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27.03.26 - 07:06
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Can Lesotho Solve Johannesburg′s Water Crisis? (Bloomberg)
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Much of Johannesburg's water comes from Lesotho's highlands, where a major dam project could shape the future of supply as aging infrastructure and climate pressures strain the system. The project is also a major source of revenue for Lesotho, generating hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja reports. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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27.03.26 - 02:30
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China Shares Likely To Open Under Water On Friday (AFX)
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BEIJING (dpa-AFX) - The China stock market on Thursday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 120 points or 3 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits j......
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26.03.26 - 15:06
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Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal | Clive Lewis (The Guardian)
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Progressives must wage a battle against a rotten capitalist system that milks our resources – and destroys lives. Let the fightback start with water In more than a decade as an MP, I have attended hundreds of meetings in parliament. Most pass. Some linger. Few stay with you. But a recent event was very different.We hosted the actors, the real-life people they portrayed and the production team behind the Channel 4 docudrama Dirty Business. It tells the story of campaigners and families who have spent years fighting not just privatised water companies, but a system that was meant to protect them – and has too often failed. Continue reading......
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23.03.26 - 04:45
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How Much Of The Gulf′s Water Comes From Desalination Plants? (ZeroHedge)
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How Much Of The Gulf's Water Comes From Desalination Plants?
Authored by Mohamed A. Hussein,
The United States-Israeli war on Iran has exposed the vulnerability of critical water infrastructure in a region that is among the most water-scarce in the world.
Last week, Iran's foreign minister accused the US of striking a desalination plant on Qeshm Island off the coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
The strike reportedly cut off the water supply to 30 villages. Just 24 hours later, Bahrain said an Iranian drone had caused material damage to one of its desalination plants near Muharraq.
The six Gulf states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – are among the most water-scarce countries in the world and rely heavily on desalination to meet the needs of their combined populations, which exceed 62 million people.
In this visual explainer, Al Jazeera unpacks how dependent the region is on desalination, how much water is produced each year and how various...
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