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THE 11 CITIES MOST LIKELY TO RUN OUT OF DRINKING WATER
Cape Town faces the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to run out of drinking water... READ MORE›
WHITECHAPEL FATBERG REMNANTS FROM 130-TONNE 'MONSTER' GO ON DISPLAY AT MUSEUM OF LONDON
Whitechapel fatberg remnants from 130-tonne 'monster' go on display at Museum of London... READ MORE›
CAPE TOWN TAPS TO RUN DRY EARLIER THAN EXPECTED
The taps will be turned off when the reservoirs serving Cape Town drop below the minimum levels needed to provide water safely... READ MORE›
CAPE TOWN URGED TO TURN OFF TOILET TAPS
Cape Town water crisis Residents urged to turn off toilet taps... READ MORE›
CAPE TOWN IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE FIRST MAJOR CITY IN THE WORLD TO RUN OUT OF WATER
That's what residents of Cape Town are calling the day when their city is predicted to run out of water... READ MORE›
CAPE TOWN CONFRONTS LOOMING 'DAY ZERO' WATER CRISIS
People are even catching water off their roofs... READ MORE›
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND AT RISK OF WATER SHORTAGES THIS SUMMER, OFFICIALS WARN
As well as supplying our customers in the Medway towns, Thanet and Hastings, it is also used by South East Water... READ MORE›
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CANADIAN TOWN STEAMS OVER NESTLE BID TO CONTROL LOCAL SPRING WATER WELL
Activists in Centre Wellington plan to block Ontario pump tests after bottled-water makers overtook community's attempt to secure long-term water source... READ MORE›
GIRL 3 BRAIN DAMAGED AT BIRTH RECEIVES HSE APOLOGY... COURTS
Deforestation in the Amazon River basin, hundreds of miles away, may also be adding to Sao Paulo's water crisis... READ MORE›
ROMANS ARE ABOUT TO GO EIGHT HOURS A DAY WITHOUT WATER
Climate change and crumbling pipes are forcing Rome into unprecedented water rationing... READ MORE›
WATER RELIEF FOR 8,000 THIRSTY ELEPHANTS NEGLECTED BY ZIMBABWE
As a drought-inducing El Nino settled over southern Africa in 2016, the animals of Hwange national park in Zimbabwe faced desperate water shortages... READ MORE›
US FACES WORST DROUGHTS IN 1,000 YEARS, PREDICT SCIENTISTS
Climate change is likely to cause decade-long mega-droughts across US south-west and Great Plains, new study shows... READ MORE›
QUARTER OF ENGLAND'S RIVERS AT RISK OF RUNNING DRY, FINDS WWF
Further data shows that more than 550 rivers and lakes are in a poor ecological state because too much water is being taken from them... READ MORE›
BEYOND FLINT: EXCESSIVE LEAD LEVELS FOUND IN ALMOST 2,000 WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES
Most Americans get their drinking water from a fragmented network of about 155,000 different water systems serving everything from big cities to individual businesses and school buildings... READ MORE›
'WE WOKE UP IN A DESERT' THE WATER CRISIS TAKING HOLD ACROSS EGYPT
Egypt, once celebrated as the gift of the Nile, is in the grips of a serious water crisis... READ MORE›
TRILOBITES TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD FACES SEVERE WATER SHORTAGES
Severe water scarcity can lead to crop failure and low crop yields, which could cause food price increases as well as famine and widespread starvation... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA ORDERS STATE'S LARGEST EVER WATER CUTS AS CRIPPLING DROUGHT CONTINUES
California state regulators have ordered farmers and others to reduce their water consumption, with the largest cuts in the states history... READ MORE›
8 STATES RUNNING OUT OF WATER
Exceptional drought 0.0 percent With more than one-quarter of the state's land under severe drought conditions, nearly 2.8 million people in South Carolina live in drought areas... READ MORE›
FLINT WATER CRISIS: FIVE CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission issued a report in February blaming systemic racism going back decades for the problems that caused the water crisis in Flint... READ MORE›
CANADA HAS 20 PERCENT OF THE PLANET'S FRESHWATER. BUT SOME WORRY THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
Campaigners want to shut down a Nestle bottled water plant in southern Ontario, arguing there's not enough water to go around... READ MORE›
AMERICANS' TASTE FOR MEXICAN BEER SUCKING UP WATER SUPPLY, MAYOR SAYS
Constellation Brands said in 2014 that the Nava brewery would implement water-conservation practices and recycle 30 percent of the water it uses... READ MORE›
'WE DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THIS IS'
It all depends on the groundwater, the characteristics of the groundwater and the bedrock and everything... READ MORE›
IS THE WORLD RUNNING OUT OF FRESH WATER?
Over half of Israel's drinking water now comes from desalination... READ MORE›
FLINT, MICHIGAN WATER CONTAMINATION: OBAMA DECLARES EMERGENCY
US President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA'S DRIVE TO SAVE WATER IS KILLING TREES, HURTING UTILITIES AND RAISING TAXES
We don't want that to happen, said Gomberg of the state water resources control board... READ MORE›
WORLD OVERLOOKS ETHIOPIA DROUGHT CRISIS THAT IS LEAVING MILLIONS HUNGRY
This year, the food program will help more than 2A million children, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothersA sufferingA fromA moderate acute malnutrition... READ MORE›
A PARCHED WORLD A DRYER HOSE AND AN OAKVILLE TEEN WITH A VISION
Calvin Rieder, 19, has been trying to solve the world's water problems since Grade 7. Lost cause? Far from it... READ MORE›
IT'S NOT JUST WATER THAT'S POISONING OUR KIDS; IT'S ALSO OUR COLLAPSING DEMOCRACY
A water scandal at Shawnigan Lake can be a litmus test for BC voters... READ MORE›
'I WOULD BE BESIDE MYSELF' IF MY KIDS LIVED IN FLINT
Speaking in Detroit, President Obama pledged Wednesday to cover all of the people of Flint's backs as the Michigan city deals with a water crisis... READ MORE›
BILLIONS HAVE NO ACCESS TO TOILETS, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REPORT
Past efforts to improve water and sanitation have seen some success, with 2.1 billion people gaining access to better sanitation facilities since 1990, according to the report... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM HARMS AMERICANS IN FLINT - AND BEYOND
Flint, Michigan is experiencing a well-documented crisis as a result of a contaminated water supply... READ MORE›
FIRE EXTINGUISHER FACTORY LEFT BURNING FOR 30 MINUTES AS FIREFIGHTERS COULD NOT FIND WATER
Flames started to engulf the building at around 9pm in the Archer Heights neighbourhood of Chicago... READ MORE›
MEXICO CITY IS A PARCHED AND SINKING CAPITAL
Overseeing the city's water supply is Ramon Aguirre Diaz, director of the Water System of Mexico City, who is frank about the perils ahead... READ MORE›
ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE STILL WITHOUT WATER IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, AFTER RAIN, LANDSLIDES POLLUTE RIVERS
As temperatures reached 30 C in Santiago during Chile's late summer, millions of people have been lining up at more than 200 water distribution points... READ MORE›
SAO PAULO DEVASTATED BY ITS WORST DROUGHT ON RECORD
Brazil water shortage Sao Paulo devastated by its worst drought on record... READ MORE›
PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT FACES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER WATER TESTING
Perhaps the most pervasive effect of recent criticism of the Philadelphia water department has been an erosion of trust in government... READ MORE›
GREAT LAKES WATER RULING SPARKS FEAR OF THIRSTY CITIES
But roughly 40 billion litres of water a day come out of that lake, based on 2014 data compiled by the Great Lakes Commission... READ MORE›