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Science Magazine: Freshwater Resources - August 25, 2006

Freshwater resources are the focus of this issue of Science Magazine.
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Articles
Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources
Crafting the Pieces of the Diversity Jigsaw Puzzle
The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems
Waterborne Infectious Diseases - Could They Be Consigned to History?
Seeking Sustainability: Israel's Evolving Water Management Strategy
Running Out of Water - and Time
Desalination Freshens Up
Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests?

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Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources
Taikan Oki and Shinjiro Kanae

In this article, Oki and Kanae discuss how the flow of water should be the focus of water evaluations because water is a “circulating resource that is constantly recharged”.

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The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems
Rene P. Schwarzenbach, Beate I. Escher, Kathrin Fenner, Thomas B. Hofstetter, C. Annette Johnson, Urs von Gunten, Bernard Wehrli

This article explores the subject of micropollutants and their impact on water quality.

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Waterborne Infectious Diseases - Could They Be Consigned to History?
Alan Fenwick

Fenwick discusses waterborne and vector-borne diseases in relation to developing water resources in countries like Africa.

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Seeking Sustainability: Israel's Evolving Water Management Strategy
Alon Tal

Tal discusses water management policies in Israel and how new tactics “have put the country on a more sustainable path for the future.”

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Running Out of Water - and Time
John Bohannon

Bohannon discusses the current water resource planning situation in the Gaza Strip.

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Desalination Freshens Up
Robert F. Service

Service discusses new, cheap advances in the extraction of clean water.

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