As the decades old plan to bring Yangtze River water 1,400 kilometers north to Beijing and neighboring areas nears completion, people living along the south-to-north water diversion project are reflecting on changes brought forth by the historic program.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday earmarked over 1 billion U.S. dollars to water projects in a bid to alleviate the severe water crisis in Sao Paulo state.
Authorities at the central and local levels began investigating a pollution case in which an aluminum manufacturer is believed to have caused environmental damage in central China.
Popular restaurants in the Maldives capital of Male have shut down due to suspension of water supply after a fire four days ago resulting in difficulties to locals and tourists alike, residents said on Sunday.
The Chinese government has donated 500,000 U.S. dollars to the Maldives government to speed up repairs in a desalination plant and restore water to the capital, an official said here on Sunday.
With one out of three women worldwide lacking access to safe toilets, it is a moral imperative to end open defecation to ensure women and girls are not at risk of assault and rape simply because they lack a sanitation facility, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.
Do you think a fly is less threatening than a tiger? Perhaps yes, if you are talking about things of nature and not Chinese bureaucracy.
More than 200 people were evacuated on Tuesday night from the flood-affected areas after three days of heavy rainfall in the western Norwegian county of Hordaland.
Like many displaced by the south-to-north water diversion project, Zhao Jiufu will never forget the day he moved out of his ancestral home four years ago.
The diet of a small Malaysian spider could hold the key to curbing the spread of some of the world's worst human diseases, such as malaria, according to research by New Zealand, Singaporean, Chinese and Malaysian scientists.
Indonesia has set target to secure access to clean water for all people across the country by 2019 and planned to provide drinkable water directly from the faucets in large cities, a senior official said here Thursday.
Up to half of the water on Earth, including the water in your bottle, is likely older than the solar system itself, a new study said Thursday.
The Lao government held a public consultation here Thursday to gather feedback on its revised draft of the Water Resources Law, according to an IFC press release.
Scientists on Thursday unveiled what appears to be the first truly semiaquatic dinosaur, saying the monster may have spent much of its life in Africa's ancient "river of giants," feeding on giant sharks, sawfish and lungfish and other aquatic prey.
Nearly 200 people died in flood in Indian-controlled Kashmir while over 400,000 are being trapped by water in the area which came under the worst deluge in 60 years since last week, said officials.
Asia's Archerfish is known for shooting land-based insects and other small animals with jets of water, but a new study out on Thursday found that they can actually fine-tune their jets for a precision strike, making them the first known animal to use adjustable jets of water as tools.
It has never occurred to the 61- year-old Nadim that one day he would be busy checking his water tank atop his four-storey building every couple of hours to see the water level rather than spending his retirement times vacationing as he always dreamed.
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