Almost sixty percent of the world's freshwater withdrawals from rivers, lakes and other water resources go toward irrigating fields.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

The World Health Organization says more than one billion people live in areas where renewable water resources are not available.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Scientists are using biotechnology as well as traditional breeding methods to develop water-saving crops to feed a growing world.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

The older kind of submarine used in World War Two could stay under water for only about forty-eight hours.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

A United Nations report says water availability in that area is the second lowest in the world, after Africa.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

The U.N.report notes that the world's poorest countries are also the ones that use the most water for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

The lack of clean drinking water around the world forces millions of people to drink unsafe water.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

People around the world can prevent diseases spread by mosquitoes by removing standing water from their property.

VOA: special.2009.04.13

During its yearly World Water Day observance last month it called on the international community to work together to solve the water crisis.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

They think I never saw that beautiful world in a drop of water.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Solar water heating is used around the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

The very top of the wire drawing represents the only part of the ocean landscape that can be seen on the surface of the water: It is Bouvet Island, one of the most isolated islands in the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Malaria,diarrhea,and typhoid- water-related diseases that are not fatal in First World countries- cause half of the child deaths in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

A World Bank report issued this year says the average Israeli gets four times as much water as the average Palestinian.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

The World Meteorological Organization says 90 percent of all natural disasters are related to weather, water and climate events.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

And the world's insatiable appetite is depleting the planet's fisheries and using up land and fresh water at an alarming rate.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Says that in the ancient world, Angkor was known for its sophisticated water system.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"Tea is the world's second most popular drink, second to water, and there are literally thousands of tea formulations around the world, so the challenge for us, isn't finding new tea recipes, it's focusing and making sure we're developing things that are going to work."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

It was the center of their universe. And it was called the 'hydraulic city' because it had really remarkably massive arrays of barays, which are these giant water tanks and a series of canals and interconnected waterways that was really unparalleled in the ancient world in that part of the world."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05