With partnerships between landowners, the government and businesses, South Africa can invest in its wetlands and boost the country’s potable water reserves.
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Cities relied entirely on conserving and recycling water to get through the last big drought. We now have desalination plants, but getting the most out of our water reserves still makes sense.
While making small volumes of pure water in a lab is possible, it’s not practical. The reaction is expensive, releases lots of energy, and can cause really massive explosions.
Experiments into the effectiveness of conservation can help us learn what works best.
There are measures in place to manage Day Zero and beyond. Models show that these will not work.
African governments must focus on developing and supporting highly-skilled water professionals.
Developing a map of African countries’ water poverty levels offers a transparent analysis for policymakers, governments and organisations that deal with water issues.
There are a number of myths surrounding Cape Town’s drought, one of them being that the city saw the crisis coming but didn’t prepare for it.
Australian cities have turned to some very costly solutions when water is scarce. But as the world’s second-highest users of water per person, more efficient use and recycling are key.
Smart meters may help water saving initiatives as the drought persists in South Africa’s Western Cape. It can help those who need achieve saving targets.
There is an increasing demand for water in cities like Cape Town. The current drought exacerbates this. But there are ways to use and save water sustainably.
The Colorado River supplies water to millions of people and irrigates thousands of miles of farmland. New research warns that climate change is likely to magnify droughts in the Colorado Basin.
More than 50 animals in a Venezuelan zoo have reportedly died from starvation in the past few months.
For the Barkindji people, the Darling River has been a symbol of Aboriginal survival since colonial times. Now, the once busy NSW town of Wilcannia is in danger of losing its water.
California’s drought is dragging on into its fifth year. What can the state learn from Australia’s 15-year millennium drought?
With a future of droughts looming for the US West, Utah’s Wasatch watershed offers a good model that combines conservation with nature-based recreation.
Water isn’t straightforward. And by putting the Nationals in charge of policy for water assets like the Murray-Darling Basin, the government will trigger a complex round of bureaucratic musical chairs.
Papua New Guinea is now facing a drought and frosts that look set to be worse than 1997, when hundreds of people died. So how can memories of 1997 save lives over the next few months?
With emergency water rationing in place, how are universities – and other major water consumers – going to conserve?
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Scientist, Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
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Public policy advice, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation Science, Bangor University
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Visiting professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Postdoctoral research associate, Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy, University of Utah, University of Cambridge
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Samual A. Graham Dean, and William B. Stapp Collegiate Professor of Environmental Education, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor, Rhodes University
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Portfolio Leader (Society, Culture & Policy), Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
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Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College., University of Cambridge
