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I was in Bangkok last mid-April when it started to pour heavily with rain. I was in Sukumvit Road, the heart of the commercial district. Trying to walk to my hotel, I found that my road quickly flooded with rain within a few hours. I returned to Kathmandu, and followed […]

The ancient México-Tenochtitlan was created on the lake of Texcoco. There, the Aztecs –our grateful ancestors– worshiped Tlaloc, the god of rain, a creator of life. Hundreds of years later Mexicans have forgotten that with great natural resources comes a great responsibility, and, even though 2009 brought the worst drought […]

West Africa is swept by many rivers and water bodies that have kept the region irrigated and fertile along many parts of the coast. The Volta River and the Niger River are two large water resources that are sustaining large populations in many different countries. In times past, these two […]

Here in Pakistan I hear constant talk of people falling sick with hepatitis C, hepatitis B and tuberculosis from drinking contaminated water. The rate of diseases is also on the way up simply due to the dire lack of clean water. Recently I read a World Health Organisation (WHO)  report which […]

Developed cooperatively by DWR, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Resources Legacy Fund, and The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. Key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options are presented that will […]