We were water beings from the beginning. The river was our Grandmother and supplied everything we needed to survive... By Linda Hogan. (Oct. 4, 2016)

Indonesia’s capital is working to dredge its network of rivers and canals, long blocked with garbage and a central contributor to chronic flooding. By Joe Cochrane.

A small town in Ontario, Canada, has prompted fresh scrutiny of the bottled-water industry after its attempt secure a long-term water supply through the purchase of a well was outbid by the food and drinks multinational Nestlé. When authorities in Centre Wellington, population of about 30,000, learned that Nestlé had put a bid on a spring water well in their region, they scrambled over the summer to counter with a competing bid. The goal was to safeguard a water supply for the township’s fast-growing population...

Is water a free and basic essential human right, or should all the water on the planet belong to major corporations and the super rich that control them? Should the poor be put in a position where they are sentenced to death, just because they were born into unfair circumstances? According to the former CEO and now Chairman of one of the biggest corporations in the world, and the largest food product manufacturer in the world, corporations should, in fact, own every single drop of water on the planet, and no one should be allowed to have access to it, unless they pay for it.

How do we make seawater drinkable? And can that technology save California?!

Morgan Maassen

For the 2016 land art generator initiative, Khalili engineers propose a solar powered pipe to desalinate seawater into drinkable fluid.

Last weekend I was in Silkeborg. In the evening some fountains are lit up by light. A couple of boys swam out to the biggest fountain and stood there for a while - long enough for me to take a photo :-) M o r e pictures on my site.

After facing a long drought, Cambodian farmers now fear the arrival of La Niña and possible floods. By Ana Salvá. (August 9, 2016)

At the top of the world a climate disaster is unfolding that threatens the lives of more than a billion people. By Matthew Carney.

Researchers have discovered that jolting waves can send them rippling back to where they came from like a movie in reverse. By Jacob Aron. (July 11, 2016)

Despite a 17-year drought, Phoenix has welcomed the sale of its water as a consumer product—but for how long? By Eric Roston.

Underground water is being pumped so aggressively around the globe that land is sinking, civil wars are being waged, and agriculture is being transformed. By Laura Parker.

Sixty miles south of the Arizona border, the devastation from a toxic spill has led to an epochal battle between a transnational mining conglomerate and an alliance of miners and farmers. By David Bacon.

Hidenobu Suzuki

Eighteen million Americans live in communities where the water systems are in violation of the law. Moreover, the federal agency in charge of making sure those systems are safe not only knows the issues exist, but it's done very little to stop them, according to a new report and information provided to CNN by multiple sources and water experts. "Imagine a cop sitting, watching people run stop signs, and speed at 90 miles per hour in small communities and still doing absolutely nothing about it...

The recent decision by eight U.S. governors to grant a small Wisconsin town access to the Great Lakes water basin has sparked concerns about the precedent this may set for other thirsty towns and cities.

Do lead pipes bring water into your home? Find out in 10 minutes. All you’ll need is a key and a magnet.

You should be peeing in your shower – not just for the liberating, rebellious adrenaline rush that you may or may not get from it, but because you could save the planet, just a little bit, by doing so.