News, comment and features on access to water in the developing world
January 2023
‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis
Jackson is suffering from its third water outage in two years, but neighbors and family lend one another a helping hand
November 2022
‘Why do we have no rights?’: Phnom Penh lake community make a last stand against developers
Cambodian capital has lost more than half its lakes to a housing boom – but a group of women are risking jail to fight against land grabs and evictions
September 2022
‘The green land is a barren desert’: water scarcity hits Iraq’s Fertile Crescent
An inefficient 8,000 year old irrigation system combined with mismanagement has worsened the effects of drought – and cattle and crops are dying
It’s no wonder I couldn’t see a GP: limiting access to services is the point
Kenan Malik
The aim of the postwar state was to secure key social goals. Now it rations what we get
America's dirty divide
‘All of a sudden it’s undrinkable’: why an entire US city has no clean water
Jackson, Mississippi, lost access to safe running water after flooding – but it’s the capstone to years of problems with race a possible factor
August 2022
Health officials warn of major outbreaks of disease after severe floods in Pakistan
‘Grandmothers are our weather app’: new maps and local knowledge power Chad’s climate fightback
Weatherwatch
Weatherwatch: water company shareholders happy to let us spray
America's dirty divide
‘No-man’s land’: the Texas colonias waiting decades for running water
July 2022
‘It’s plunder’: Mexico desperate for water while drinks companies use billions of litres
As drought grips cities like Monterrey, people queue with buckets for brackish water. But Coca-Cola and other firms are still extracting groundwater
May 2022
The rural network
Private water donations may help restore Australian wetlands – and prove collaboration possible
America's dirty divide
Chicago mayor criticized for launching canned water brand amid lead crisis
April 2022
The age of extinction
Spring time: why an ancient water system is being brought back to life in Spain
A project to restore a 1,000-year-old network of water channels is helping farmers in the Sierra Nevada adapt to the effects of the climate crisis
March 2022
The rural network
Indigenous fight for ‘water justice’ intensifies as Victoria hands back Murray-Darling entitlement
The Victorian government has announced 1.36 gigalitres has been set aside for traditional owners in the state’s north
February 2022
Battery life
‘We are afraid’: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom
Exclusive: Investigation uncovers evidence of contaminated air and water from one of Indonesia’s largest nickel mines
December 2021
Scientists caution against giving animals as gifts to developing countries
Kenyan nomads’ age-old way of life falls victim to worst drought in memory – in pictures
‘All I can think about is the children’s future’: drought devastates Kenya
Guardian Australia Reads
‘It makes us sick’: remote NT community wants answers about uranium in its water supply
November 2021
Human rights this fortnight – in pictures
Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland
