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New solar technology promises safe drinking water in a compact off-grid footprint

More than 18,000 desalination plants operate in over 150 countries, but these aren't helping the estimated 1 billion people who…

7 years ago

APA* Policy Guide on Water

Updated version adopted by Chapter Delegate Assembly, April 2, 2016. Updated version ratified by APA Board of Directors, July 15,…

7 years ago

Fresh water, the reward of land restoration, flows in Ethiopia’s dry zone

Success stories of how land restoration has transformed landscapes and livelihoods in four watersheds of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Fresh water…

7 years ago

Bring down water requirements for agriculture: K Kasturirangan

"There has to be strategies to harvest it, keeping it with limited amount of evaporation," he said. HYDERABAD: India needs…

7 years ago

What does the ocean have to do with human health?

Our ocean and coasts affect us all! Our ocean and coasts affect us all—even those of us who don't live…

7 years ago

History of Drinking Water

Early settlements and towns were always built near a source of water. Without water humans cannot live. Accordingly, the California…

7 years ago

First the Arctic melted, then Bolivian water dried up, then…

Bolivia has declared a state of emergency as climate impacts shrink glaciers and leave cities without water. The now-barren slopes…

7 years ago

Rare Footage Helps Explain What Narwhals Use Their Tusks For

Please see the complete, original care2 article by Alicia Graef at the link below. Scientists are marveling over never-before-seen footage…

8 years ago

The dry facts — future drought indicators

“THOUSANDS have lived without love; not one without water,” observed W.H. Auden. He omitted to add that, as with love,…

8 years ago

Access to drinking water around the world – in five infographics

How many people have access to clean and safe water? Where do they get it from, and how much do…

8 years ago