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Critics blame authorities as farmers’ wells are drained dry to send water to the city
Restrictions imposed in two-thirds of départements will hit farms and gardens
Anglian, Thames, Yorkshire and SES given until August to revise spending plans
Scale of dissatisfaction casts doubts on opening up household sector to competition
Environmental change and water dispute with Malaysia threaten low-lying state
Iraq’s second city Basra sits on top of some of the world’s biggest oil reserves tha…
Basra’s residents suffer drought, poisoned water and pollution
The city’s response to a three-year drought offers pointers to the coming ‘new normal’
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Two books explore our obsession with harnessing the waterways’ power
Threat of severe rationing inspires flood of water-saving ideas and devices
The majority of small-scale farmers have no legal access to water
Despite the effects of the drought, Cape Town and the nearby Winelands remain a vibrant destination for tourists and investors. This report considers their attractions as well as the painful legacies of recent history
Popular unrest over South African city’s water crisis continues to bubble from below
Water shortages, pollution and soil problems create crisis in area struggling to support millions
‘Residents monitored daily fluctuations in dam levels with an obsessiveness normally reserved for Twitter’
Turkey’s actions on the Tigris show the importance of ‘real-world liquidity’
Companies say reservoirs are full after torrential spring rains despite heatwave
Upstream projects will produce energy and jobs, but Iraq fears for livelihoods downstream
Strong rain and stringent saving has reduced the chances of a crisis
Crisis in Himalayan tourist town is part of wider problem confronting India
Human impact on supplies far greater than researchers anticipated
From Michael Ashfield, High Wycombe, UK
A growing population and climate change puts pressure on mankind’s essential resource
The battle over the Yamuna river highlights a profound but little-acknowledged crisis
