The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Out of 58 observatory borewells, groundwater levels reported to have gone up in 48 Has the groundwater situation improved in Mysuru district? If the recent study by the Department of Mines and Geology is any indication, the answer is yes. Out of 58 observatory borewells monitored by the department, 48 …
Maithon Power Limited (MPL), a joint venture between Tata Power and DVC, has undertaken the initiative of supplying clean drinking water to the community through water tankers during the summer season. 28 villages will benefit by th initiative. The objective of this initiative is to cater to the basic need …
More than 300 million people in Africa lack access to clean drinking water, the African Water Association (AAE) said on Wednesday.AAE made the statement on Wednesday in Douala, Cameroon during the second stage of the Scientific and Technical Council (STC) and the Executive Committee of the Pan-African organization. “The main …
CHENNAI: Weather gods may be smiling on Chennai, bringing rain almost every evening these days, but that may not be enough to save the city from a looming water crisis. The combined storage in four reservoirs supplying water to Chennai dipped to 922 million cubic feet (mcft) on Thursday, probably …
Hundreds of thousands of people are short of drinking water in northeast China's Liaoning Province as it suffers one of its most severe droughts in history. Liaoning has seen high temperatures and dry conditions since the start of July, with rainfall at its lowest since records began in 1951. The …
The new water and sanitation development goal must include measurable targets, to improve the lives of those without water or access to a safe toilet The report card is in on the UN’s first set of global targets, the millennium development goals. And when it comes to reaching the world’s …
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing US$14.8 million to support St Lucia’s efforts to deliver a reliable, climate resilient supply of potable water to the northern districts of the island. It said that the money will be used to fund improvements to the …
The Acting General Manager of the Ebonyi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Sunday Opoke, has said that over 3,000 water-boreholes are currently dilapidated in the state. Mr. Opoke said this in the Ebonyi State capital, Abakaliki, noting that the situation has made it difficult for rural dwellers to access …
Mumbai: A whopping USD 200 billion worth of wheat, rice and maize crops could be lost by 2050 globally if the issues arising from global warming are not addressed on a war-footing, an independent study on the impact of climate change on crop yields has warned. "By 2050, about USD …
AURANGABAD: Despite heated discussion on water scarcity, contamination and opposition to the Rs 792-crore water distribution project, the policy-making body of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation once again failed to come up with a full proof solution for the issue. The special general body meeting on water distribution took place on …
Bangkok's tap water supply may run out in a month, as the country waits for long overdue rains to replenish sources depleted by drought and threatened by seawater creep, the chief of the capital's water authority said. Thailand is suffering its worst drought in more than a decade. In an …
The Aurangabad City Water Utility Company Limited (ACWUCL) has decided to provide daily updates on the water supply system to the residents through radio. The company will keep the residents informed about any disruption, change in the schedule of water supply or shutdown in the system. Besides, the company has …
Water use in the state down in May compared with two years ago after governor ordered mandatory water restrictions amid fourth year of drought California water regulators say cities showed their best drought conservation yet by cutting water use by 29% in May compared with two years ago. California wildfire …
California is still counting up the damage from the 2014 drought, which resulted in more than $200 million in losses in the dairy and livestock industry and a staggering $810 million in crop production. And analysts are predicting this year to be even worse. But many will admit that if …
Generators not installed despite recommendations from F&CC; “Lack of vision and planning” by officials of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is resulting in a water crisis in the city. This can be gauged from the fact that there are no generators for power back-up at 238 tubewells in the city even …
Restoring a pre-Inca network of channels to ensure a steady flow of water from the mountains should help Lima meet some of its growing needs In the mountains above the Peruvian capital Lima, the world’s second largest desert city, scientists are working with farmers to restore ancient canals, believed to …
A surprise five-minute rain shower falls like a taunt over the scorched riverbed of the Ranchería river: fat raindrops spatter in the dust but evaporate almost immediately. Nearby, a young girl and boy scoop out a bowlful of cloudy groundwater from a makeshift well to wash a few scraps of …
Minna — Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has declared emergency in water sector to end years of water scarcity for domestic and commercial purposes in the state. In spite of the existence of River Niger where the name, Niger State, is derived from and other surrounding watersheds, …
NOT comfortable with the acute shortage of portable water in the city of Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State and its environs, the state governor, Darius D. Ishaku, has directed immediate overhauling of the entire water plants in the state. Wondering why the people would continue to go about in …
The official figures of water supply seem at variance from the ground reality raising doubts about the utilisation of grants to strengthen the delivery system in the district. While figures by the Public Health Engineering Department reveal a supply of 70 - 135 litre per capita per day (LPCD) to …
