By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The fifth World Water Forum got off to an explosive start in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday with riot police using tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators and campaigners being deported while dire predictions about the world’s water supply were made. Photo credit: International Rivers banner at World Water Forum…
WORLD WATER FORUM STARTS WITH PROTESTS AND PREDICTIONS
WORLD WATER WEEK: SANITATION SCANDAL
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Sanitation was dubbed “one of the biggest scandals of all time” by the UN’s water chief this week as World Water Week got underway in Stockholm. At a time when billions of people live without sustainable access to safe drinking water or suffer ill health due to poor sanitation,…