The Stream, December 29: China Designs ‘Sponge Cities’ to Combat Flooding

The Global Rundown A 25-year report on Caribbean waters finds…

The Stream, December 28: Lower Himalayas of India and Nepal Face Water Crisis

The Global Rundown Rising ocean temperatures and poor waste…

Cape Town’s “Day Zero” Approaches

Local authorities estimate that taps will be turned off by April 29, 2018.

The Stream, December 27: Bodies of Water in the Holy Land Shrink to Record Low Levels

The Global Rundown Thousands in Puerto Rico are still without…

Federal Water Tap, December 26: Lake Powell Pipeline Permitting Inches Forward

The Rundown Federal energy regulators approve the first step…

HotSpots H2O, December 26: Yemen Cholera Cases Top 1 Million

Thousands of Somali refugees return to drought and conflict in their home country after being forced out of Kenya’s Dadaab camp.

The Stream, December 25: Tropical Storm in Philippines Kills Over Two Hundred, Displaces Thousands

The Global Rundown Officials in Bangkok, Thailand, attempt to…

The Stream, December 21: Canada Plans to Tap Coastal Waters in Offshore Drilling Expansion

The Global Rundown A section of Alaska’s Kenai River fails…

The year in water 2017

A new era of severe environmental and economic disruption around the world upends freshwater supplies.

The Stream, December 20: Karachi, Pakistan Gripped by Water Shortages as “Mafia” Steals the City’s Water Supply

The Global Rundown Niagara Falls may receive $20 million to…

HotSpots H2O, December 19: Water Shortages Plague Iraq after Years of War

India and Pakistan race to build hydropower plants along the Neelum River.