The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is going to face unprecedented water scarcity in the future, warned the World Bank. In a report, titled "The Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa Region – Institutional Solutions," it indicated that by 2030, the water available…

Reservoir levels almost fully recovered but some regions are still at risk of drought

Authorities in Spain’s parched northeast have warned that Barcelona and a surrounding area that's home to some 6 million people could face even tighter restrictions of water use in the coming months

It is still a couple of months until summer but parts of the UK are already being warned over watering their garden and washing their car

Bristol City Council cabinet approved £1.75million to upgrade Underfall Yard sluice gates beneath the pedestrian and cycleway

Non-governmental ­organisation Waterwise warns that even a small trickle can waste 400 litres of clean drinking water every day, and cost you up to £400 extra per year

Letters: Readers on the privatisation of water and the failure to rein in firms’ dumping of sewage

Northumbrian Water is working on a project to reduce spills from storm overflows at Tweedmouth and Spittal

After the soft approach of the last three decades it is difficult to be convinced by talk of a new era