María, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from Guatemala lives without access to running water. Three times a week, she makes a two-hour round trip to collect water from a well or ravine, sometimes ...
New research lays out exactly how California's water system is ill-suited to the climate realities ahead.
South Africa is one of only 52 countries that guarantee access to water as a human right. "Access" from a human rights perspective means that water is physically accessible, clean and safe for ...
Did you know that in California, there’s a human right to affordable water? In 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 685, adding this language to the state Water Code: “every human being has the ...
Cochabamba Water War** was a pivotal moment in 2000 when Bolivian citizens successfully resisted water privatization by a ...
The South African government needs to increase the amount of free basic water provided to impoverished households. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images South Africa is one of only 52 countries that ...