Water Around The World

Beijing 2022 was the first Winter Olympics to rely almost 100% on artificial snow. Before the Games it was estimated that 222 million litres of water would be needed to create the snow conditions, in one of the world’s most

Collecting water from wells is primarily a job for women and girls. In Nashik in Maharashtra, women have to climb inside a 60 foot well to collect water as can be seen left and in this video. The onerous task

This report from Al Jazeera highlights three ground-breaking examples from Nepal which support rainwater collection and use it to mitigate against water shortages. For the past four years in Nepal, Liwali residents have been collecting rainwater through a system of

The IHRA (International Rainwater Harvesting Association) are co-funding a project in central Senegal to help prevent the advance of ‘tannes’ (salty lands) by restoring mangrove forests. In addition to restoring the mangrove ecosystem, the project also promotes better management of

Back in 1924 a 13 minute film was made following a canal boat as it travelled across London from east to west. Starting in Limehouse Basin it carried 85 tons of coal (86 tonnes metric) to Paddington Basin all by horse power.

Taiwan is the most recent country to suffer a devastating drought. Taiwan should be one of the rainiest places in the world – its climate is subtropical in the northern and central regions, and tropical in the south. Typhoons are

Excellent article about recycled wastewater  in California where intensifying drought has meant the utilities are increasingly relying on sewage to generate the state’s water needs. Twenty years ago, Los Angeles County spent millions on a recycled wastewater plant only to shut

Interesting video about rapid intensification of cyclones – a phenomenon that is occurring more frequently and is driven by climate change. 90% of the current heating of the earth is being absorbed by the oceans, and this heat is being held in

We are a family of 4 with two adults and two teenagers. We all take showers every day or two, and my husband and I usually take a bath each at least once a week (I am only sharing this

‘Where there is no engineer’ is an initiative from The Dublin Institute of Technology and Engineers Without Borders, Ireland. It focuses on community resilience and one particular case study looks at asparagus production in the Ica region of Peru. Most