Scientists trial new technology for water quality monitoring
A project to trial new ways of protecting the aquaculture industry from the impact of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and other threats to water...
Fake data on water investigated in China
The Chinese government has sent investigators to Hunan province in the southeast of China to probe into faked data at a water monitoring station.
Chinese...
New study warns of rising water use for fracking
Volumes of water used for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) have risen more than seven-fold in the last five to six years, a new study shows.
The...
China’s water diversion project replenishes 30 rivers
China has replenished 30 of rivers via the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
The project, which began in April this year and...
Water-scarce areas of Scotland on highest level of alert
A recent Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) report has upgraded many parts of Scotland to a state of "significant" water scarcity.
The document finds that...
UK heatwave leads to water restrictions
Record June temperatures across the UK last month have created unprecedented demand for water, forcing utilities to impose restrictions and bans.
Although dam and reservoir...
Levels of water reuse not good enough, says EU
The European Commission has proposed new measures to combat water scarcity and help farmers reuse water.
The commission is looking to develop the circular economy...
Plastic waste overwhelming world’s oceans, says UN chief
António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, today marked World Environment Day with a warning about the ecological harm caused by plastic waste.
More than...
ADB lends US$145 million to Uzbekistan to upgrade water infrastructure
A loan of US$145 million to improve water supply and sanitation services in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic in northwestern Uzbekistan, has...
England to face water shortages by 2050
Climate change, population growth and land use are exerting stress on England’s water supply and could result in shortages by 2050, the country’s Environment...
FEATURED STORY
Portugal enables the human rights to water and sanitation by design
By Carolina Latorre
Policies are blueprints through which we transform vision into reality.
So when the sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG6) incorporated the human rights to safe...
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Afghanistan’s water levels drop 60 percent
The Ministry of Energy and Water of Afghanistan has said that water loss across the country is forcing people out of rural areas and...
