Drinking from the Sea

Demand for Desalination Plants Increases Worldwide Read more

Mumbai Prays for Rain

Citizens in Mumbai, India, are battling both blazing heat and a water shortage, as the city taps deep into its reserves to meet its daily water requirements Read more

Ganges River to Nourish Arsenic-affected Villages in India

The Bihar state government in eastern India will soon launch projects to supply safe drinking water from the Ganges River to arsenic-affected villages in the region, Read more

New Report: Turbid Water Stirs Up Future of Insecurity for Asia

Asia faces unprecedented water challenges, experts say, but solutions are within reach. Read more

Drought Boils Bitter Cup of Tea for India

As the first quarter of the year winds down, India is drawing up its tea yields balance-sheet. Read more

Glaciers Adrift: Climate Change Comes to Nepal

KYANGJIN GOMPA, Nepal — Deep in the Himalayas, far from factories and industrial infrastructure, lives Rinjin Dorje Lama. From early in his childhood, he has been watching the world’s weather change from his doorstep. Read more

Mapping Thirst: New UN Graphics Predict Changes in Water Supply

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently updated a set of informative graphics to reflect fresh water availability worldwide, be it more or less. Read more

Going against the Flow: India, Bangladesh worry China may Divert Water from Tibet

BANGALORE — As China becomes increasingly stressed for water, it comes closer to slaking its thirst with Tibet’s Yalong Tsangpo River, known in India as the Brahmaputra. Read more

Overcoming the sanitation stigma: An interview with author Rose George

In an interview with Circle of Blue, freelance journalist and author Rose George explores the politics of sanitation. Read more

Rose George’s World of Human Waste and Why It Matters

What we should do about the dirty world of a dirty word Read more

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