Rains Bring Mumbai Long-awaited Reprieve from Drought

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mumbia_rain Mumbai’s weather goes from one extreme to another, as heavy monsoon rains follow a prolonged dry spell in western India.

Sri Lanka Fights Dengue Outbreak and Stagnant Water

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Facing a dengue outbreak, the government of Sri Lanka is trying…

Drinking From The Sea

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Pressed by growing urban populations, drier and warmer climates and the need to fortify supplies stretched by the increasing worldwide thirst, metropolitan and national governments on five continents are building record numbers of industrial plants to use a nearly alchemic technology to produce drinking water from the sea.

Mumbai Prays for Rain

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mumbia Citizens in Mumbai, India, are battling both blazing heat and a water shortage, as the city taps deep into its reserves to meet its daily water requirements.

Ganges River to Nourish Arsenic-affected Villages in India

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Bihar, in eastern India, will soon launch projects to supply safe drinking water.

New Report: Turbid Water Stirs Up Future of Insecurity for Asia

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Asia faces unprecedented water challenges, experts say, but solutions are within reach.

Drought Boils Bitter Cup of Tea for India

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Significantly reduced tea production in comparison with the first three months of 2008.

Glaciers Adrift: Climate Change Comes to Nepal

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Although many Nepalis have contributed little to climate change, they experience it most drastically.

Mapping Thirst: New UN Graphics Predict Changes in Water Supply

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently…

Going against the Flow: India, Bangladesh worry China may Divert Water from Tibet

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Downstream worries about the environment, agriculture and politics.

Overcoming the sanitation stigma: An interview with author Rose George

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In an interview with Circle of Blue, freelance journalist and…

Rose George’s World of Human Waste and Why It Matters

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What we should do about the dirty world of a dirty word by…