WaterCrisis
Water security: Leave no one behind
Over two billion people lack access to safe drinking water – and the situation is set to become bleaker still due to climate change. How do we build equitable and collective approaches to global water...
2024 in Water: Risky Business
Events that are obscure in the moment often gain clarity in retrospect. The story of 2024 for water, though it is still being written, is one of increasing societal risk that our institutions and our ...
Poor communities feel the brunt
As South Africa continues to grapple with growing water challenges, residents of Klipfontein View in Midrand are among the hardest hit with frequent water cuts. Recently taps in the area stood dry for...
India: Death by Contamination
The Indian daily newspaper The Hindu writes in its editorial “on Indian cities and unsafe drinking water” and demands: “Governments need to ensure safety of piped supply of water whi...
New York: State of Water Emergency
An Upstate New York village has shut off its water supply and declared a state of emergency. The Village of Whitehall and Mayor Francis Putorti said the Village of Whitehall Board of Trustees voted to...
World’s Water Crises: Beyond Growth!
The world is facing multiple crises relating to water quality, quantity and security. Government responses to date focus on a ‘business as usual’ approach prioritising economic and/or green growth. Bu...
Ecuador: Long Waiting for Water
In Zamora Chinchipe, located in Ecuador’s South-East, hundreds of families still depend on rivers and springs for their survival. The lack of drinking water coverage, which in some areas barely ...
The Global Threat of Drying Lands
Three-quarters of Earth’s land became permanently drier in last three decades, the UN documents. Five billion people could be affected by 2100. Even as dramatic water-related disasters such as floods ...
Zimbabwe: Water vending booms
The effects of climate change are becoming more severe as witnessed by the increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves. Zimbabwe’s Breitbridge district yesterday experienced temperatures as high...