OOSKAnews International Water Weekly Stories

The vast majority of Hawaii’s state-regulated dams are considered to have “high hazard potential,” according to a 2017 infrastructure report by the American Society of Civil Engineers. One of the 124 dams given that classification is one in Honolulu that prompted an evacuation warning Thursday amid heavy rains.

An organization that keeps an eye on the state of New Zealand's water says the quality of its drinking water is so bad in places, it could lead to mass death. The latest drinking water statistics are pretty alarming; they show one in five people are drinking substandard water.

The dark clouds of drought are looming large over Marathwada and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra due to prolonged dry spell that threaten Kharif crops. According to the government officials, if the rains do not pick up over next few weeks, the region may be staring at another year of water scarcity in 2019. They said at least 17 districts are under the threat of drought-like situation.

While the strategy of flush toilets has led to significant reduction of the outbreak of water-borne diseases, it is wasteful. On-site or dry sanitation systems are not popular among users, even though they remain the most prevalent technology choice in the developing world due to their waterless nature. These systems treat excrement at source.

Hundreds of growers on Monday (September 17) staged a hunger strike in front of the Dadu press club, Dadu, Sindh Province, in protest against the Irrigation Department officials over lack of water flow to many arteries of irrigation canal, particularly Pir Gunio, Khudabad, Phaka and Johi waterways. Reportedly, protesters were holding dried sugarcane while chanting slogans against the officials