Pakistan’s City with No Water
The City with no water: Imagine having to spend half your salary or more buying water, sometimes only available illegally from criminals. Or if water taps in your area only ran once a fortnight in the middle of the night for less than two hours. That was the situation for millions in the city of […]
Why Waiakea Water is the Best
Many people are starting to make the switch from their traditional tap water with bottled water and for many reasons too. Some like it because of the accessibility, while others like it for the taste and quality. Whatever the case may be, bottled water can be a safer alternative to water that you get from […]
Nigeria Among 37 Countries Facing Water Stress
Nigeria has been listed among 37 countries in the world currently facing extremely high levels of water stress, which occurs when more than 80 per cent of the water available for agriculture, industry and domestic use is withdrawn annual, report from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) stated. The report released to mark […]
Girls Do 62% Of ‘Low-Status Job’ Fetching Water In Sub-Saharan Africa
The job of collecting clean water has long disproportionately fallen on the literal shoulders of women and children. But a new study determined just how many of them in sub-Saharan Africa are subjected to the backbreaking task. Using data amassed from 24 sub-Saharan African countries, a study published in PLOS One, a science journal, found […]
1 in 3 people in low-income countries struggle to access clean water
Despite halving the number of people worldwide without access to an improved water source over the past 25 years, the poorest countries are struggling to provide safe water and adequate sanitation to all their citizens in a sustainable manner. Just over a quarter of people in low-income countries had access to an improved sanitation facility, […]
People Denied Access To Water In Zimbabwe
Major cities in Zimbabwe, including the capital Harare and the second largest city, Bulawayo, are moving to install prepaid water meters despite resistance from residents associations and civil society organisations, which argue that prepaid meters deny poor people access to water a right, they say, that is enshrined in the constitution. Local authorities such as […]
Dirty Water Keeps Harare Residents Snapping
Green, black or grey with bits in: Posting photos of the water coming out of Harare’s taps has become a favourite pastime for some frustrated city dwellers. In the last week, the colour of water in some areas of the Zimbabwean capital has varied from black and frothy through brown with bits in to pea-green, […]
Masvingo Set to Ease Lake Mutirikwi Pollution Woes
Masvingo City Council has completed a $500 000 dedicated power line project to provide uninterrupted electricity supply at its sewer pump stations and treatment plant to reduce rampant pollution in Lake Mutirikwi. The country’s oldest town draws its water from Late Mutirikwi where pollution has reached unprecedented levels owing to incessant discharge of raw sewage […]
Drinking Water on Empty Stomach Immediately After Waking Up!
Did you know that Japanese people have a habit of drinking water immediately after waking up. It is and ancient tradition for healing many diseases that became very popular around World War 2 after being published in a Japanese newspaper. The advantages of drinking water have been also backed up by many studies . It […]
India heatwave toll passes 1,000
The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas. Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where at least 1,118 people have died since last week. Reports say at least 24 people have died from the heat in […]
