personal care items including condoms and other intimate products called "The Passion Kit" isn't put back on the shelf by then, the hotel automatically charges you for it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/in-room-sex-kits-a-hot-seller-at-the-water-club.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:57:06 EDT American Water Works Co. said Thursday that it received a $329 million military contract to operate and maintain a water distribution system and wastewater collection system in Fort Hood, Texas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/american-water-gets-fort-hood-contract.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:43:36 EDT A case with potentially far-reaching effects on Colorado's oil and gas industry will be decided by the Colorado Supreme Court. The court heard arguments Wednesday in a dispute over water that's pumped from the ground in order to draw natural gas out of coal beds. The justices are expected to rule later. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/court-mulls-water-dispute-in-coal-bed-gas-drilling.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:02:49 EDT Arizona is trying to fend off a lawsuit in which a company is suing the state over its refusal to allow ground water to be piped to neighboring Nevada to support new development. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/arizona-fights-suit-over-denial-of-water-transfer.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:41:20 EDT California is taking initial steps to prepare for another dry winter by trying to ensure that farmers and cities will have adequate water supplies in 2009. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/calif-trying-to-prepare-for-another-dry-winter.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:50:32 EDT A federal appeals court rejected a Kentucky regulation for coal-mining discharge into waterways and ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reevaluate the rule. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/appeals-court-rejects-some-ky-water-regulations.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:20:50 EDT The Netherlands needs a massive new building program to strengthen the low-lying country's water defenses against the anticipated effects of global warming for the next 190 years, a key panel advised Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/dutch-to-take-new-measures-against-global-warming.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:55:20 EDT A wealthy farmer who once gave lavishly to promote Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's political fortunes and spent time with him smoking cigars has become one of his most outspoken critics. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/121451-schwarzenegger-water-foe.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/farmer-campaigns-against-schwarzenegger-water-plan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/farmer-campaigns-against-schwarzenegger-water-plan.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:28:01 EDT