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Nestle.com: Nestle focuses on water quality during World Water Week

Nestle's partnership with the International Water Management Institute is helping to map water use in the Punjab region. Jose Lopez, Executive Vice President for...

Reuters Alertnet.org: Revamping the world’s use of water is crucial, expert...

"We have taken water for granted, and what we're seeing is it has gone from an abundant supply to scarcity," said Colin Chartres, head...

NationalGeographic.com: Six Steps For Avoiding a Global Water Crisis

Dr. Colin Chartres, co-author of the new book Out of Water: From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World's Water Problems talks...

HindustanTimes.com: UN praise for rural job plan in Rajasthan

A UN affiliated body, International Water Management Institute released the report on Monday, Water Storage in Era of Climate Change and has examined the...

IPSnews.net: Time Running Out Faster Than Water, Experts Warn

STOCKHOLM, Sep 6, 2010 (IPS) - A major weeklong international water conference opened in the Swedish capital Monday with an ominous warning: time is...

Welcome to World Water Week 2010

World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual meeting place for the planet's most urgent water-related issues. Organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute...

In a changing climate, erratic rainfall poses growing threat to rural...

"Millions of farmers in communities dependent on rainfed agriculture are at risk from decreasing and erratic availability of water," said Colin Chartres, director general...

World.globaltimes.cn: ‘Timber mafia’ behind Pakistan’s floods

Over-grazing by livestock - common in rural Pakistan - can also remove layers of topsoil and stunt plant growth, reducing the soil's ability to...

Alertnet.org: Climate change, human failing behind Pakistan floods

Over-grazing by livestock -- common in rural Pakistan -- can also remove layers of topsoil and stunt plant growth, reducing the soil's ability to...

Internationalrivers.org: Global Lessons from the Pakistan Flood Catastrophe

There's not very much space to absorb all the rainfall," says Asad Sarwar Qureshi, a water resources expert at the International Water Management...