We have all seen the appeals on the TV for help with victims of famine, war or drought – but how much notice do we actually take of those figures? The thought of one child dying close to home fills us with fear and concern for our own families, so what makes us so oblivious […]
What is the LifeStraw? The LIFEStraw is a small, portable filtration device that provides pure, clean drinking water whenever it is immersed into a water source (just like a normal straw). This Straw, however, saves lives on a daily basis by filtering out waterborne diseases – which accounts for over 6,500 deaths every day – […]
As we enjoy the luxury of merely having to turn a faucet to produce clean drinking water, it’s all too easy to be lulled into a false sense of security that water shortages only affect arid African nations and developing third world countries. The truth is that water shortage is a global problem that needs […]
While it is internationally recognized that water shortages and drought have reached a crisis point and must be addressed as a matter of urgency, questions should still be answered as to the negative impact of traditional desalination methods. The most commonly used desalination technologies are reverse osmosis (RO) and thermal processes such as multi-stage flash […]
There is no doubt that a severe water shortage or drought in a particular area has many far reaching effects,but the prognosis for women caught up in a drought can be truly devastating. Almost two-thirds, 64% of households rely on women to get the family’s water when there is no water source in the home. […]
