WaterCrisis
Mexico: Sinaloa’s Water Sufferings
Mexico: 57,000 Sinaloans do not have the right to water in their communities, up from 19,000 in January. The number of people without piped water in Sinaloa has increased by 200 per cent, from 19,000 ...
South Africa: ‘Capturing Water’
‘Capturing Water’ Spotlights South Africa’s Grassroots Fight to Preserve Precious Resource Before It Runs Out. In early 2018, as South Africa’s Western Cape region was in the midst of a yearslong drou...
Mexico’s Cutzamala Falls Dangerously
The Cutzamala falls dangerously. Not a drop of water falls in the basin! The Cutzamala system lost 7.87 million cubic metres of water last week, reducing its storage to 467.85 million cubic metres ava...
Climate Change: Drinking Water at Risk
How Climate Change Puts the Safety of Drinking Water at Risk. Wildfires, floods, intense heat, droughts, and other extreme events fueled by climate change are threatening water systems in the U.S. and...
Study: Unequal Water Future
Unequal water future: Study reveals how climate change is widening scarcity in some regions while easing it in others. Widening water gaps in key regions could escalate conflicts and strain resources ...
India: Water Loss due to Rising Evaporation
Ponds, dams losing copious water to rising evaporation. Experts attribute it to climate change, green cover depletion. Kalaburagi: Soaring mercury levels across Karnataka – some parts of the state are...
Climate Change: Floods and Drought
How cities cope with climate-caused floods and drought. Many of the world’s biggest cities are facing too much or too little water. Regional solutions are helping vulnerable communities become m...
Cities face ‘Whiplash’ of Floods & Droughts
Cities face ‘whiplash’ of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns. The weather in some of the world’s most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and...
Mexico: Water Scarcity in Many Households
Water scarcity: 1 in 7 Mexican households do not meet basic needs. National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) shows the gaps in household access to and use of water at the sub-national level. 16.1...
