Drought

Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) researchers based at UTS will evaluate the strategies used to cope with Australia’s devastating, decade-long drought to help inform policies being developed in California

The research will be conducted in collaboration with US-based water efficiency experts at the Alliance for Water Efficiency and the Pacific Institute. US partners funding the research include the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Water Research Foundation.

Urban Californians reduced their water consumption by 28.9 percent in May from the same month two years ago

Californians seem to be getting the hang of this water conservation thing.

From Puerto Rico to Cuba to the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, crops are withering, reservoirs are drying up and cattle are dying while forecasters worry that the situation could only grow worse in the coming months

The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean. From Puerto Rico to Cuba to St Lucia, crops are withering, reservoirs are drying up and cattle are dying while forecasters worry that the situation could only grow worse in the coming months.

A rise in the number of extreme events associated with climate change is expected over the next century according to a new report in the British medical journal The Lancet

More people will be exposed to floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather associated with climate change over the next century than previously thought, according to a new report in the British medical journal The Lancet.

North Korea says it is facing its worst drought in a century, sparking fears of worsening food shortages

State news agency KCNA said main rice-growing provinces had been badly affected and more than 30% of rice paddies were "parching up".

Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans are believed to have died during a widespread famine in the 1990s.

This drought is unlikely to be as deadly because of recent agricultural reforms, correspondents say.

From July 1, temporary drought surcharge of up to 25 percent on water use to be added on water bills by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to raise some $55 million to buy surplus water this year

In addition, they will see an 8 percent permanent rate increase largely to cover pipeline repairs already postponed for years. This increase is not related to the drought.

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has declared 36 provinces as drought disaster areas in need of emergency help, with 8 provinces categorized as severe disaster areas 

DDPM Director-General Chatchai Promlert has revealed that 36 provinces in Thailand have been declared as drought disaster areas and is set to receive emergency aid.

The Millennium Drought in southeastern Australia forced Melbourne, a city of 4.3 million people, to successfully implement innovations that hold critical lessons for water-stressed regions around the world, according to findings by UC Irvine and Australian researchers 

Governments in Asia haven't quite started on addressing the complex water issues in their countries. Indeed, the Asian Development Bank says that the issue is actually one of poor governance