eMalahleni, in the north-east of South Africa, is one of the fastest growing urban areas in the country. With more than half a million people living in a water-stressed region, the municipality has struggled to bring clean drinking water to the...
For a continent where more than 300 million people lack access to safe drinking water, Africa is sitting on a lot of it. The journal Environmental Research Letters recently published a set of maps of groundwater resources in Africa, the results of...
Tshwane Metro has dismissed as a hoax reports that striking municipal workers have pumped sewage into water reservoirs. They urged residents to ignore SMSs doing the rounds alleging that their drinking water was unsafe. Spokesman Nomasonto Ndlovu...
This video raises awareness about the shortage of clean water in Africa and around the world.
Access to clean drinking water remains a privilege for many Namibians, with villagers in remote areas faring the worst in most cases. The residents of Mangamba village in eastern Kavango have requested government to provide them with new water...
Few Canadians are losing sleep over global warming and the state of the world’s rainforests, according to a public opinion survey conducted exclusively for QMI Agency. “Issues that can affect people in their day-to-day lives, like...
In July of 2010 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted that all human beings have the essential right to clean drinking water and proper sanitation. This motion was part of a greater initiative to promote the issue of a global water...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) launched a financing programme that seeks to protect and promote public health and preserve water resources in the country. In fact, it already set aside an initial amount of P600 million for the...
The United States invests hundreds of millions of dollars in water sector activities around the world. Over 750 million people world-wide do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and 2.5 billion people still lack access to improved...
