Avainsana: water
Step up investment to deliver safe drinking water to all
Governments must invest more in building safe drinking water systems, both to ensure greater access to this resource and to mitigate the effects of climate…
Electricity-Driven Water Purification Method May Extend to Saltier Waters
While on missions without access to clean water, U. S. Marines face the challenge of procuring and storing enough drinking water to sustain them. Penn…
EU guidelines promote greater reuse of water in agriculture
Facing droughts in several EU Member States, the Commission published guidelines Wednesday for applying rules on the safe reuse of treated urban waste water for…
Local approval for Fukushima water release facilities
In December 2021, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) submitted a request for prior consent to Fukushima Prefecture, Okuma Town and Futaba Town for the installation…
American west faces water and power shortages due to climate crisis: UN environment agency
Two of the largest reservoirs in the United States are at dangerously low levels due to the climate crisis and overconsumption of water, which could…
US Forests Provide 83 Million People With Half Their Water
Forested lands across the U.S. provide 83 million people with at least half of their water, according to a broad new study of surface water…
Northern Glaciers are Retreating from the Water – ENN
Most marine-terminating glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere are shrinking; some have completely left the water. Across the Northern Hemisphere, more than 1,700 glaciers ultimately dip…
Study Recommends Six Steps to Improve Our Water Quality
Nitrogen fertilizers are critical for growing crops to feed the world, yet when applied in excess can pollute our water for decades. Nitrogen fertilizers are…
The Water Council launches new Water Champion program
The Water Council, a global nonprofit membership organization advancing freshwater innovation and water stewardship, today announced that it has launched a new Water Champion…
Water-related hazards dominate list of 10 most destructive disasters
Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global climate, water-related hazards top the list of natural disasters with the highest human losses in the past…
Affordability of WASH must be defined and tracked if 2030 Global Goals are to be met: new report
Universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, a human right enshrined in the 2030 Global Goals, can only be reached if countries monitor…
Low-cost solar-powered water filter removes lead, other contaminants
A new invention that uses sunlight to drive water purification could help solve the problem of providing clean water off the grid. The device resembles…
Costa Rica communities fight duel COVID and climate threat
Local communities in Costa Rica are working together to fight the challenging combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, thanks to support from the…
CEOs from leading corporations including Anheuser-Busch In-Bev, GAP Inc., Starbucks and Ecolab call for increased water stewardship on World Water Day
Today CEOs from 16 corporations – including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Cargill, Diageo, Dow Inc, Ecolab, Gap Inc., Kurita Water Industries Ltd, PVH Corp, Starbucks, alongside The…
New data on global progress towards ensuring water and sanitation for all by 2030
The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 has gathered the latest country, region and world data on all the global indicators for Sustainable Development…
Water and genes flow between the two largest Baltic salmon rivers
Salmon from upstream reaches of the two northernmost Baltic rivers are different from downstream salmon. A recent study found that upstream salmon from the large…
Water, hygiene woes at health facilities putting lives at risk: UN report
Lack of basic water and sanitation services at health facilities has put around 1.8 billion health workers and patients at higher risk of COVID-19…
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