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    Nile flower blocks Iraq's vital waterways

    22 Jun 2020

    The fast-spreading pest poses a special risk in Iraq, one of the world's hottest countries that is already suffering from regular droughts and shrinking water resources due to overuse, pollution and upstream river dams.

    How to stay hydrated if you always forget to drink water

    07 Oct 2020

    Staying hydrated is a key element of maintaining day-to-day health and ensuring people avoid more serious problems like chronic headaches, constipation, dizziness, urinary tract infections and kidney stones.

    Avocado boom comes at a price in Portugal's parched Algarve

    14 Oct 2020

    Avocados guzzle four times more water than Algarve's traditional orange crops. Plantations of the fruit cover some 1,600 hectares (3,950 acres), nearly double the area in 2018.

    Dubai Can initiative cuts single-use plastic bottle usage by 3.5 million

    07 Sep 2022

    Many valued partners and stakeholders from the business and tourism sectors have pledged to install a fountain. Dubai Can is well on track to meet the pledge of installing more than 50 fountains across the city by December 2022.

    Kim Kardashian among celebrities flouting US drought rules: Report

    23 Aug 2022

    Strict water limits — imposed as the western United States endures its 23rd successive year of drought, worsened by human-caused climate change — are in place across swathes of southern California.

    ABB to power world’s largest desalination plant in Abu Dhabi

    23 Mar 2021

    Approximately 45 kilometres north of Abu Dhabi, the Taweelah project will be the first reverse osmosis independent water project in the capital which will desalinate seawater for supply to local communities and industry in the area.

    Controversial study links fluoride in water to lower IQ

    20 Aug 2019

    A study published Monday links exposure to fluoridated tap water during pregnancy to lower IQ scores in infants, but several outside experts expressed concern over its methodology and questioned its findings.

    ‘Water is life:’ Unexpected rainfall revives Iraq's historic marshlands

    24 Apr 2019

    Local farmers are counting their blessings after unexpected heavy rainfall at the end of 2018 caused the dams to overflow by early January and water came gushing back to the wetlands in southeastern Iraq.

    Is it safe to drink from a water fountain during the pandemic?

    13 Aug 2020

    There’s no evidence you can get COVID-19 from the water itself. But since the virus may linger on surfaces, experts say to avoid fountains if you can or to limit any direct contact when using them.

    India's women water warriors transform parched lands

    30 Jun 2022

    The world's second-most populous country is struggling to meet the water needs of its 1.4 billion people.

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