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Earth, Trees, Water Projects in Guatemal - http://www.ecologic.org/en/projects/guatemala/san-miguel-de-los-altos

Members of Earth, Trees, Water have set up a compensation for ecosystem services mechanism whereby community members provide regular labor to protect watersheds in exchange for the clean water supply they receive. This system allows the communities to protect 1,200 fresh water springs by conducting regular forest patrols, maintaining potable water systems, and reforesting vulnerable and degraded areas.

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EWB Community Water Project - Chicorral, Guatemala - http://www.ewb.jhu.edu/resources/flyers/Guatemala_Fact_Sheet_2007-2-23.pdf

The development of an alternative water pumping system will greatly improve the daily life of thecommunity members. A water pump will also enable the community to be less dependent upon the eventuality of grid electricity and less indebted tothe utility to have a reliable water supply.

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Water Cistern Project in Coban Guatemala - http://www.coffee-tea-etc.com/guatemala_project

A returned Peace Corps volunteer worked with Talita Kumi, a non-profit organization Is helping farmers build concrete cisterns to collect rain water from the roofs of their huts. - Read more Listing Thumbnail

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Diageo Reuses Waste From Manufacturing
In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and ultimately send zero waste from its manufacturing facilities to landfills, Diageo, the world's leading spirits, wine and beer company, recently announced that its Plainfield, Illinois facility is implementing a new byproduct reuse initiative that will send berries and seeds from gin production to Waste Management, Inc.'s local composting site.

Box4Water – turning wastewater into drinking water
The Luxembourg-based cleantech company Epuramat recently introduced its newly developed container water treatment facility Box4Water to the public for the first time. Box4Water can treat very dirty wastewater all the way up to drinking water quality.

Sanitation: slow progress, action crucial, say 2400 experts in Stockholm
Slow progress on sanitation will cause the world to badly fail the Millennium Development Goals while weak policy, poor management, increasing waste and exploding water demands are pushing the planet towards the tipping point of global water crisis.

California "water bank" in works amid drought
California's state government is forming a "water bank" to buy water for local water agencies at risk of shortages next year should a current drought persist, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Thursday. Schwarzenegger in June declared the most populous U.S. state to officially be in drought and declared nine counties in its farm-rich Central Valley to be in a state of emergency because water supplies were so low after two years of below-average rainfall.