Desalination produces more toxic waste than clean water
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 16,000 desalination plants scattered across the globe produce…
7 years ago
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Ice is a lifeline for the world’s coldest region
by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse OY, Russia (AFP) -- Innokenty Tobonov sinks his harpoon into a long block of ice…
8 years ago
The power of dams
Videographic illustrating the role played by the world's dams. In Quebec province in Canada, four massive hydroelectric dams that will…
8 years ago
A machine makes water out of air – Israel-based tech company showcases technology in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP-Services) -- Imagine you could quench your thirst with water that doesn't originate from a river, spring…
8 years ago
Millions in Mexico City set to go without water for days
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Millions of people in Mexico City are set to be without water for at…
8 years ago
Alarm Level 1 hoisted over Marikina River
(Eagle News)--Alarm Level 1 has been hoisted over Marikina River. The Marikina City Rescue 161 said water levels have reached…
8 years ago
Erdogan takes ‘crazy projects’ to new level with Canal Istanbul dream
by Fulya OZERKAN Agence France Presse KARABURUN, Turkey (AFP) -- The waves of the Black Sea lap peacefully on the…
8 years ago
In Photo: Indian slum dwellers collect potable water from municipal tanker in Bhopal, India
Indian slum dwellers collect potable water from a municipal water tanker in Durga Nagar area of Bhopal on March 21,…
8 years ago
EU seeks to give millions better access to drinking water
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- The European Union proposed Thursday giving millions of people in the 28-nation bloc better access to…
8 years ago
Young scientist invents device that detects lead in water
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) -- Gitanjali Rao, an 11-year-old from Lone Tree, Colorado, won the 2017 Discovery Education 3M…
9 years ago
Health risk alarm over water rationing in Rome
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Plans to ration water in drought-hit Rome could have serious consequences for public health, Italy's health…
9 years ago
In Mexico City, water a rare commodity
by Yussel GONZALEZ Agence France-Presse In a teeming, hardscrabble neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City, Virginia Solis spends a…
9 years ago
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