Never mind that the water at issue did not run across any state borders and that the irrigation wells at issue have no connection to any drinking water supply.
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The protesters from the nearby community of Mareniyoc blame the mining company for a worsening water shortage and demand the firm supply them with drinking water.
Concerns also have been raised about the possibility that hydraulic fracturing could contaminate the aquifers that supply drinking water.
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In Basra, power cuts have threatened the supply of drinking water.
The water released over these two days would be enough to supply all of Tyneside with drinking water for a fortnight.
Throughout central and southern Texas swimmers are being turned away from lakes and pools: the dwindling water supply is for drinking, not splashing around in.
Workers have been pulling dead pigs from rivers that supply Shanghai with drinking water for the past 11 days, sparking alarm on internet chat sites.
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There are lots of small initiatives, either at the user end -- e.g. turning off stand-by switches, drinking tap water -- or the supply end -- e.g. wind energy, tidal energy.
"All of our colleagues are doing their utmost to ensure our customers continue to receive a continuous supply of high quality drinking water and they will be as disappointed as us at this action of one of their unions at this time, " said the statement.
People in New Orleans were told to bring a supply of three days of drinking water if they were going to the Superdome.
People living in a Worcestershire village are still without drinking water 10 days after problems were found in the supply.
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This is useful, she says, for purposes of stabilizing the climate, controlling floods, purifiying drinking water, regulating water flow, supplying bees and other pollinators that supply 20% of our food.
Water purification plants (especially in large cities which recycle their sewage waste right back into the drinking supply) will hopefully get prioritized for energy allocations when rationing starts.
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