Yale Environment 360: Military airplanes from Australia and New Zealand are delivering a large desalination unit to the drought-stricken Pacific nation of Tuvalu, where water supplies have nearly run dry after six months without rain. The tiny island nation, which has a population of about 11,000 people, has declared a state of emergency, with officials predicting that drinking water could run out within days. In addition to record drought conditions caused by the La Nina weather phenomenon, officials say rising seas......
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Desalination Equipment Rushed to Drought-Stricken Pacific Nation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 7th, 2011
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