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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan braced for further water shortages in its chipmaking hubs

      Water challenge comes as island pushes to maintain ‘silicon shield’ against China

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Climate change
      UK government ‘strikingly unprepared’ for global warming

      Climate advisers’ report critical of progress and identifies multiple failures

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Lex
      Water: pricing is the key to equitable access Premium content

      Heavy manufacturing and agricultural users should pay more per unit to nudge them to reduce their own consumption

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Alice Ross
      Water funds dilute the environmental message

      There may be an investment case for holding them, but it’s not obvious they are saving the planet

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      Droughts trigger water-saving debates in rainy regions

      Farmers are intensely aware of the challenges in conserving water supplies

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Gillian Tett
      The battle for the Colorado River is a water warning to us all

      Who should control access to increasingly scarce resources?

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Water security in focus as England faces threat of another summer drought

      Fixing old, leaking pipes vital as prospect of hotter and drier summers loom

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      News in-depthLebanon
      Lebanon water crisis fuels cholera outbreak: ‘Things are coming to a head’

      Nearly half of cases are children as fears grow that disease could become endemic

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Egypt
      Egypt battles climate change as world’s eyes turn to COP27

      Farmers struggle to make ends meet in unpredictable weather that has become the ‘new normal’

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      Michelle Williams
      Africa’s fragile food and water security threatens us all

      We are on the verge of a humanitarian crisis in the region — local innovation is key to solving it

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      India’s rice farmers find themselves on front line of water crisis

      The country is struggling to wean itself off subsidies that encourage overuse

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Climate pressures force businesses to count true cost of water

      Companies used to take water for granted in their accounting. Not any more

    • Saturday, 15 October, 2022
      Climate change
      World weather agency sounds alarm on dams, power and nuclear plants

      Water stress and floods place infrastructure at ‘significant risk’, World Meteorological Organization reports

    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      Almost half of Europe under drought warning conditions

      Scientists say weather will stay hotter and drier until November, compounding concerns about food and energy

    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      Thames Water reviews data centres’ water use as London hosepipe ban looms

      Fast-growing sector in south-east England is switching to water cooling systems to cut electricity usage

    • Monday, 22 August, 2022
      Lex
      Global droughts: the price of water does not reflect its real value Premium content

      Analysts say the ‘true cost’ is up to five times more than the amount companies pay at present

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      Waste management & recycling
      UK health body calls for upgrade to sewage system as beaches close

      Britons at risk of e-coli, salmonella and even hepatitis A after water companies dump sewage and storm water into sea

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      Gardens
      Gardens that harness the power of water

      From including water in landscape plans to being selective with irrigation, we can all take better care of a finite resource

    • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
      News in-depthMexico
      Mexico’s president proposes ban on beer brewing as drought intensifies

      López Obrador takes aim at industry using dwindling water resources while local people suffer

    • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
      Lex
      UK hosepipe bans: dire leakage data undercut moral authority of utilities Premium content

      Instead of fighting over hosepipes, suppliers and households have a common duty to manage water resources better

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      News in-depthUK agriculture
      Farmers fight to save stunted crops in record UK heat

      Livestock and dairy farmers use up winter feedstocks as climate change brings further extreme weather threats

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Drought declared across large parts of England

      More than half of nation affected by second heatwave after driest July on record

    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      London faces hosepipe ban in weeks as England braces for new heatwave

      Thames Water warns its 15mn customers that restrictions will soon be needed given forecast for continued dry weather

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Climate change
      England is heading for a drought, Environment Agency warns

      Continuing dry weather is forecast with three water companies introducing hosepipe bans

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      News in-depth3 min
      Water: too precious to be just another commodity? | FT Rethink

      The FT’s Gill Plimmer explores whether water really is just another commodity, or an essential human right

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