"When big corporations pollute or consume huge amounts of water, communities pay the price in empty wells, more costly water bills, and contaminated and undrinkable water sources," one advocate said.
University of California researchers from the Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop water demand explain half of the cumulative deficits of the agricultural water balance since 1980, exacerbating water reliance on depleting groundwater supplies and fluctuating surface water imports.
PARIS (IANS) – The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, highlights that tensions over water are exacerbating conflicts worldwide. To preserve peace, states must boost international cooperation and transboundary agreements, it noted. “As water stress increases, so […]
Debt-plagued Thames Water revealed Thursday that it failed to raise a major cash injection from shareholders, blaming industry regulations that made its rescue plan "uninvestable". Britain's biggest water supplier said in a statement that £500 million ($630-million) of new equity will "not be provided by Thames Water's shareholders" this month.
For years, lakes helped give the city steady water supply. But lopsided growth pushed out traditional users and left lakes shrunken and polluted.
The world needs to better manage its freshwater resources but thirsty new technologies touted as solutions could lead to serious problems if left unchecked, a UN report warned Friday.Roughly half of the planet's population is facing grave water shortages, with climate change-linked droughts affecting more than 1.4 billion people between 2002 and 2021, the report for the UN cultural agency UNESCO said.As of 2022, more than 2 billion people were without access to safely managed drinking water,...
The Senate should reject the Greens' divestiture legislation to break up Australian businesses because it could make the cost-of-living crisis worse
Thames Water is in yet another crisis after shareholders denied it vital cash. The outcome? More sewage in Britain's rivers.
A burst of plasma from a solar flare detected Saturday could interfere with radio transmissions and intensify viewing of the Northern Lights.
A South Texas lawmaker on Wednesday asked Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an emergency due to what he calls a water “crisis” on the border in the Rio Grande Valley.
Kerala has approached top tier technology companies in Bengaluru, requesting them to consider the coastal state for expansion after reports emerged of a water crisis in the country’s tech hub.“After we read reports of the water crisis in Bengaluru, we wrote to the IT companies offering them all facilities as well as plenty of water. We have 44 rivers, big and small, in our state, so water is not an issue at all,” Kerala Industries & Law Minister P Rajeeve told ET on Tuesday.Bengaluru, being the...
South Africa's bustling metropolis faces an acute water crisis that has left millions grappling with the stark reality of empty taps.