water supply, Tag

Researchers in the United States and Australia design systems that can extract water from dry desert air without using fuel.

Cape Town in South Africa is battling its worst drought in a century - and the city's water supply is in trouble. Authorities are scrambling to drill boreholes and construct desalination plants, but Day Zero - when water...

The giant 95kWh Tesla PowerPack battery is the first to be installed in Australia, and will power a water disinfection plant built to cater for the growing population of Logan, south of Brisbane.

Kenya's capital city, Nairboi, is dangerously low on water. The city, home to around 3.4 million people, has been rationing water since January 1, but it may not be enough. 60 percent of residents already don't have reliable...

When something goes wrong with a public water supply, utility officials often issue an advisory warning residents to boil water before using it for drinking, cooking, or bathing...

Let’s face it; water is something most of take for granted. This substance accounts for 75% of our bodies’ composition as well as the planet we live on. Yet, only 1% of the water on Earth is there was ever a paradox,...

After Hurricane Sandy, which devastated the East Coast in 2012, it’s more important than ever to make sure you, your home and your family are prepared to weather hurricane season when it strikes—as it inevitably does...

A new report warns that in less than three decades, the United States (and the rest of the world) could face a full-blown water crisis if we don't change the way we generate power...

In just 16 short years, the United States (and the rest of the world) could be facing serious water shortage if it doesn’t change the way that it generates power...

Despite being just a hop away from oceans of water, Beijing is suffering from a serious water shortage. China’s capital city has a chronic lack of water despite recent attempts to move more water to its 22 million inhabitants,...

Waterfall photo via Xseon/Shutterstock It’s no secret that drinkable water is one of the most precious and finite resources on Earth; now an eminent Australian water scientist is urging the world yet again to take better...

From the department of “told you so” comes this about-face on what was supposed to be an environmental solution. It seems the cure is worse than the disease: “CORYDON, Iowa — The hills of southern...

Thousands of firefighters have descended upon the "Rim Fire" blazing in Yosemite National Park. A new online tool launched by Southern California radio station KPCC allows visitors to monitor the progress of the inferno and...

A cadmium spill in the Liu River of southern China has police and emergency personnel scrambling to clean and protect the water supply of a major city in its path...

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