Water Supply

Cape Town to double price of water in two years

The drought is about to whack Capetonians in the pocket‚ doubling the price of water in the next two years.

Publication Date: 
28/03/2018
Times Live (South Africa)
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Water Pricing, South Africa, Droughts, Water Management, Africa
Water Resources

Predicting urban reservoir levels using statistical learning techniques

Urban water supplies are critical to the growth of the city and the wellbeing of its citizens. However, these supplies can be vulnerable to hydrological extremes, such as droughts and floods, especially if they are the main source of water for the city. Maintaining these supplies and preparing for future conditions is a crucial task for water managers, but predicting hydrological extremes is a challenge.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Renee Obringer, Roshanak Nateghi
Scientific Reports
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Urban Water Supply, Reservoirs, El Nino, Droughts, United States Of America (US), Hydrology, Climate Impacts
Water Supply

Saudi Arabia joins UN decade for global water security

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has joined a UN-sponsored international decade to safeguard and improve the world’s water supplies.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Arab News
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Water Management, Saudi Arabia, Droughts, Climate Change, Desert Spread
Food Policy

Sudan: FEWS NET Predicts Food Insecurity in the Country

Poor rainfall and high food prices will lead to food insecurity through September, says the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET).

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Food Security, Sudan, Rainfall, Droughts, Food Aid, Famine, Agriculture, Africa
Food Policy

Food prices tripled in ten years years - data

The price of major food commodities in the country has more than tripled within the last ten years, latest government survey shows.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Star (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Prices, Food Policy, Kenya, Droughts, Africa, Food Security
Food Policy

Acute hunger intensifies in 2017, affecting 124 mln people: UN

Some 124 million people suffered from acute food insecurity in 2017, up from 108 millions in 2016, the United Nations (UN) said in a report on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, Global, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Congo, Food Policy, World Food Programme (WFP), Child Health, Africa, Droughts
Natural Disasters

South Africa's Cape Town faces severe economic troubles over drought

An historic drought in South Africa’s second largest city has put its vines at risk and now threatens to jeopardize its entire activity.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2018
Africa News
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Droughts, South Africa, Economy, Agriculture, Water Supply, Africa
Climate Change

East Africa: Commonwealth Must Unite Behind Most Climate Vulnerable

This year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was supposed to have been held in our home country of Vanuatu, deep in the South Pacific.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Climate Change, Africa, Vanuatu, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Droughts, Fossil Fuels, Climate Agreements, COP 21 (Paris)
Water Resources

Call to conserve water gets louder in Hyderabad

This year’s focus is on encouraging people to look for nature-based solutions to reduce drought.

Publication Date: 
22/03/2018
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Water Conservation, Droughts, Floods, Water Pollution, Water Resources
Natural Disasters

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drought Assistance, 20/03/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drought Assistance, 20/03/2018. As per the latest data available on land use statistics, State-wise details of cultivable land (agricultural land) in the country for the year 2014-15 is given at Annexure I. The State wise details of suicides in farming/ agriculture sector during the years 2014 and 2015 as per NCRB Report may be seen at Annexure-II. State-wise details of assistance sought and approved (by Government of India) from NDRF during the last three years and the current year i.e.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Droughts, India, Statistics, Parliament

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