Climate change has many signals—rising sea levels, melting glaciers, stronger storms—but the first and most immediate sign for most people on the planet is water. Not too much of it. Not too little.

Water is absolutely crucial to food production. It is used for irrigation in agriculture, for cleaning and sanitation in factories, and even as an ingredient in food products. Agriculture alone ...

The latest available data on the state of Europe's water network, recently published by Eurostat, has revealed worrying trends regarding the future resilience of the continent's water supplies. The ...

Across the globe, water scarcity is no longer a distant concern—it’s a present and growing crisis. Today, more than 2.3 billion people live in regions facing water stress, and the forces driving that ...

The world’s three most populous countries include China, India and the United States and these nations alone account for 41 percent of the global population, 49 percent of blue water demand—defined as ...

From Gulf megaplants to leaky pipes in Ohio and drought-hit Spain, water is no longer a sleepy utility. It is becoming infrastructure’s most politically charged and capital-hungry frontier, where ...

A Trina McMahon, professor in the departments of civil and environmental engineering and bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Water scarcity is essentially when there’s not enough ...

Your correspondent moderated a panel discussion with global experts in desalination, international development, and water economics at the ceremony announcing the teams that had qualified for the ...

Nearly half of Kazakh people consider water scarcity a serious issue, and a large majority say they are prepared to change everyday habits to conserve water, according to a national survey conducted ...

wwter engineer, Owolabi Ayorinde, has said he will address water scarcity and environmental degradation. Speaking to reporters, he noted that he created a brand, “Crystals Water,” to combat challenges ...

An irrigation system is used to water a field because of drought, near Feldkirchen, Germany, April 25, 2020 (DPA photo by Frank Hoermann via AP Images). A second, more mundane challenge for Europe’s ...