Wow!: From pixels to pails, crowdfunded wells quench thirst in Senegal’s drylands
NGOUDA DIONE, of Reuters, reports on how builder and fundraiser Mamadou Diakhate is using the internet to fund wells in communities lacking water…
Postcards: Drought imperils Iraq’s water buffalo and a child’s way of life
AHMED SAEED and CHARLOTTE BRUNEAU, of Reuters, report…
Havana suffers water shortages as cracks show in aging Cuban infrastructure
Havana, CubaReuters More than 100,000 Havana residents are without water as the heat of the Caribbean summer sets in, raising tensions on the streets of Cuba’s capital as the crisis-racked government scrambles to find a solution. The shortages – linked to the island’s aging, decrepit infrastructure – are affecting between 100,000 and 200,000 citizens of […]
Ukraine dam supplying water to Crimea, nuclear plant is breached, unleashing floods
Updated: 5:50pm (AEST)Moscow, RussiaReuters Millions of litres of water burst through a gaping hole in a Russian-controlled dam on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone in southern Ukraine, threatening scores of villages and cutting off water supplies. Ukrainian and Russian forces blamed each other for the breach. A satellite image shows Nova Khakovka […]
Venice’s waters turn fluorescent green near Rialto Bridge
Milan, ItalyReuters The waters in Venice’s main canal turned fluorescent green on Sunday in the area near the Rialto bridge and authorities are seeking to trace the cause, Italy’s fire department said. The regional environmental protection agency has received samples of the altered waters and is working to identify the substance that changed their colour, […]
Uruguayans pray for rain as capital reservoir left with 10 days of water
Montevideo, UruguayReuters Uruguayans in the capital Montevideo are praying for rain amid a historic drought that has left the main reservoir for the city with only ten days of water left. Low rainfall and high temperatures across the southern region of South America have triggered a severe drought over the last year, affecting crops in […]
More than half of the world’s large lakes are drying up, study finds
London, UKReuters More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of the world’s most important freshwater sources – […]
Postcards: Mexico City’s thirst for water lays bare inequalities, changing climate
BRENDAN O’BOYLE, HENRY ROMERO and CARLOS CARRILLO, of Reuters, report from Mexico…
Sudanese help one another find medicine, water as state collapses into war
Cairo, Egypt Reuters As Sudan collapsed into fighting last week that has trapped civilians in their city neighbourhoods, cutting off access to water, food and healthcare, community groups, websites and apps have sprung up to mobilise medical help and find basic supplies. The violent power struggle between the heads of the army and a big […]
Essay: Billions still lack access to safe drinking water – this is a global human rights catastrophe
TAHSEEN JAFRY, director of the Mary Robinson Centre for Climate Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University, says that, alarmingly, there are more people now without access to clean water than there were three decades ago…