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By Marice Richter FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - It's official: 2011 was the driest year on record in Texas, according to the National Weather Service.
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Feed SubscriptionEurope Braces for Serious Crop Losses and Blackouts
LONDON -- One of the driest spring seasons on record in northern Europe has sucked soils dry and sharply reduced river levels to the point that governments are starting to fear crop losses and France, in particular, is bracing for blackouts as its river-cooled nuclear power plants may be forced to shut down. [More]
Read More »Parts of Eastern England Declared Drought-stricken
LONDON (Reuters) - Parts of the East Anglia region in eastern England have been declared to be in a state of drought after some areas of the country had their driest spring on record, the British government said on Friday. Declaring a region to be in a state of drought allows water companies to place curbs on the use of water
Read More »The Big Thirst: Nothing’s Quite So Thirsty As A Las Vegas Golf Course
Strict controls and smart re-use means the water that happens on Vegas links stays on Vegas links. Fact: A single, 18-hole round of golf at a typical Las Vegas golf course requires 2,507 gallons of water. That's not "virtual water," it's the actual amount of water that has to be sprinklered onto the golf course to get it ready, each night, for each golfer.
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