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28.07.26 - 08:12
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Hitzewelle Ende Juni: 77 % mehr stilles Wasser gekauft als in einer durchschnittlichen Sommerwoche der vergangenen drei Jahre (Destatis)
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Viel trinken und abkühlen: Während der vergangenen Hitzewelle Ende Juni haben das viele gemacht, wie aktuelle Scannerdaten zum Einkaufsverhalten in großen Supermarktketten zeigen. So wurde in der letzten Juniwoche 77 % mehr stilles Wasser und 63 % mehr Sprudelwasser gekauft als in einer durchschnittlichen Sommerwoche der Jahre 2023 bis 2025. Wie das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) weiter mitteilt, wurde in der Woche vom 22. bis zum 28. Juni 2026 im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel auch 90 % mehr Speiseeis abgesetzt als in einer durchschnittlichen Sommerwoche der drei Vorjahre. Alle drei Warengruppen verzeichneten in dieser Woche mit Extremtemperaturen um die 40 Grad Celsius jeweils die höchsten Absatzmengen, die seit Beginn des Betrachtungszeitraums ab Anfang 2023 gemessen wurden....
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27.07.26 - 09:21
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Iran: US-Angriffe treffen Wasserversorgung im Süden (DPA-AFX)
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TEHERAN (dpa-AFX) - Nach den jüngsten US-Angriffen im Iran sind Behörden zufolge massive Schäden an der Wasserversorgung im Landessüden entstanden. 18 Einrichtungen, darunter Meerwasserentsalzungsanlagen, seien beschädigt worden, berichtete die iranische ......
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26.07.26 - 19:18
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Blame privatised water firms for hosepipe bans | Lettters (The Guardian)
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Gillian Metheringham, Dr Gillian Austen and others respond to articles about water shortages in the UK and the high and rising pay of water industry bossesI was dismayed, when reading your article about hosepipe bans leading to culture wars ('People are scared their neighbours will call the police on them': how the hosepipe ban got caught up in the culture wars, 23 July), by the part that said: “Why has the ban been put in place, anyway? The answer, as with so many things, is the climate crisis.”No, it's not. The climate crisis is only part of the answer, and probably the smaller part. The privatised water companies have, over many years, privileged the lining of their own pockets over proper maintenance and improvement of the water systems, a fact which has been revealed again and again in your own pages. Continue reading......
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26.07.26 - 17:06
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Water supply failure leaves Gatwick without working toilets (The Guardian)
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Airport's bars and restaurants also unable to serve drinks to passengers because of lack of running waterA water supply failure at Gatwick has left passengers without access to working toilets or bars and restaurants.Passengers posted online that they were unable to get hot drinks, wash their hands or fill up water bottles at the airport in Sussex. Continue reading......
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26.07.26 - 13:18
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′We count every litre′: how Cuba′s energy crisis sparked a daily struggle for water (The Guardian)
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Power cuts not only leave people in the dark but leave taps dry, forcing millions of Cubans to spend their days fetching water any way they canIn the cramped kitchen of her flat in Havana's Chinatown, Mirella Martínez pushes an old metal trolley stacked with empty jerrycans. Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she fans herself gently. “It's so hot!” she says, as the electric fans remain still due to another power outage that has left her flat sweltering in near darkness for hours.Mirella Martínez's flat in Havana has been without running water for nearly three years Continue reading......
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24.07.26 - 19:12
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Water bosses′ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution (The Guardian)
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Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can revealWater company bosses' total pay rose over the past year despite a government bonus ban and public outrage over pollution and bills, the Guardian can reveal.One chief executive, Mark Thurston of Anglian Water, received £1.9m – including a £500,000 “retention payment”, despite the bonus ban. Continue reading......
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