October 1, 2012
AMMAN: “I wish I could live at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp because there is water there,” a Jordanian man says, frustrated that he has not […]
September 28, 2012
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 […]
September 26, 2012
A NEW scheme to save water could help prevent harbour pollution as well as provide an ongoing water supply for Sydney, experts say. The plans, being […]
September 24, 2012
MUSCAT — A three-day workshop on ‘Regions for the Protection of Water Supplies Well Fields’, organized by the Environment and Climate Affairs Ministry, in association with […]
September 23, 2012
Where will India get its water from in the coming years? The water challenge is already grave and could get graver. By 2050, for instance, it […]
September 23, 2012
The government is concerned about water shortages in schools across the country, according to the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart. Zimbabwe’s schools […]
September 22, 2012
The planned two-month operation and maintenance shutdown of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) was not expected to impact Gauteng’s water supply, acting Cabinet spokesperson Phumla […]
September 21, 2012
Severe water shortages in refugee camps in South Sudan close to the Sudanese border have contributed to a rise in mortality and malnutrition rates to alarming […]
September 20, 2012
The world faces a projected 40 percent shortfall in freshwater by 2030, according to a study by the 2030 Water Resources Group. Seventy percent of the […]
September 20, 2012
India, the second-biggest producer of rice, wheat and sugar, is the most vulnerable among the world’s leading industrial and emerging economies to future water stress, according […]
September 19, 2012
Bloemfontein – A shutdown of water for Kimberley was being planned for next week, the Sol Plaatje municipality said on Tuesday. Spokesman Sello Matsie said the […]
September 13, 2012
One of the great ironies in the US water sector is that while many cities are starved for funding, billions of dollars in capital raised by […]
September 12, 2012
Nairobi — Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to […]
September 12, 2012
Oslo – The world needs to find the equivalent of the flow of 20 Nile rivers by 2025 to grow enough food to feed a rising […]
September 10, 2012
Inner Mongolia’s rivers are feeding China’s coal industry, turning grasslands into desert. In India, thousands of farmers have protested diverting water to coal- fired power plants, […]
September 2, 2012
Banks must approve plans for a $500m desalination plant that would provide a new water supply, conference hears The Gaza strip faces a water crisis that […]
August 27, 2012
Humans derive about 20% of their protein from animal-based products now, but this may need to drop to just 5% to feed the extra two-billion people […]
August 26, 2012
Policymakers and experts from around the world are meeting this week in Stockholm to discuss ways out of what they call the growing global water crisis, […]