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According to AFP, an international news service, a couple of years from now, beer, cola, rice, breakfast cereal, cotton T-shirts and many other goods may come with a new logo: a label which says the water used to make this product came from a sustainable source.
The idea of water certification would have been considered bizarre only a few years ago. Water has been traditionally viewed as a resource that, because it tumbles out of the sky and is recycled by nature, is as free as the air we breathe, reports AFP.
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Jackson Family Wines Pilot Reduces Water Use 70%
Kendall-Jackson has completed a pilot into water-saving technologies that could help the California wine industry save a billion gallons of water a year.
Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008
Whirlpool’s water consumption dropped 21.5 percent between 2004 and 2008 even with the addition of four manufacturing facilities.
CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to raise awareness of water scarcity and related issues.
PepsiCo to Reduce Water, Energy Use 20% by 2015
PepsiCo is committed to cutting company-wide water use by 20 percent, electricity by 20 percent and fuel by 25 percent by 2015.
Mexico’s Water Shortage Turning Into Food Crisis
Mexico is facing the worst drought it has seen in the last 69 years.
Water, Water Everywhere — and Everywhere Under Threat
Water is the new carbon: the latest resource that must be conserved, and the latest element that must be measured, managed and reduced.
From Lettuce to Beef, What’s the Water Footprint of Your Food?
TreeHugger takes a look at the water footprint of common food items.
Coming Soon: ‘Sustainable Water’ Certification
Scheme seeks to make a “Water Stewardship” tag as successful as Forest Stewardship Certification.
To Conserve Water, China Raises Prices
Beijing to increase water prices to restrict total consumption.
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