Pampilhosa da Serra (Portugal) (AFP) – In central Portugal, a sustained drought has revealed the ruins of a village that was totally submerged underwater when a large reservoir was created nearly 70 years ago. “I have never seen that!” says Carlos Perdigao, 76, as he gazes at the ruined stone houses of Vilar which were…
Displaced people – including children – have been seen queuing to get drinking water at a temporary camp in Sake – Reuters Nearly 500,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been left without clean drinking water after a volcano erupted, the charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. It says because cholera is…
Delhi staring at grave water crisis. Raw water sources in Delhi, primarily the Yamuna and groundwater, are insufficient to meet the demand (MIG Photos/ Aman Kanojiya) With one of the highest per capita water consumption levels in the country, many areas in Delhi struggle with a shortage of water for daily use, be it in…
8,800,000 Texans are still under boil water notices while 120,000 still have no water service at all. | Photo: Twitter/@NBCNews More than 30 percent of Texas residents, United States, are still without water service today, after the blackouts caused by the winter storm that left some 60 people dead throughout the country. The difficulties, aggravated…
India only has 4% of the world’s freshwater resources despite a population of over 1.3 billion people. SaveWaterSaveCity.com and an NGO initiated by Rishi Raj Agarwal has taken an uphill task to create awareness among all people the importance of water in human life. India only has 4% of the world’s freshwater resources despite a…
Water use has been growing globally at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century, and an increasing number of regions are reaching the limit at which water services can be sustainably delivered. Essentially, demographic growth and economic development are putting unprecedented pressure on renewable, but finite water resources, especially in arid…
For Venezuelans today, suffering under a new nationwide black-out that has lasted days, it’s like being thrown back to life centuries ago. A man sits on a bench in pitch dark, during a power cut in Caracas.Foto: Cristian Hernández / AFP Walking for hours, making oil lamps, bearing water. For Venezuelans today, suffering under a…
The scene in Venezuela‘s capital of Caracas is dire: a long line of people searching for clean water during the country’s daily power outages. Children and adults alike can be seen carrying jugs as residents prepare to make a dangerous trip underground. On Tuesday night, desperate residents climbed down a manhole that covered an emergency pipe…