SAO PAULO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Pregnant women who did water aerobics had easier deliveries and asked for less pain-killing medicine than women who didn't, a Brazilian study said Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The head of California's Metropolitan Water District says the state's planned water allocation raises the "very real" possibility of shortages next year.
FRESNO, Calif., June 27 (UPI) -- Fresno County, Calif., agriculture officials say its farmers are letting crops die on thousands of acres this year due to water shortages.
SYDNEY, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Australia's largest city has cut water usage significantly since 1974 so that Sydney actually requires less water for 1.2 million more people.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Fort Worth, Texas, has suspended adding fluoride to its drinking water because of a shortage of the chemical.
DENVER, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Colorado cities have cut water use as much as 23 percent, a move spurred by drought and helped by increases in price.
LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Long Beach, Calif., officials imposed severe water restrictions to offset the effects of record dry weather and a recent court ruling.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Water supplies in Southern California could be cut up to 50 percent by federal judge who is ruling on a lawsuit brought by environmentalists.
DIR AL-KHATAB, West Bank, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Residents of a West Bank settlement have cut the water supply of a nearby Palestinian village, rerouting the pipes to fill a swimming pool.
NEW YORK, July 27 (UPI) -- Some bottled water is just tap water, a New York environmental lawyer said.
BRUSSELS, July 19 (UPI) -- The European Union has begun a discussion of water resources on the continent to prepare for droughts forecast in the coming decades.
WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- Two U.S. Department of Energy laboratories are joining forces in an effort to reduce electric producers' demands for fresh water.
WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has designed a Web program to help oil and natural gas companies solve the environmental challenge of produced water.
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- China's vice minister of water resources warns that the country's consumption will exceed supply by 2030 if conservation steps are not taken.
BEIJING, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- China's central government says it will spend $500 million to improve drinking water quality in the nation's rural areas
