More: Water Resources
European Green Deal: Commission proposes rules for cleaner air and water
Today the Commission is proposing stronger rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants, and treatment of urban wastewater. Clean air and water are...
Can this portable dam help Africa counter rising waters?
In the Mpanda Commune in north-western Burundi, a long ribbon of rubber – about a metre high and two metres wide – snakes through...
Factors behind the global water crisis: Facts, consequences, and solutions
Authors: Md. Obaidullah and Md. Sohrab Hossen*
Water is another name for our life. We cannot think of a single day without water. In the...
As the climate dries the American west faces power and water shortages, experts warn
Two of the largest reservoirs in America, which provide water and electricity to millions, are in danger of reaching ‘dead pool status.’ A result...
Water in a loop: how to combat water scarcity on remote islands
BY SARAH WILD
Every summer, thousands of tourists travel to Greece’s idyllic islands to enjoy their sunny beaches. Even the global pandemic couldn’t keep visitors...
What Businesses Need to Know About Water Deregulation
Upon the water industry becoming deregulated, businesses were able to choose the retailer that they buy their water supply from. Local monopoly companies still...
Water sources are disappearing. How can we adapt?
If forests are the ‘lungs’ of our planet; absorbing twice as much carbon as they emit each year, then we can think of water...
Moldova’s Water Sector to Become More Resilient and Inclusive with WB Support
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved financing for the Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project in the amount of EUR 44.1...
UN Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1997)
On May 21, 1997, the United Nations General Assembly issued Resolution 51/229, approving the International Convention on the Use of Watercourses for Non-Navigational Purposes....
Climate change, population increase fuel looming water crisis
Improved water management, monitoring and forecasting are needed in the face of a looming global water crisis, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and partners said in a report published on Tuesday.
The warning...