water

Israel-Hamas war
‘We have to cut back on everything’: Palestinian farmers in West Bank say water is in short supply
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people with boat
Environment
Parts of Iraq are drying up, impacting already vulnerable communities
Low water levels are seen at the Paso Severino dam, which supplies water to the city of Montevideo and adjacent metropolitan areas, Uruguay, May 15, 2023.
Uruguayans protest over government attempts to supplement public drinking water from salty reservoirs amid historic drought
fish underwater
Environment
You can ring this ‘fish doorbell’ to help marine life in the Netherlands
canal
Environment
Archaeologists uncover ancient Moorish waterways to irrigate Granada 
Amid a multitude of trails with trees that reach dozens of feet overhead, conservationists with Casa del Agua lead tours and tell stories about the forests planted over three decades.
Environment
Conservationists focus on community reforestation efforts to save Mexico’s wetlands
Avocado plantations in Petorca, Chile
Environment
Chileans have long struggled with a water crisis. Management practices are partly to blame, study says.
People living in Punta Chueca, home to the Comcáac, have struggled with a lack of fresh water for generations.
Environment
Desalination brings fresh water — and concern — to an Indigenous village in northern Mexico
The white facade of the Living Lab in Sweden with a light on in the upstairs window.
Climate Change
This ‘living lab’ in Sweden experiments with the future of sustainable cities 
Woman holding hose from truck to fill water trough
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
A boy carries a tub of water down a street past a wall full of grafitti in Arabic letters.
Critical State
Putting the ‘scare’ in scarcity conflicts: Part I
People swim near a partially flooded pavilion near banks of Yangtze River
The Big Fix
How China’s nature-based solutions help with extreme flooding
Tianmushan, China Joy in water
Environment
Joy in water: One family’s life in the Chinese mountains of Tianmushan
No Tap or Toilet: Over One Million Americans Lack Access to Running Water
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portugal
Environment
Portugal uses abundant water to lure investors to the ‘new California’
This this wide framed photograph, people fill containers with water coming from a mountain, in a road at Plan de Manzano slum in Caracas, Venezuela.
Hospitals scrap surgeries, Venezuelans forgo showers as taps run dry
Growing high tides have turned this photo — taken from Pompano Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — into a regular occurrence along the U.S. coastlines.
Climate Change
New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts
India
In India, ‘Day Zero’ is every day as water taps run dry
Cape Town residents gather to collect water at a spring with makshift spigots ear Table Mountain. It's one of dozens of open springs across the city where residents come to collect extra water to add to their meager daily quota of 13 gallons.
Environment
In drought-stricken Cape Town, parched residents gather at a watering hole
Saya Pierce-Jones records a recent report on Cape Town's water crisis for Smile 90.4FM radio. In more than a year on the full-time water beat, Pierce-Jones helped listeners understand the roots of the crisis and find ways to dramatically cut their water u
Culture
Journalist on water beat helped Cape Town avoid ‘Day Zero’
“Cloudfisher” nets erected on Mount Boutmezguida
Technology
These Moroccans are turning foggy days into a solution to their water crisis
People queued to collect water as fears over the city's water crisis grew earlier this year in Cape Town, South Africa.
Business
‘Day Zero’ has been postponed, but Cape Town is still scrambling to deal with its water crisis
Arts, Culture & Media
Death of a Valley
Arts, Culture & Media
Watercolor
Technology
Blue salt crystals on meteorites stoke conversation about extraterrestrial life
Banned Books: A Tool For Prison Control
Full Episode
Farming in PA
Environment
Wild swings in the weather mean that some farm crops will flourish, while others struggle
Oroville Dam
Technology
Does a ‘green spot’ signal trouble for California’s massive Oroville Dam?
Jessica Keetso
Economics
For local water activists, Navajo coal mine closure would be a long-awaited win
Nestle
Economics
While Flint waits, Nestle pumps Michigan water on the cheap
Sign pointing to a water distribution site in Flint, MI.
Environment
It’s been almost three years since Flint’s water crisis began. What have we learned?
People walk past a damaged building in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.
Conflict
A major water crisis in Syria’s capital worsens as fighting continues
Gun Violence on Christmas, Judicial Vacancies for Trump, Drought in California and a Town Without Water
Full Episode
The Goreangab water treatment plant uses a process that partially mimics nature to turn sewage from Winhoek's 300,000 residents back into potable water. It opened in 1968 and was the first such plant in the world.
Environment
Recycling sewage into drinking water is no big deal. They’ve been doing it in Namibia for 50 years.
Burned bus in Bengaluru, India
Environment
In India’s Silicon Valley, the water wars have turned deadly
Glen Canyon Dam
Environment
Is it time to think about removing dams on the Colorado River?
Xiaolangdi Reservoir
Environment
Paying more attention to the weather could help stretch our existing water supplies
A sign is seen next to a water dispenser at a high school in Flint
Global Politics
After months, the Flint water situation is finally getting a little bit better
LaTanya Dickson's family has to travel 20 miles to get clean water, which they store in jugs under the kitchen table of their hogan on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona.
Environment
An NGO focused on water poverty turns its attention from Africa back to the US
Vehicles driving along a road
Environment
In parts of India, the heat is scorching, forests are burning and the water is almost out
Unstoppable Trump, PTSD and Racism, Damage in Flint
Full Episode
Arctic ice melt
Environment
The melting Arctic is to blame for snow and rain in other parts of the world
Mavis, a housekeeper from the Pretoria township of Mamelodi, depends on her garden to help provide for her five children and seven grandchildren. But with this year's region-wide drought, her garden is just a dusty patch of seedlings. “I want rain every d
Environment
For one South African house cleaner, this year’s big drought means crying, hungry children
Activist Engineers: The Solution to America’s Water Crisis?
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Coal Country Wrestles With Hazardous Water in West Virginia
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The Flint Water Crisis: The EPA Responds
Full Episode
A Human Right? Detroit Cuts off Water to Thousands
Full Episode
Unquenchable: Why America’s Water is Under Threat
Full Episode
A Small Town’s Advice for a Big City’s Plastic Water Bottle Ban
Full Episode
The Next Flint? Toxic Water Crisis Hits Small Town in Upstate New York
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water barrels
Environment
‘Little Teresa’ helps São Paulo women fight drought and male domination — with rain barrels
concord water
Environment
Here’s a small town’s advice for cities considering a plastic water bottle ban
Gamergate, Banning Bottles, Who Jesus Would Vote For
Full Episode
Historic lows at Folsom Lake in Northern California.
Environment
Is water the next resource crisis?
Clean Water: America’s Next Civil Rights Battle?
Full Episode
Studies show that communities of color are especially vulnerable to environmental injustice and environmental racism.
Environment
This professor says Flint’s water crisis amounts to environmental racism
Bernie Sanders’ Cool Creator, Searching for a Zika Solution
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Flint residents receive bottled water and filters
Justice
A network of churches are among those trying to reach undocumented immigrants with water in Flint
Toxic Taps, Exoplanets, A Lasting Legacy
Full Episode
Michigan National Guard helping with water distribution
Environment
Why the crisis over Flint’s water could really happen anywhere in the US