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Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas

From atlas.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu - March 24, 2015 12:12 PM

This online Atlas is a product of collaboration by numerous scientists, organisations and projects active in freshwater biodiversity research and conservation.

This project aims to build a global information platform for scientists and ecosystem managers with access to all available databases describing the distribution, status and trends of global freshwater biodiversity.

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Water is a Human Right

From www.right2water.eu - June 29, 2013 3:39 AM

"Water is a public good, not a commodity. We invite the European Commission to propose legislation implementing the human right to water and sanitation as recognised by the United Nations, and promoting the provision of water and sanitation as essential public services for all. The EU legislation should require governments to ensure and to provide all citizens with sufficient and clean drinking water and sanitation."

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Fukushima: 225 m3 of contaminated rain water leaked / Possibly absorbed by the ground already

From fukushima-diary.com - December 26, 2013 12:57 PM

"225 m3 of highly contaminated rainwater leaked and possibly sank underground in other 2 tank areas.

According to Tepco, they found the water level of retained “rainwater” dropped from 12cm to 5cm, and from 12cm to 1cm in 2 tank areas from 12/20 to 12/24/2013.

Because the leaked water wasn’t found around those tank areas, Tepco assumes it was absorbed by the ground. Nobody noticed the water level was dropping for 3 days until 12/24/2013..."

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