Man ‘had boiling water poured on his testicles and was forced to strip and dance’
http:// metro.co.uk/2018/03/13/man-boiling-water-poured-testicles-forced-strip-dance-7382625/
A man was forced to strip naked and dance for his kidnappers in a dispute over drugs, a court has heard. It was also alleged that the victim also had boiling water poured on his scrotum and back and had his head shaved after being tied up at his home in Batley, West Yorkshire.
You got any sources? That's what this thread is about - "for all Anons to drop any info they come across regarding negative and positive situations to do with WATER."
Sources are what's necessary!
Running on empty: Ireland’s water crisis
https:// www.thetimes.co.uk/article/running-on-empty-irelands-water-crisis-59bsplzj0
Dublin was in danger of running out of water last week as reservoirs ran dry. The problem of leaks and old pipes will only get worse
World's largest cities depend on evaporated water from surrounding lands
https:// phys.org/news/2018-03-world-largest-cities-evaporated.html
Urbanisation has taken billions of people from the rural countryside to urban centres, adding pressure to existing water resources. Many cities rely on renewable freshwater regularly refilled by precipitation, rather than groundwater or desalinated water.
Rapid sensor detects arsenic in drinking water for under $1 per test
https:// www.theengineer.co.uk/sensor-arsenic-drinking-water/
Hamdallah hit attempt rains on bid to ease Gaza’s dire water crisis
https:// www.timesofisrael.com/hamdallah-hit-attempt-rains-on-bid-to-ease-gazas-dire-water-crisis/
Opening of a sewage treatment plant will provide some relief to the Strip's parched residents, but officials say there's more to be done.
Before it was derailed by an assassination attempt, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah’s visit to Gaza on Tuesday — his first in five months — was meant to focus on sewage, highlighting the territory’s dire water situation.
Tiny Dundee charity helps bring clean water to schoolchildren in Uganda
https:// www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/tiny-dundee-charity-helps-bring-clean-water-schoolchildren-uganda/
Despite running with just one full-time member of staff, Signpost International is working at the forefront of humanitarian aid for children in the Philippines and Africa.
Chief executive Jamie Morrison has even met Microsoft boss Bill Gates to discuss Scottish-based international development projects.
Now Jamie and monitoring and evaluation officer Michael Calder are heading to north-east Uganda to see how a project with three primary schools is getting on.
N.B. Bill Gates is involved = dodgy!!
Protest held against Gairloch waste water changes
http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-43345526
Villagers in Gairloch have held a protest against what they describe as a planned downgrading of the community's waste water treatment plant.
Scottish Water has proposed using an ultra-violet filtration system on sewage for five months of the year.
Outside of the bathing season, waste water would be treated in settling tanks before being discharged.
Water Tests at Flint Elementary Schools Show Increase in Lead Levels
http:// time.com/5197427/flint-water-samples-lead-increase/
Recent water tests at elementary schools in Flint have found an increase in samples showing lead levels above the federal action limit.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality determined that 28 samples tested in February were above 15 parts per billion of lead, the Flint Journal reported. That compares to 20 such samples in January.
Water firm’s new service centre will create 60 jobs
https:// www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business/business-news/615502/water-firms-new-service-centre-will-create-60-jobs/
Cape Town is running out of water and Day Zero is looming
https:// www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2018/03/cape-town-running-out-water-and-day-zero-looming
ape Town may be the first global city to run out of water. “Day Zero”, when the city will transition from the current preservation measures (50 litres/day) to disaster restrictions, will begin when dam levels hit 13.5 per cent of capacity (latest forecast: 15 July). The business district and “informal settlements” – shacks with no running water or sanitation – are exempt; people in other areas will collect their daily water allocation of 25 litres in plastic containers from taps at specified locations.
Water shortages now a 'huge concern' for UAE, says energy minister
https:// www.thenational.ae/uae/government/water-shortages-now-a-huge-concern-for-uae-says-energy-minister-1.712884
The UAE's water consumption is now a "huge concern" for the country, the energy minister said as he set out plans to initiate water-saving programmes across government buildings, schools and hospitals.
Suhail Al Mazrouei told members of the Federal National Council on Tuesday that every member of society must play their part in reducing the amount of water they consume.
Is India's Bangalore doomed to be the next Cape Town?
http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-43252435#
Tel Aviv, Madrid and San Diego could run out of water - here's what they can learn from Cape Town
https:// www.businessinsider.co.za/tel-aviv-madrid-and-san-diego-could-run-out-of-water-heres-what-they-can-learn-from-cape-town-2018-3
Ooty may face water shortage
http:// www.thehindu.com/news/states/ooty-may-face-water-shortage/article23228574.ece
Xenophon to tackle water shortage
https:// www.sbs.com.au/news/xenophon-to-tackle-water-shortage
Punjab to face 66pc, Sindh 54pc water shortage
https:// nation.com.pk/13-Mar-2018/punjab-to-face-66pc-sindh-54pc-water-shortage
China’s acute water shortage imperils economic future
https:// www.ft.com/content/3ee05452-1801-11e8-9376-4a6390addb44
India is staring at an impending water shortage
https:// www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/india-impending-water-shortage-met-department-predicts-severe-summer-water-in-91-reservoirs-only-34-per-cent
Quetta faces blackouts, water shortage
https:// tribune.com.pk/story/1657347/1-quetta-faces-blackouts-water-shortage/
Lebanon water shortage on the horizon
https:// en.annahar.com/article/769710-lebanon-water-shortage-on-the-horizon
Thiruvananthapuram: Water shortage on cards
https:// www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/130318/thiruvananthapuram-water-shortage-on-cards.html
No water, no sex: Jomvu women move to end biting scarcity
https:// www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/03/13/video-no-water-no-sex-jomvu-women-move-to-end-biting-scarcity_c1729153
Suncity Colony of Gurugram facing water crisis
http:// www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/suncity-colony-of-gurugram-facing-water-crisis-289378
Severe water shortages around the world: Why the taps run dry
http:// www.straitstimes.com/world/water-why-the-taps-run-dry