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The answers to what needs to be done to solve the chronic water crisis in South Africa’s towns and cities have been known for some time.
Iran is struggling with a massive water crisis, this is a global phenomenom.
Like living beyond your financial means, using more water than nature can replenish can have catastrophic results.
While drought is intensifying, its causes and consequences vary. Here’s how.
Water is being trucked into the Adelaide Hills and surrounds to fill empty rainwater tanks and dams. Is there a better way to cope with future water shortages?
During colonialism and apartheid, Black South Africans were largely not supplied with clean, running water. New water laws must overturn this water inequality.
Working-class and poor Black Detroiters tend to vote inconsistently in presidential elections, but they could be key to winning the swing state of Michigan in 2024.
Africans need to re-envision what climate resilient development means within unique African city contexts.
Better monitoring of groundwater is important for sustainable management.
The water crisis is a women’s crisis. Women need to be equal partners in the process of creating more just and effective water governance systems.
Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient.
‘Hyperscale’ warehouses filled with computer servers use water for electricity and cooling.
Water and climate issues are expected to cause more than one billion people to migrate by 2050.
Treatment rates are still low in many developing countries.
More than two billion people live without reliable access to clean water.
Just as America’s highways, sewage systems and water pipes need fixing, so does the growing gap between rich and poor. Trump and the Democrats could use that money to address both.
One of the major scenes of a potential water crisis and conflict is the Nile River.
China has successfully implemented afforestation to counter desertification. But, today, it faces another risk: its waters are declining.
Smart meters may help water saving initiatives as the drought persists in South Africa’s Western Cape. It can help those who need achieve saving targets.
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