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Water crisis ignored
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/01/2026
» The United Nations report on "global water bankruptcy" is a final warning to countries worldwide, including Thailand.
Africa's man-made water crisis
News, Published on 22/02/2018
» About a decade ago, at a meeting of South African mayors convened by Lindiwe Hendricks, South Africa's then-minister of water and environmental affairs, we predicted that an unprecedented water crisis would hit one of the country's main cities within 15 years, unless water-management practices were improved significantly. That prediction has now come true, with Cape Town facing a shutdown of its piped water network. The question now is whether African leaders will allow our other projection -- that, within the next 25-30 years, many more of the continent's cities will be facing similar crises -- to materialise.
Relief urged for looming water crisis
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/07/2019
» Prime Minster Prayut Chan-o-cha will be asked to approve seven urgent measures to deal with the looming water scarcity in 20 northern and northeastern provinces.
Prawit says hospital water crisis eased
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 14/08/2019
» Surin Hospital, which was facing a major water shortage last week, has been saved from its water emergency following the construction of eight artesian wells.
B3bn fund to combat water crisis
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/01/2020
» The cabinet will on Tuesday be asked to approve a budget of 3 billion baht to combat water shortages in vulnerable areas which may worsen in the coming months, the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) said.
Some solutions to city's water crisis
News, Published on 15/01/2020
» The looming water crisis in Bangkok -- driven by prolonged drought and worsening salinity in the Chao Phraya River -- has raised questions of what should be done. Research from the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore points to two broad approaches -- supply side and demand side solutions -- and a dozen practical measures.
UK water crisis pollutes privatisation legacy
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON: Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills — the nation's vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatisation.
Surin Hospital water crisis 'relieved', Prawit says
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/08/2019
» Surin Hospital, which was facing a major water shortage last week, has been saved from its water emergency following the construction of eight artesian wells.
Grisada to address water crisis at meeting
News, Published on 04/03/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Grisada Boonrach says he will address 76 provincial governors in a teleconference on Monday to find solutions to cope with the drought, forecast to drag on this year.
Confronting the global water crisis head-on
Oped, Published on 23/03/2023
» The world's water crisis can no longer be ignored. Unless we manage water properly, we will neither tackle climate change nor meet most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).