New research has revealed that violence over water resources increased dramatically in 2023, continuing a steep growth trend of such incidents over the past decade globally. The study by the Pacific ...

The number of conflicts worldwide involving access to water reached an all-time high in 2023, a new report finds. The Pacific Institute, a think tank, tallied 347 entanglements over water last year, ...

In Algeria, water shortages left faucets dry, prompting protesters to riot and set tires ablaze. In Gaza, as people waited for water at a community tap, an Israeli drone fired on them, killing eight.

On November 28, 2024, Russian missile attacks cut water and electricity to 280,000 people in the Rivne region of Ukraine. On the same day, thousands of miles away, a mother and her daughter were ...

Another World Water Day, another batch of water crises. Residents of Bengaluru, India’s tech capital, are queuing for water as the city’s reservoirs decline and wells go dry. Experts foresaw the risk ...

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Water conflicts are on the rise around the world, according to data from the Pacific Institute. In the first four years of this decade alone, there have been 785 recorded water conflicts worldwide.

When the United Nations General Assembly, in 2010, affirmed that ‘the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation’ (Resolution 64/292) is a human right, it impliedly recognised water as a ...

The diminishing availability of water resources across the globe should be considered one of the most pressing environmental security challenges of the century. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever ...

President Donald Trump’s intrusion into California’s long-running conflict over water management — essentially favoring farmers over wildlife habitat — has drawn massive media and political attention.

POCATELLO, Idaho — Surface water and groundwater users were gathered in Pocatello on Wednesday, June 26, to celebrate the successful resolutions of water conflicts during the irrigation season.

Blessed by several major rivers and ample rainfall, Myanmar holds vast hydropower potential. But many key hydropower sites are claimed by ethnic separatist groups in the nation’s ongoing civil way, ...