After independence, nine countries in the Niger River Basin in Africa created a joint river basin authority to cooperatively manage their joint water resources.

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Grameen Danone Foods, a yogurt-maker, and Grameen-Veolia, a water company, are joint ventures with French giants.

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The holts are part of the Otters and Rivers Project, a joint initiative by Water UK and the Wildlife Trust.

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Coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), the report is the result of a joint effort by the 24 United Nations agencies and entities that make up UN-Water.

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The group is thinking of pooling municipal services such as water and waste disposal, and even setting up a joint holding company.

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Ahead of this week's ministerial meeting, the federal government announced changes it wanted made to the Boundary Waters Treaty in order to prevent bulk water exports, and referred the Lake Superior case to the International Joint Commission, which deals with boundary waters.

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They were joint third after the first dive but several botched entries into the water saw them penalised heavily in the ensuing five rounds and they quickly slipped out of contention.

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Chevron is already partnered with McMoRan in drilling one well and has submitted joint bids to lease more promising acreage located in just 30 feet of water.

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In 1999 Ford dipped a toe in the water with a small assembly plant near St Petersburg, and in the same year GM went for a seemingly risky joint venture with AvtoVAZ (at the time a byword for corruption and gangsterism) to produce an improved version of the Niva, a cheap SUV.

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