The South African Weather Service has advised the public that with the onset of winter on the horizon, it is highly recommended that water saving measures […]
As Northland’s drought bites, rural residents on water tanks are having to call for deliveries. Water carriers and water tankers across the region have been busy […]
Mumbai – Millions of people in western India are suffering their worst drought in more than four decades, with critics blaming official ineptitude and corruption for […]
The hot weather has seen tempers flare on Auckland’s Waiheke Island, where locals are accusing each other of using bribery and theft to battle water shortages. […]
2012 marked the warmest year on record for the United States and was also the second most extreme ever, the US government agency charged with monitoring […]
The water crisis in Limpopo’s Mopani district is worsening and there isn’t a solution in sight. The district is marred by persistent water shortages and at […]
Water managers are eyeing their gauges, farmers are watching wheat fields wither, ranchers are recalculating their herd numbers and city dwellers are dragging out their sprinklers […]
Dwindling profitability and water scarcity have left South Africa with less than two-thirds of the number of food-producing farms it had in the early 1990s, says […]
The worst drought in more than half a century baked more than two thirds of the continental United States this summer and its harsh effects continue […]
Recent discoveries of water reserves under some of Africa’s mightiest deserts raise hopes for quenching African thirst. But the reality is much more grim.