Water

The August 2023 Maui wildfires, the deadliest in the U.S. in over a century, devastated homes, tourism, and agriculture. Fires smoldered underground for weeks, destroying water systems, with some contamination still being studied.

Fires create new risks like toxic contaminants in drinking water, where plastic pipes exposed to intense heat leach harmful substances, affecting communities unaware of compromised water quality. And more.

The growth of cities worldwide is contributing to more intense drought conditions in many cities, including Sydney, a new Chinese study has found.

This report focuses on understanding building water system plumbing contamination caused by disasters and man-made accidents and efforts to return the plumbing to safe use.

This policy brief is drawn from a study which explores the dynamics related to water, fragility, and social exclusion that should inform the development or rehabilitation of rural water supply services in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia.

Water is a critical resource that underpins various sectors of the society. Climate change is already causing significant impacts on water resources, such as increased temperatures, more intense droughts, and extreme flooding events.

As water scarcity threatens their livelihoods, indigenous women in Mexico are relearning how to grow their ancestral foods.

An international team of researchers developed a novel modeling approach to identify cost-effective combinations of water management, promising a substantial reduction in future water scarcity.