June 26, 2009 - The Ripple Effect (The National) - "In a series of striking images the acclaimed Hungarian photographer Balazs Gardi shows some of the tensions and issues surrounding our relationship with water – that fundamental of human life – and what happens when there is too little or too much of it. Over three years, Gardi’s ambitious long-term project, which he calls Facing Water Crisis, has taken him to three continents in search of an insight into the problems plaguing our most precious resource. He believes that the photographs are proof that the crisis over water is more than a problem in itself: it gives rise to challenges that can destroy the stability of lives around the world."

June 28, 2009 - Land hunger eats into Kenya’s fragile forest (Financial Times) NAIROBI, Kenya - “The forest was once a 400,000 hectare thicket of trees spread across the rolling hills of the southern Rift Valley, which captured rain water and funnelled it via aquifers into 12 rivers and five big lakes. But since the early 1990s nearly 30 per cent of it has been destroyed, according to the United Nations, by approximately 40,000 settlers who have cleared the cedar trees to make way for farm plots on which they grow wheat, cabbages and tomatoes. The result is reduced rain capture and weaker river-flow downstream – effects compounded by droughts linked to global warming – and that has direct consequences for two pillars of Kenya’s economy.”

June 26, 2009 - The Uncertainty of Sierra Leone’s Development: Is President Koroma at a Cross-Road? (Awareness Times) Sierra Leone - "With President Koroma now in control of the country, the expectations of the people of Freetown in particular and the nation in general is very high, with respect to the management of the country’s public utilities. Indeed President Koroma is the first head of state in Sierra Leone, to have had the privilege of serving as the Head of Guma Valley Water Company, before taking over the reigns of power in the country."

June 29, 2009 - Gaza: 1.5 million people trapped in despair (IRC) GAZA - “Thousands of homes only have access to running water on certain days. Because the water supply network cannot be properly maintained, it is leaking, making it harder to maintain sufficient water pressure. Even when water is available in the pipes, many homes do not have sufficient power to pump it into rooftop storage tanks. The taps of tens of thousands of people run dry when Gaza’s municipal water wells break down, which frequently happens because of insufficient supplies of new water pipes, electrical spare parts, pumps and transformers.”

June 24, 2009 - Water key element in Mideast peace (UPI) RAMALLAH, West Bank - "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel must address the vital issue of water in the West Bank if meaningful peace talks are to take place. Israel's leaders said nothing, but Abbas had touched on one of the most sensitive issues in the seemingly endless negotiations, which have been in abeyance for the last few years, and one on which any expectation of a comprehensive settlement will probably ultimately rest."

June 29, 2009 - Irony water is not on govt agenda (DNA India) India - "Bloody criminality is invariably related to corruption and paucity is the mother of corruption. It's no wonder then that last year, global corruption watchdog Transparency International, for the first time, assessed the influence of corruption borne out of water, the basic and essential resource which is also a fundamental right of people all over the planet."

June 27, 2009 - Angry Delhi residents protest power, water shortages (The Economic Times) NEW DELHI - “Delhi’s power and water woes continue without an end in sight, with citizens taking to the streets yet again on Saturday to protest the crippling shortages. Varun Sethia, a resident of Kirti Nagar in west Delhi, said,”As far as water is concerned, it should come for 2 hours daily but now most of the times, it comes just once a day and sometimes doesn’t come at all.”"

June 25, 2009 - Amid water crisis ADB wants India to increase tariff (IBN Live) SINGAPORE - "Even as India reels under chronic water shortages in its cities, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday urged it to increase existing water tariff, which it said was "too low", and invite foreign investment to improve the country's water infrastructure."

June 25, 2009 - No rainfall, no studies in these tribal schools (The Times of India) SURAT, India - "Severe water crisis in the wake of a delayed monsoon in Dharampur taluka has forced the ashram school management to extend the summer vacation indefinitely."

June 24, 2009 - Rainwater Harvesting Can Solve the Water Crisis of Orissa (Orissadiary) BHUBANESWAR, Orissa, India - "Rain water harvesting can be done either for ground water recharging or for storing the water to meet day to day water requirement and even both the things. When we talk about ground water recharging, basically focus lies on ensuring sustainability of the sources and augmenting water availability. Another added advantage is there of ground water recharging - that is ensuring the water quality. This concept is not new and in Ghaga Village of Hayana it has been effectively solved the water quality problem."

June 27, 2009 - Dhaka Wasa raises water tariff by 5pc (The Daily Star) DHAKA, Bangladesh - "Managing Director of Wasa Md Shahjahan Ali Molla said Dhaka Wasa has been supplying water to the city dwellers at the cheapest rate in the world. "Although it [Wasa] was supposed to increase the tariff by 30 percent, we have only increased it by 5 percent," he said."

June 24, 2009 - Gallery - A quest for water in Bangladesh (The Guardian) - "With ocean levels rising, villages in south Bangladesh are being flooded by the sea."

June 30, 2009 - Playing havoc with people’s health Tanker mafia getting full benefit of water crisis (Regional Times) KARACHI, Pakistan - "The shortage of potable water has become a big problem for the people of Karachi due to unannounced and prolonged load shedding. Due to this situation, the Tanker Mafia is getting full benefit and is playing havoc with the health of people by supplying dubious quality water."

June 27, 2009 - 'New water reservoirs to avoid looming water crisis' (The Nation) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - "Pakistan is fast moving from being a water stressed country to a water scarce country which could put heavy brakes on economic growth and government should accelerate its efforts for setting up new water reservoirs and dams on emergent basis to cope with the looming water crisis."