Recent News Headlines : Water Resources

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

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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

24th September, 2016 12817

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

17th February, 2015 7435

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

28th July, 2017 5126

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

11th January, 2017 2918

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

24th June, 2017 1665

'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

6th August, 2015 1387

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

13th February, 2016 1296

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

13th June, 2015 1250

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

7th September, 2015 1205

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

14th October, 2016 793

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

17th January, 2016 590

'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

22nd January, 2016 387

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

23rd January, 2016 335

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

22nd March, 2015 331

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

28th February, 2017 311

SAO PAULO DEVASTATED BY ITS WORST DROUGHT ON RECORD


Brazil water shortage Sao Paulo devastated by its worst drought on record... READ MORE

23rd February, 2015 308

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

27th June, 2016 290

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OUR HUNGER FOR VALENTINE'S ROSES


Conflict over water and other resources is common in Kenya... READ MORE

13th February, 2015 236

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

29th July, 2016 209

EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID FLINT WATER CRISIS


States use the funds to make low-cost loans to eligible entities, including municipalities, for water infrastructure, meaning Flint could be a prime candidate... READ MORE

22nd January, 2016 184

LAWSUIT ACCUSES FLINT MAYOR OF TRYING TO REDIRECT WATER CRISIS DONORS TO CAMPAIGN FUND


Neither the Flint City Council nor the charity approved a redirection of donors, the lawsuit said... READ MORE

10th May, 2016 158

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

5th May, 2016 111

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

11th May, 2016 98

'WHO, SYRIAN PEOPLE GRATEFUL TO RUSSIANS' - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION


People queue as they fill containers with water in the government controlled al-Rabwah area, a suburb of Damascus, Syria January 10, 2017... READ MORE

12th January, 2017 89

FACT CHECKING CLINTON, SANDERS ON FLINT WATER CRISIS


Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., reacts during a Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint, Sunday, March 6, 2016, in Flint... READ MORE

7th March, 2016 79

RUSSIA SAYS IT IS WITHDRAWING ITS AIRCRAFT CARRIER FROM SYRIAA


It now appears that Vladimir Putin plans to use his battlefield and diplomatic successes as an opportunity to begin downsizing Russia's intervention... READ MORE

6th January, 2017 65

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

22nd January, 2016 63

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

18th March, 2016 60

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

7th April, 2016 56

DELHI WATER CRISIS MAY LAST 15 DAYS AFTER CASTE PROTEST


New Delhi's water board is trying to restore full supplies to the city of 17 million people that relies heavily on a canal running through Haryana... READ MORE

23rd February, 2016 52


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