Pakistan Official Calls for International Inquiry Into Kashmir Terror Attack
Amid rising tensions with India, Pakistan’s defense minister declared his country’s innocence in a terror attack that killed 26 people this week in Kashmir territory.
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How India’s Threat to Block Rivers Could Devastate Pakistan
After a militant attack in Kashmir, the Indian government said it was suspending its participation in a treaty that governs most of the water used in Pakistani agriculture.
Ofwat investigating ‘rip-off’ cost of water firms’ infrastructure works
Watchdog for England and Wales looking into claims refurbishment costs are ‘breathtakingly high’ compared with other countriesThe water regulator for England and Wales, Ofwat, is investigating claims water companies are spending many times more on refu…
Homes in England and Wales with big gardens ‘should pay more for water’
Trade body calls for compulsory water meters to target high consumers such as households with poolsHomes with big gardens or swimming pools in England and Wales could pay more for their water usage, under proposals set out by providers in their submiss…
Green Solutions to Fight Louisiana Flooding
Simple, affordable initiatives like rain gardens are helping to soak up water in New Orleans.
Scottish Water staff to strike for two days as pay standoff continues
Emergency repairs and quality checks for 5m people in Scotland will not be done on Tuesday and Wednesday, union saysScottish Water staff will strike for two days from the early hours of Tuesday as a standoff over pay continues at the state-owned compan…
Fears that UK military bases may be leaking toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into drinking water
Bases in Norfolk, Devon and Hampshire face MoD investigation over possible leaching of dangerous PFAS into environmentThree UK military bases have been marked for investigation over fears they may be leaking toxic “forever chemicals” into drinking wate…
The great Mississippi tops list of most endangered rivers amid fears over Trump rollbacks
Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new reportThe Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal climate disaster agency – and the full-throttle deregulation of fossil f…
Mexico to send water to Texas farmers as US treaty threat grows
Mexico’s failure to keep up 81-year-old water-sharing treaty has sparked a diplomatic spat with the USMexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted…
Trump threatens Mexico with sanctions, tariffs over water-sharing treaty
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded to Trump’s post and acknowledged that her country had not fulfilled its treaty commitments.