Update: China Completes Tunnel Under Yellow River for South-North Water Transfer Project

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China is on target to begin transferring water from the Yangtze River Basin to Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin by 2013.

Water News: What’s Ahead in 2012

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News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events…
North Korea Food Crisis

Differing Views On North Korea’s Food Crisis

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Torrential rains, heavy summer floods, and typhoons have compounded North Korea’s dysfunctional food-distribution system, leaving millions — including many children — in danger of malnutrition, according to some media outlets and humanitarian-aid groups. But others contend that additional analysis is necessary to verify the circumstances.

Bottling Wastewater Expands Island’s Oasis—Singapore’s NEWater Path to Independence

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Singapore is first to bottle and sell wastewater for drinking.

Ned Breslin: Keep it Flowing — Rethinking Community Water Management

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A subtle but important trend in the water sector is only now starting to emerge in developing nations.

Peter Gleick: Fiji Water — When Environment, Politics, and Economics Collide Over Bottled Water

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Fiji Water, one of the world's most well-promoted brands of bottled water, is also one of the most secretive and private.

Q&A: Mission Plastiki—Catching Wind, Storing Rain: David de Rothschild’s Quest for Pacific Plastic

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Following the Plastiki's journey 11,000 miles through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--a Texas-sized gyre of plastic litter.

Water Scarcity Constrains Food, Energy Security in Vietnam

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As the Southeast Asian country battles with climate change, it looks to use less hydropower.

Desert’s Stronger Grip Shakes Inner Mongolia

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Circle of Blue revisits seas of dying grass and blowing sand in northern China.

Floods in Myanmar and Bangladesh Displace Thousands, Dozens Dead

Thousands are left homeless along the Naf River border of Bangladesh and Myanmar due to flash floods.

Singapore Will Cut Water Imports from Malaysia, Pursue Self-Sufficiency

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Infrastructure to succeed Malaysia import agreement, expiring in 2011.

Eco-Explorer David de Rothschild Begins Trans-Pacific Journey on Catamaran of Plastic — the Plastiki

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David de Rothschild's Plastiki voyage and vessel are designed to redefine global use, and reuse, of plastic.