Policy makers, water experts and peace lovers might be interested in the Strategic Foresight Group’s research on water as a means to resolve conflict in the Middle East. Read about their latest efforts in Jordan. ... read more >>

When I read about a new brand of bottled water from Israel at Elizabeth Royte's blog, I was, like her, incredulous. Dumbfounded. Mystifed. Whereas many are jettisoning the bottled water habit Michael Gerbitz must think his Genesis: Living Waters of Israel is neater than chocolate-covered matzah balls. That someone would think shipping water bottled in Israel for sale to the USA, Canada, and elsew ... read more >>

ormer President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday cautioned that there was a possibility that neighbouring countries could "create problem" for India to meet the demand for water for their increasing population.

The population in India's neighbouring countries of China, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan is expanding and accordingly the demand for water was also increasing, he said ... read more >>

The worst place to be in the occupied West Bank in terms of water and sanitation facilities is an Israeli-controlled stretch of land known as Area C, where the Palestinian Authority (PA) is technically responsible for water services, but simply unable to deliver.

Cara Flowers, an officer with the Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Group (EWASH), said the health and livelihoods of communit ... read more >>

More than 10 million local residents now have adequate water supplies due to the implementation of the Western Development Strategy that went into effect in 2000, according to a release by the Ministry of Land and Resources yesterday.

The ministry has promoted ecological construction and environmental protection in the last 10 years to provide fundamental support for western development.

Th ... read more >>

Central China faces its worst flooding since 1998 when thousands died, as rain continues to batter the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a state newspaper said on Thursday. ... read more >>

One of Saddam Hussein's greatest acts of ecological destruction – the draining of the Mesopotamian marshes – has been reversed as birds and rivers return to the region

Saddam Hussein's draining of the Mesopotamian marshes of Iraq – recorded as the Garden of Eden in the Bible - was one of the most infamous outrages of his regime, leaving a vast area of once-teeming river delta a dry, salt-encru ... read more >>

China's hydropower generating capacity in 2020 may fall short of expectations due to immigration and environmental concerns, an official with the China Electricity Council said on Thursday.

"The goal for installed hydropower capacity may not be reached because of issues of immigration and environmental protection," Xue Jing, director of statistic and information department of the council told ... read more >>