Extreme rainfall puts cities on alertThe need to boost resilience to rapid swings in weather is becoming urgent Trump backlash adds to challenges for California water policymakersPresidential interventions increase pressure on agencies managing constrained suppliesMismanagement turns up pressure on South Africa’s water systemReservoirs may be full but poor maintenance, lack of investment and criminality are disrupting suppliesWinners and losers emerge in Australian water rights systemThe fertile Murray-Darling basin is a case study in competition policy on a scarce resourceHow a glass of recycled sewage helps on water shortagesFrom Nasa to Namibia, treated wastewater is a cheap and effective answer to scarcity, but the idea may be hard to swallowBeijing faces pushback over ambitious hydropower project plansChina’s leaders must balance making the best use of limited water with local, environmental and diplomatic concerns More from this Special ReportBig Tech under pressure to act on data centres’ thirst for waterCalls for a rethink on taking a scarce resource to cool overheated facilities are growing in the USPollution-busters look to AI for better speed and accuracy But the insights generated are only as good as the data
Extreme rainfall puts cities on alertThe need to boost resilience to rapid swings in weather is becoming urgent Trump backlash adds to challenges for California water policymakersPresidential interventions increase pressure on agencies managing constrained suppliesMismanagement turns up pressure on South Africa’s water systemReservoirs may be full but poor maintenance, lack of investment and criminality are disrupting suppliesWinners and losers emerge in Australian water rights systemThe fertile Murray-Darling basin is a case study in competition policy on a scarce resourceHow a glass of recycled sewage helps on water shortagesFrom Nasa to Namibia, treated wastewater is a cheap and effective answer to scarcity, but the idea may be hard to swallowBeijing faces pushback over ambitious hydropower project plansChina’s leaders must balance making the best use of limited water with local, environmental and diplomatic concerns More from this Special ReportBig Tech under pressure to act on data centres’ thirst for waterCalls for a rethink on taking a scarce resource to cool overheated facilities are growing in the USPollution-busters look to AI for better speed and accuracy But the insights generated are only as good as the data
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