water

People gather on a bridge over a river, some about to jump in, with a city skyline behind them
Climate Change
Warm, low and slow: Summer takes a toll on water in Switzerland
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Infrastructure
South Africa’s largest city is running out of water
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Conflict & Justice
A rise in water-related conflicts around the world
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Free Syrian Army fighters snap a picture of an elderly man using a mobile phone in Old Aleppo, Syria.
Conflict
In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water
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Environment
Lima taps ancient Andean canals to help fight its water shortage
Workers pick strawberries in a field on a farm in Oxnard, California, on February 24, 2015.
Environment
Agriculture is thriving in bone-dry California, and that’s not a good thing
A visitor walks near the receding waters at California's Folsom Lake, which is at 17 percent of its capacity, On April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown announced unprecedented mandatory water restrictions and ordered the State Water Resources Board to r
Environment
California faces the worst water emergency since the Dust Bowl, and it needs solutions fast
A man takes a shower as policemen patrol during an operation in Rio de Janeiro's Mare slums complex on March 30, 2014.
Environment
Drought forces Brazilians to curb their addiction to multiple daily showers
Protesters march through São Paulo recently demanding equitable distribution of water throughout São Paulo state. Unofficial rationing has brought frequent water outages to neighborhoods throughout the Brazilian megalopolis of 20 million people.
Environment
São Paulo residents demand their city take a new attitude about water
A worker fills a water tanker for distribution to a hospital in São Paulo in February. Residents throughout the metropolitan region of 20 million people are taking emergency measures amid a severe drought.
Environment
South America’s largest city is almost out of water
Cyanobacteria, or "green slime," is wreaking havoc with Lake Erie's water supplies and fishing industries. The outbreaks are caused largely by runoff of fertilizers and other nutrients from farms, and they're a growing problem in the Great Lakes and aroun
Environment
In the fight against green slime on Lake Erie, farmers try to clean up their act
Water treatment tub in PA
Environment
Can fracking solve the problem of polluted mine water in Pennsylvania?
Development & Education
Kenyan communities succeed in managing scarce water, where aid projects once foundered
Environment
Mexicans are dealing with the same drought as their northern neighbors, but with less water
Arts, Culture & Media
Kenyans Drink a Little Easier With Discovery of 50 Billion Gallon Aquifer
Development & Education
Australia’s Great Artesian Basin: A Life-Giving Resource in the Unforgiving Outback
Environment
In Mexico City, Harvesting Water from the Sky
Global Politics
Colorado River Agreement to Help Restore Vanished Wetlands in Mexico
Health & Medicine
Drinking to disaster?
The Cienega de Santa Clara wetland, in Sonora province in northwestern Mexico, is fed by runoff from U.S. farms irrigated with water from the Colorado River.
Environment
At the end of the Colorado, a new rift opens over the river’s last drops
Health & Medicine
China’s dirty water problem
Health & Medicine
Going in the shower to save water
Environment
Water footprinting
Environment
As unclear as water