Monthly Water Brief

Thursday, October 1

September: Our first Virtual Cafe with 40+ people from seven countries, a Ripple Makers conversation with Emma Crow-Willard, ten stories published with SIWI, and WSC at WEFTEC in New Orleans.

Tuesday, September 1

August: the Nepal floods and the question of who decides where people live in relation to water, plus our first Ripple Makers conversation, the Water Communicators meet-up in Stockholm, and ten stories published with SIWI.

Friday, July 24

England's drought hit a new mark this week as Thames Water's hosepipe ban took effect, making nine UK utilities now restricting millions of customers during the country's hottest year on record while half a world away, a new solar-powered scheme switched on clean water for 50,000 families in Yemen.

Friday, July 17

Across the UK, Ireland and beyond, drought messaging tipped this week from polite requests into enforced restrictions. Meanwhile in the US, the Senate advanced its biggest water funding bill in years, a reminder that the same crisis is being met with both pipes and persuasion.

Friday, July 10

The world's oceans just logged their hottest June ever recorded, and UN scientists declared an era of "global water bankruptcy" yet the same week brought a $790 million water treatment deal and new science showing exactly where the planet can bank water underground.

Friday, July 3

Saudi Water Week, India's new research mission, a Liberian water story, and ways to get involved.

Friday, June 26

We were mentioned twice at SIWI workshop this week. Here's what else happened in water.

Friday, June 19

False balance, frontline water stories, and the groundwater data the world needs to hear.

Tuesday, June 9

Childhood rivers, ocean data silenced by policy, and a UN Water Conference to prepare for.

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