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"We have some some very exciting news to share: the Charles River is the 2011 winner of the International Riverprize, the world's largest and most prestigious environmental award!" "In the world of river management, this is akin to winning the World Series and it was made possible through the engagement, cooperation and hard work of hundreds of partners at the federal, state, local and grassroots levels, including: U.S. EPA, US Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Geological Survey, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, the City of Boston, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Conservation Law Foundation, universities, local boards and conservation commissions, engaged citizens, businesses, land trusts, river users, and all of you!"

More about the Colorado's decline.

Chen Yuqian, a 60-year-old resident of Pailian village in Zhejiang province, was one of at least three concerned citizens who last week called on Chinese environmental officials to brave the rivers they were supposed to be keeping clean.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Orange County's natural water supplies come from just three sources: limited rain, a single unreliable river and aquifers. But those are nowhere near enough to support the lawn-and-pool lifestyle that helped the home of Disneyland grow from 700,000 residents in 1960 to about 3.1 million today.

This article outlines a lot of the problems we have globally with water scarcity. It lists important statistics that we need to keep in mind when we work on the issue of fresh water.

This article is about a hog farm being sued after it was established that waste from the animals was polluting the Trent River in North Carolina.

This recent event shows how people can easily pollute our own fresh water systems. The chemical company Freedom Industries showed disregard for the protection of water in Charlestown West Virginia. When the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol seeped out of a chemical container into the Elk River, over 300,000 people were left without usable water. This event shows how we are diminishing our fresh water sources through pollution and not just overuse.

SILVERTON, Colorado (AP) - It will take many years and many millions of dollars simply to manage and not even remove the toxic wastewater from an abandoned mine that unleashed a 100-mile-long torrent of heavy metals into Western rivers and has likely reached Lake Powell, experts said Thursday.