Humanity is overconsuming water at ‘vampiric’ levels, UN head warns
The United Nations’ first conference on water security in almost half a century aims to establish voluntary commitments and create “political momentum.”
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Voice referendum question and constitutional amendment could come tomorrow – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Peter Dutton proposes criminalisation of Nazi symbols after Tuesday’s question time stoushGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVoice negotiationsThe referendum machinery legislation will set u…
Watchdog to block shareholder payouts if UK water companies miss targets
Ofwat says new powers will be used if firms fail to reach performance and environmental goalsThe UK water regulator is to use new powers to block companies from shareholder payouts if they fail to hit performance and environmental targets.Ofwat, which …
Call to dispose of millions of rotting fish clogging Darling-Baaka River near Menindee
Cate Faehrmann of NSW Greens says ‘harmful tragedy’ will further degrade water qualityGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPoliticians are calling for the urgent removal of millions of dead fish that are clogging the…
‘The smell is next level’: millions of dead fish spanning kilometres of Darling-Baaka river begin to rot
Releasing environmental water held downstream could help stem the spread of poor quality water, experts sayFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA “wall of dea…
‘Unfathomable’: millions of dead fish blanket river near Menindee in latest mass kill
Authorities blame low oxygen levels made worse by receding flood waters as locals say latest event much more severe than previouslyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily ne…
UK ministers under pressure to tighten laws on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Vast numbers of people drinking water with levels that would be banned in the US, research showsPressure is building on UK ministers to tighten regulations on PFAS “forever chemicals” as research shows vast numbers of people are drinking water with lev…
‘Historic moment’ for nature as Europe’s first wild river national park announced in Albania
A project with outdoor gear company Patagonia and NGOs will protect the Vjosa, one of the continent’s last free-flowing waterwaysOne of the last wild rivers in Europe, home to more than 1,000 animal and plant species, has been declared a national park …
Catalonia launches operation to clear fish from reservoir to save drinking water
Focus is on Sau reservoir, where water supplies have plunged to their lowest level since 1990Officials in Catalonia have launched what is being described as an extraordinary operation to clear as many as 1.5 tonnes of fish a day, including many invasiv…
EPA sets ‘groundbreaking’ drinking water limits on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
Extraordinary new limits introduced to require municipal utilities to remove six PFAS compounds from drinking waterThe US Environmental Protection Agency has taken the extraordinary step of setting legal drinking water limits for six of the most studie…