Water stress, floods could hit South Asia hard despite below-normal monsoon
Communities across several countries including India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan could be hit with flash floods, landslides and even drought
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Human activities accelerating changes in global freshwater cycle
Human activities, through large-scale water and land-use, coupled with climate change, are significantly altering the global freshwater cycle at an
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Reservoir sedimentation threatens billions with growing water risk
More than half of all global reservoirs could become functionally inoperable by 2060 due to sedimentation, threatening water supplies to
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Govt launches Rs 200-crore programme to support startups in water sector
The Centre has launched a Rs 200-crore programme to support startups in the water sector with the aim of accelerating
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Tropical rivers facing sustained oxygen loss due to climate warming
Global rivers are undergoing widespread and sustained deoxygenation, or sustained oxygen loss, driven by climate warming, with tropical rivers, including
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Contaminated industrial sites in India pose public health risk
Inadequate environmental regulations and assessments of contaminated industrial land in India are endangering human populations and wildlife ecosystems, a new
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Now, a high-school student designs low-cost teabag to remove arsenic in water
Arsenic contamination in groundwater is a global public health concern, with south and southeast Asia being the most affected with
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VA Tech Wabag-led consortium bags wastewater plant contract in Georgia
A consortium-led by water technology major VA Tech Wabag has secured a large contract for construction of a 19 million
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Coordinated global action, integration of WASH within health systems needed: WHO
Stating that unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) still drive at least 1.4 million preventable deaths each year, the World
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ADB opens $100-mn green bond issue to manage glacier melt impacts
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued $100 million green bonds to raise awareness of glacier melt across the region.
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