Global IssuesNews headlines for “Water and Development”, page 9
Desalination Plants, a Solution and an Environmental Challenge for Chile
- Inter Press Service
LOS VILOS, Chile, Mar 24 (IPS) - The Pacific Ocean could quench the thirst caused by 10 years of drought in Chile, but the operation of desalination plants of various sizes has a long way to go to become sustainable and to serve society as a whole rather than just corporations.
Water & Sanitation, a Better Future for Girls & our Planet
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, Mar 24 (IPS) - At the World Water Forum this week (March 21-26), the international community will raise awareness of the 2 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean water and sanitation. Among them are millions of women and girls, who walk hundreds of miles each year to find water for their families and are blocked from education and economic empowerment also due to poor sanitation services.
Water & Sanitation Crisis Escalates as Yemenis Mark World Water Day
- Inter Press Service
IBB Governorate, Yemen, Mar 22 (IPS) - As Yemen enters its 8th year of an escalating conflict, 21.7 million of my fellow Yemenis are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance to survive. The conflict has left a trail of devastation in its wake – the country is in economic freefall, and families face intensified violence, hunger, and disease.
Groundwater at the Heart of the Water Security Equation
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar 22 (IPS) - Eng. James Sauramba is Executive Director of the SADC Groundwater Management Institute. Groundwater is invisible and yet its impact is visible everywhere – this infinite resource provides almost half of all drinking water worldwide. About 40% of water for irrigated agriculture and about 1/3 of water required for industry is from groundwater resources. Despite these impressive facts, groundwater remains invisible and less prominent compared to surface water.
Cyclone Ana Floods Choke Malawi's Water and Sanitation Goals
- Inter Press Service
Blantyre, Malawi, Feb 22 (IPS) - On the night of January 24, 2022, as Cyclone Ana-triggered rains incessantly rattled on the rusty roof of her house, amid intervals of gusty winds, a thud woke up Josephine Kumwanje from her sleep.
Call for Increased Global Efforts to Ease Africa’s Climate-Induced Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Feb 14 (IPS) - When years ago warnings were sounded that future wars would be fought not over oil but water, the predictions were dismissed as alarmist.
Spate of Water Projects in Mexico Ignore Impacts
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 07 (IPS) - The Mexican government is prioritizing the construction and modernization of mega water projects, without considering their impacts and long-term viability, according to a number of experts and activists.
Damaged Natural Infrastructure Exacerbates Urban Flooding in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 02 (IPS) - People living in Jardim Pantanal, a low-income neighborhood on the east side of the Brazilian megalopolis of São Paulo, suffer floods every southern hemisphere summer. Many residents remember the three months their streets and homes were under water in late 2009 and early 2010.
Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Hygiene Challenge for Southern African Community
- Inter Press Service
Blantyre, Malawi, Jan 10 (IPS) - The toilets in the maternity wing of Namatapa Health Centre in the populous Bangwe Township in Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city, fell into disrepair a few years ago. So, pregnant women who come to deliver their babies and their guardians use two pit latrines.
Too Harmful: The March of Salt and Plastics on World Soils
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jan 06 (IPS) - There are more under-reported consequences of human activities unmatching the rhythm of Mother Nature. Such is the case, among many others, of the growing salinisation and ‘plastification’ of the world's soils.
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