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A new continent-wide map is helping identify where Africa’s groundwater can support drinking water and irrigation. Monitoring boreholes tracks aquifer health.
A newly drafted Pittsburgh Steelers player asked whether the city’s rivers are safe for swimming. A water researcher explains what ‘swimmable’ really means regarding the three rivers.
As food and living costs rise, rooftop solar and rainwater harvesting could help low income South African households save money and buy more food.
An environmental engineer who mapped microplastic pollution in three of Pennsylvania’s watersheds explains what it means for our health.
Don’t panic about AI data centres and water – it’s energy we should worry about
Even though annual precipitation is rising nationally, the landscape is drying out more rapidly. That’s changing the water cycle.
Years of industrial expansion have boosted water demand, with no new sources coming online since 2016. Desalination and reclaiming sewage wastewater are among the current options.
After years of drought, Lake Kariba’s rising waters are bringing relief to Zimbabwe and Zambia, boosting electricity, fishing, tourism and wildlife.
Wildfires can cause contaminants to seep into waterways, polluting the drinking water that communities rely on.
Water tankers are meant for emergencies but are fast becoming the norm for many communities.
Cancer-linked chemicals can remain hidden in drinking water supplies for decades.
Some Detroit residents spend as much as 25% of their disposable income on water bills. Many are struggling to keep up.
Critics warn Ontario’s new water laws could shift control of public water systems to arms-length corporations, paving the way for private profit at public expense.
Thousands of hectares of communal land set aside for smallholder farmers’ use in South Africa are lying fallow because of collapsed government irrigation systems.
The rapid expansion of critical mineral extraction is trading away human and ecological well-being for technological breakthroughs. There are ways to fix this.
You can feel wet when you can see water and when you can’t see water. You can also feel dry even when there’s a lot of water vapor in the air – like during a fire.
South Africa is moving to regulate groundwater more tightly as demand and climate pressures grow, but the draft rules still fall short in important ways.
As sea levels rise, increasing amounts of salt water are leaking into freshwater supplies worldwide.
Cities have the best chance of reducing water use when people actively participate in water conservation, but even that might not be enough in the future.
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Senior lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change, United Nations University; University of Calgary
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Research Associate, Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, and Fellow of the Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne