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Florida Democratic Party
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet

Says Rick Scott "cut $700 million from water management."

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By Lucia Geng • August 14, 2018

Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 a discussion with the president of the World Bank

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

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By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017

Brahma Chellaney
stated on December 28, 2016 a website op-ed

"Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica."

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By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2017

Dianne Feinstein
stated on April 3, 2016 a newspaper Q&A

California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people."

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By Chris Nichols • May 31, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.

"(Flint, Mich., is) paying three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vt., for clean water."

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By Joshua Gillin • March 7, 2016

Tim Echols
stated on October 26, 2015 an opinion piece in a trade magazine

"Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower."

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By April Hunt • November 10, 2015

Rula Jebreal
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on MSNBC

"Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water."

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By Derek Tsang • July 24, 2014

Independent Texans
stated on September 3, 2013 a white paper on Proposition 6

$6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."

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By Sue Owen • October 29, 2013

Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 a statement.

Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."

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By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013

Kirk Watson
stated on October 21, 2012 an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.

"Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now."

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By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2012

Brigid Shea
stated on March 5, 2012 an op-ed column.

In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas."

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2012

Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 29, 2012 a House of Representatives floor speech

Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.

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By Sabrina Eaton • March 22, 2012

Kasim Reed
stated on February 23, 2012 an interview

"We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta."

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By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2012

DeKalb County
stated on November 11, 2011 a brochure

A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents."

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By Willoughby Mariano • November 21, 2011

Amanda Fritz
stated on October 3, 2011 in campaign literature

Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."

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By Janie Har • October 11, 2011

Chris Christie
stated on September 2, 2011 a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach

"The water quality in the ocean is perfect. It’s been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey."

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By Caryn Shinske • September 25, 2011

Charlotte Nash
stated on May 18, 2011 a speech

"Annual water usage in 2010 was actually down more than 18 percent from usage in 2006."

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By Eric Stirgus • June 1, 2011

Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."

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By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011

Free Market Florida
stated on March 1, 2011 a web video.

Says new EPA water regulations would force the state to make drainage canals every bit as clean as pristine Florida river systems.

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By Aaron Sharockman • March 30, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union speech

"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."

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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011