Water supply dwindling, Bolivians gather at dam to pray for rain
La Paz, BoliviaReuters Under a scorching sun, more than three hundred Bolivians on Friday marched to a dusty plain near the Incachaca dam that overlooks the city of La Paz, gathering to pray for rain and an end to a severe drought that has threatened their water supply. The 10 reservoirs that supply La Paz […]
How water has been weaponised in Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Ukraine Reuters Sveta has no doubt about why the Ukrainian-held southern city of Mykolaiv, a ship-building centre that is home to a half a million people, has gone without fresh water for the past six months. “They [the Russians] are committing genocide against us,” she growled as she waited this week with dozens of […]
Postcards: Climate shifts and rising demand leave Turkey battling growing water stress
JENNIFER HATTAM reports on how population growth, urbanisation, climate change and – critics say – poor water management are all straining Turkey’s water supplies…
“Creeping silent crisis” seen menacing world’s crops
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation A “creeping, silent crisis” is menacing the world’s food supply as water shortages could jeopardise up to 40 per cent of all irrigated crops by 2040, a US thinktank said this week. Erratic rainfall caused by climate change also threatens the water supply for a third of crops that rely on […]
Sydney’s water supply falling at fastest rate on record due to drought
SydneyReuters Australia’s biggest city Sydney is running down its water supply at the fastest rate on record with dams expected to fall below half maximum capacity due to the worst drought on record, the New South Wales State Government said on Friday. Warragamba Dam, the city’s main water supply, was sitting at 51.4 per cent […]