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Water Crisis

A donkey grazing while a downpour is about to come down in May, Vizzini, Province of Catania.

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The island is facing months or possibly years of critical water scarcity, experts say.

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Tenerife declares drought emergency after extremely dry winter

Some areas have introduced water restrictions including a ban on filling swimming pools and using drinking water for irrigation.

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The almost empty Sau reservoir north of Barcelona last week. The city has declared a drought emergency after years of low rainfall.

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An abandoned canoe lies on the cracked ground at the Sau reservoir, which is only at 5 percent of its capacity, in Vilanova de Sau, about 100 km north of Barcelona

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Barcelona imposes severe water restrictions during worst drought ever

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Technical personnel enter a ship loaded with drinking water docked in Barcelona, Spain on 13 May 2008 as part of an unprecedented emergency plan to alleviate a drought.

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Soilless agriculture - also known as hydroponics - means growing plants using nutrient-rich water without soil and inside highly controlled greenhouses.

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Is soilless farming Egypt’s answer to water scarcity?

Hydroponics uses just 10 per cent of the water needed for traditional cultivation.

24/11/2023

People sample glasses of fine water during a luxury water competition in Athens, while women wash clothes in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai, India

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As droughts take hold, the elite buy 'luxury water' like fine wine

'Fine water' is drawn from volcanic rock in Hawaii, from icebergs that have fallen from melting glaciers in Norway or from droplets of morning mist in Tasmania.

22/11/2023

The Maldives plans to battle rising seas by building fortress islands.

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Drought-hit northern Italy shows nowhere is immune to climate extremes.

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Demonstrators gather to protest the water crisis in Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, 27 September 2023.

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Taps flow just one day out of three in this French territory.

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A man sits on the rubble overlooking the debris of buildings that were targeted by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, November 1, 2023

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A woman and a boy walk on the dried up riverbed of the Zayandeh Roud river that no longer runs in Isfahan, July 2018

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Euroviews. Water woes could pave the way for improved EU-Iran relations

The bigger picture that the EU needs to consider if it wants to devise an effective and comprehensive strategy towards Iran is one of a country facing a fundamental political, economic, environmental, societal, and demographic crisis, Cornelius Adebahr writes.

29/08/2023

A firefighter fights fire near Louchats in Gironde, southwestern France on July 17, 2022

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Dry, cracked ground.

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Last year, the vast Fuente de Piedra lagoon near Málaga was home to thousands of pairs of pink flamingos.

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From October 2022 to April 2023, the country’s rainfall was 24 per cent below the average for this period of the year.

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Last year was the hottest on record for France.

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Southern France restricts water as it braces for dry summer

Parts of southern France are restricting water as 10% of Europe faces a crisis situation due to drought.

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Old infrastructure in Italy meant that 42 per cent of drinking water was lost last year

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Much of Italy’s water distribution network is more than 30 years old.

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