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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 29: Protesters attend a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court held by the group Our Children’s Trust October 29, 2018 in Washington, DC. The group rallied in support of the ...

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 ...