India and Pakistan Dispute Water Use for Hydropower, Agriculture

3 Comments
/
India strives to redirect water, currently used for Pakistani agriculture, on the Kishanganga River for 330 megawatts.

Heavy Rainfall Hampers Tea Markets in India and Sri Lanka

0 Comments
/
Severe weather impacts could compromise tea farming for two of the world's biggest players in the industry.

Q&A: Upmanu Lall on India’s Nexus of Energy, Food and Water

3 Comments
/
Upmanu Lall talks specifically of three regions of India where cereals are grown, despite recent droughts.

Remedies for Nitrate-Contaminated Water in California are Anything but Quick, Cheap

1 Comment
/
John and Rosenda Mataka never gave a thought to their tap water until 1995, when the city of Modesto took over the town of Grayson’s water supply wells and informed everyone that they had been drinking nitrate-contaminated water for over a decade.

Nitrate Contamination Spreading in California Communities’ Water

4 Comments
/
The California Watch nitrates project revealed that wells that serve more than two million Californians have been contaminated with nitrates at levels that surpass the public health limit.

The Price of Water: A Comparison of Water Rates, Usage in 30 U.S. Cities

49 Comments
/
"For more than 20 years industry has been moving south looking for cheaper labor, I'm hoping that now they'll start coming back looking for cheaper water."

UK Reliance on Imported Water Leaves Country Vulnerable, Study

0 Comments
/
Many places the country currently imports products from may begin to see problems meeting domestic water demand in the coming decades, possibly causing a shortage of goods for the country, a study says.

British Company Creates Cheap, Small-Scale Desalination for Agriculture

2 Comments
/
The new system, which uses sub-surface pipes to remove salts and deliver water to plants on demand, grew 200 prosopis trees in the United Arab Emirates' desert during a test-run.

California Farmers Can Save Water, Money, Says Pacific Institute Report

1 Comment
/
The water-scarce state can overhaul its agricultural water management by implementing clearer water targets, better economic incentives, and more direct communication systems, according to a Pacific Institute report

Water, Not al-Qaeda, is Yemen’s Main Domestic Concern, Experts Say

1 Comment
/
Yemen made headlines last Christmas as the training ground for the man who attempted to blow up an airplane two months ago, but a more immediate concern for the people living in the country is a rapidly dwindling supply of freshwater.

Chinese Farms Generate More Water Pollution than Factories

10 Comments
/
Study shows 2007 discharges were double previous estimates.

Pakistan Negotiates Domestic, International Water Disputes

1 Comment
/
Indus River System Authority discuss the Sindh province's accusation that Punjab is stealing water.