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Water scarcity

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Thames Water
    Thames Water fined £104mn over sewage discharges

    Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water also sanctioned by regulator

    Thames Water’s Deephams Sewage Treatment Works in London
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    ExplainerThames Water
    How bad is the crisis at Thames Water?

    Bills are rising across the country and the UK’s biggest water company is in special measures

    Montage of Thames Water logo, a worker from Thames Water pumping water from a drain
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Gardens
    Inside the underground garden of Baldassare Forestiere

    Could one man’s subterranean solution more than a century ago inspire a modern-day model for coping with extreme heat?

    A tree growing out of a circular subterranean courtyard
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Three female founders’ plans for addressing water challenges

    From contaminants to consumption, these young companies incorporate protection of a vital resource

  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    Lex
    Cheap solar gives desalination its moment in the sun Premium content

    Process of turning salt water into drinkable water is unlikely to be the answer to the bulk of the global water crisis

    Aerial view of Basra desalination plant
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Spanish economy
    Spanish drought pits tourists against locals in contest for water

    Threat of another dry summer increases struggles over swimming pools and scarce resources

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  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special Report
    Future of Water

    The Earth’s supply of freshwater is under increasing pressure from economic development, population growth and climate change. This report looks at the emerging challenges, and the technologies and policies that will be required to overcome them

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  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of Water
    Wave of innovation aims to make desalination sustainable

    Making seawater drinkable is energy-intensive and polluting. Lots of companies think they can do better

    The Ras al-Khair water desalination plant in Saudi Arabia
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of Water
    ‘New climate reality’ stretches global freshwater supply

    Population growth and industrialisation are compounding the problem, but there is no shortage of solutions

    View of reservoir at very low water level
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of Water
    Climate investors see growing opportunities in water tech

    Start-ups looking to serve a thirsty planet may find it easier to raise funds as droughts make headlines

    A view of Gross-Wen Technologies’  Revolving Algal Biofilm System, which uses vertically oriented conveyor belts that grow algae on their surface
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of Water
    Brewers come under pressure to minimise water footprint

    Drinks companies are looking beyond their factory walls to focus on suppliers, ecosystems and local communities

    An activist in protest, holding up a sign
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of Water
    Climate change puts pressure on Kenya’s water resources

    The country’s storage and supply network is underdeveloped, but simple solutions can bring big benefits

    A man inspects a large water pan, lined with plastic sheet, in the middle of a grassland
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of Water
    Is public or private ownership better for water utilities?

    Higher leakage rates in London than in Phnom Penh underscore a long-running policy argument

    Workers using heavy machinery to fix water leak on the road
  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    South Africa
    South Africa’s infrastructure crisis deepens as Johannesburg taps run dry

    Parts of the country’s biggest city have been without running water for almost two weeks amid a heatwave

    Residents hold placards during a protest in a Johannesburg suburb against a lack of water
  • Monday, 11 March, 2024
    UK infrastructure
    Water crisis plan for UK puts ‘too much reliance’ on metering, says ex-minister

    Government is testing new trading market in drought-prone Cambridgeshire

    A general view of low water levels at Woodhead Reservoir, which is operated by United Utilities
  • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
    FT SeriesBritain’s infrastructure impasse
    Gove’s plan for thousands of Cambridge homes at risk from lack of water

    Local leaders warn ‘nonsensical’ pledge by central government ignores absence of infrastructure

    Bridget Smith, leader of South Cambridgeshire council
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    South West Water Ltd
    UK watchdog accuses South West Water of failing to be honest over drought projections

    Environment Agency says utility risked severe shortages in 2022 through ‘complacency’ and ‘lack of understanding’

    South West Water
  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Climate change forces Italy’s farmers to focus on water

    Fixing public infrastructure will take years, so growers are finding their own solutions

    A man studies an iPad in a field of green rocket shoots
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    Climate change
    Global water cycles are ‘spinning out of balance’, weather agency reports

    World Meteorological Organization forecasts new patterns of both extreme flooding and drought across the globe

    A man works to clear a drain in flood waters in the Brooklyn borough of New York
  • Monday, 9 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Morocco
    Persistent drought strains Morocco’s economic prospects

    The farm sector generates just 12 per cent of GDP but has a profound impact on the country’s fortunes

    A farmer holds a shrivelled olive between finger and thumb
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    EU pushes back on ‘too big to care’ tech companies

    US and European corporate bond markets have started September with a bang

  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    Moral Money
    Water worries hit the chip sector Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, a controversial way to cool the planet

    The TSMC logo behind blurred people in the foreground
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    The UK is at risk of running low on water. Why?

    A country famous for its rainy climate faces grave supply issues, after years of poorly managed systems

    Jodie Mills, director of the West Cumbria Rivers Trust, on the dry bed of the river Derwent with her small, white dog Maisie
  • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
    How Europe’s water supplies turned to ‘gold dust’

    Drought, leaky pipes and poor policy among several factors contributing to continent’s scarcity problem

    A man walks on the cracked ground of La Baells reservoir in Spain
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Parts of England at risk of running out of water last year, files show

    UK environment regulator warned government that companies were nearing ‘potential immediate supply risks’

    A heavily depleted reservoir in Derbyshire during last summer’s heatwave
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