2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Drinking Water
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U.S. Senate approves aid for Flint, Michigan, water crisis
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a broad $10 billion water projects development bill that will help Flint, Michigan, deal with a long-running problem of lead contamination in the city's water supply.
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In DRC, Search for Clean Water Sends Entrepreneurs To Rwanda
GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - From dusk till dawn, an ongoing stream of people crisscrosses La Petite Barriegrave;re, one of the two main borders that divide Rwanda and DRC. Women carry baskets
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Central policy needed on water-sharing issue
MLC Ivan D’Souza said that the Central government should evolve a central water policy to guide the states on sharing of river water. Absence of such policy will only aggravate the inter-state water
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MPCB acts against units selling unpackaged water
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has swung into action against local manufacturing units selling unpackaged and unsealed potable water. On September 6, TOI had reported that the
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Political parties should come together to safeguard State’s rights over Cauvery
CM should convene all-party meeting to address issue, says G. K. Mani The ruling party and the opposition parties should unite together to restore the rights of Tamil Nadu on Cauvery water dispute.
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Flint residents seek bottled water delivery as lead exposure persists
Residents of Flint, Michigan, on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order bottled water or filters be provided to them to prevent further lead exposure, 2-1/2 years after the city's water supply was found
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Increased drought could see Londoners queueing for water
Londoners face a one in five probability of queuing in the street at standpipes for their water for days or weeks during a sweltering summer in the coming 25 years, owing to drought brought about by climate
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Fluoride in water doesn't lower IQ or cause cancer, says health agency
Australia’s chief health and medical research agency says fluoride in drinking water does not lower a person’s IQ, cause cancer or cause any other negative health effects. The National Health and Medical
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Check dam on Kosasthalaiyar to boost water table in 10 villages
The structure is being built nearly 8 km upstream of Poondi reservoir Residents of Pattaraiperumbudur in Tiruvallur district are glad that the stretch of the Kosasthalaiyar river near their village
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Union water resources ministry calls for restraint in use of ground water
MUMBAI: Union minister for water resources Uma Bharti has called for exercising restraint while exploiting groundwater. She said over-exploitation had led to a sharp decline in ground water level and deterioration