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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›
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›
TAGUS RIVER AT RISK OF DRYING UP COMPLETELY
Construction began in 1966 and water started flowing out of the dammed Tagus headwaters to the Segura in 1979... 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›
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›
'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›
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›
QUEBEC TOWNS HIT BY FLOODING COULD SEE WATER RECEDE SUNDAY
Quebec towns hit by flooding could see water recede Sunday officials... READ MORE›
GROUNDWATER STUDY: THE TAP COULD RUN DRY
We're using our groundwater resources too fast -- faster than they're being renewed... READ MORE›
IS CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT OVER? DEPENDS HOW DEEP YOU DIG
We need, in many areas, three, four, five of those to really replenish our groundwater resources to where they were before this last drought, Harter says... READ MORE›
SHENHUA CRITICISES GOVERNMENT DELAY ON NEW SOUTH WALES COALMINE
By the environment minister, Greg Hunt, using the water trigger legislation after the NSW government's Planning Assessment Commission PAC gave approval last month with conditions... 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›
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›
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OUR HUNGER FOR VALENTINE'S ROSES
Conflict over water and other resources is common in Kenya... READ MORE›
WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S MOST WATER-STRESSED CITIES?
Despite getting rain for an average of 178 days each year, this densely-populated island city still has only 110 cubic metres of freshwater per capita, per day... READ MORE›
END OF SANCTIONS MAY HELP IRAN FACE AN ACCELERATING ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
In addition to direct investment in agriculture to reduce environmental degradation, Iran can benefit from sustainable industrial growth that improves the efficiency of water usage... READ MORE›
CONTAMINATED WATER SPILLS FROM TECK'S TRAIL OPERATION
It says some of the contaminated water may have gone into nearby Stoney Creek, which flows into the Columbia River... READ MORE›
WITH SUN SHINING, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO RECEDE WEST OF MONTREAL
Heavy rain earlier this week caused the Ottawa River to overflow, leading to severe flooding in parts of Rigaud, Que., west of Montreal... READ MORE›
COULD PLANTING TREES SAVE THE WORLD'S LARGEST RIVER ISLAND?
Frequent flooding of the Brahmaputra river is causing Majuli, located in India's Assam state, to erode away... READ MORE›
FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR PORT ALBERNI AREA ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
But flood waters from the swollen Somass River started to surround homes in the Tseshaht First Nation on Tuesday... READ MORE›
NORTHERN NAMIBIA BRACES FOR WORST FLOOD IN MEMORY
Water from the dam is expected to flood the Kunene river, which in turn will flood parts of southern Angola and northern Namibia... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING AND WATER SCARCITY COULD CAUSE ECONOMIES TO SHRINK BY MID-CENTURY
The World Bank said countries in large swathes of the world could shrink by up to 6 percent by 2050 due to water scarcity and climate change... READ MORE›
WATER MANAGEMENT FLAWED OWING TO VASTLY UNDERESTIMATED DROUGHT RISK, STUDY FINDS
That means that all our water management strategies are potentially not optimised, said co-author and hydrologist Anthony Kiem from the University of Newcastle... READ MORE›
FOOD RUINED BY DROUGHT COULD FEED MORE THAN 80M A DAY, SAYS WORLD BANK
The World Bank said women that were born in droughts bore the marks for their entire lives, growing up mentally and physically stunted, undernourished and unwell... READ MORE›
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM NOT TO BLAME FOR FLINT WATER CRISIS
Instead, Snyder pinned the water crisis on failures by quote-unquote experts to provide regulatory agencies with the right information ... READ MORE›
ON WORLD WATER DAY, DO SOMETHING TO CONSERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE
That's not a lot of fresh water for seven billion humans to live on... READ MORE›
DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA LOOKS TO AUSTRALIA FOR TIPS ON RECYCLING WATER
Australia battled a 14-year drought with recycled toilet water, rooftop tanks and shared showers - and now California is hoping to do the same... READ MORE›
FLOOD VICTIMS, RIVER MANAGER AT ODDS OVER WATER WARNINGS
But what they've done is hold back as much water as possible to alleviate downstream flooding, he said... READ MORE›
PARTS OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND PUT ON FLOOD ALERT
The Environment Agency said the one severe flood warning - in place for Portreath, on the north Cornwall coast - had been downgraded... READ MORE›