One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing boiling water down on enemies attacking a castle.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

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

Professor Roark says knowing the age of the corals might help scientists understand earlier water conditions and ocean surface productivity.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Pieter Hoff says the nice thing about the siphons is that, once collected, the water is not able to evaporate anymore.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

However,he says, many plants are not closing their pores in order to hold in more water.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

He says water also holds some of the major wavelengths that identify asbestos.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Mister Zundt says the vehicle releases only water vapor and is "totally clean."

VOA: special.2009.09.07

He says the spots are usually caused by too much water.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

John Masiunas says water management is extremely important.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

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

A storm destroyed his house in 2007, he says.And worse, storm surges have tainted the water supply with salt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

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

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Without drinking water, Victoria Switzer says, the house she hoped her grandchildren would visit won't be livable or saleable.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

She says lower costs have eased her family's financial burden because they used to spend much more on water.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

He says there is nothing to harvest. In the nearby village of Qattana, no water has been pumped for days.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Gab says the town's population is growing every day and he fears Docol could begin experiencing a severe water shortage.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

He says reports of water contamination occur wherever there is hydro fracking, perhaps because the process uses such great pressure.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

For example, she says millions of people will suffer from either too much water or too little water under climate change.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

BP Vice President Kent Wells says the method will reduce the amount of oil spewing into the water.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Osman says long-term residents like her were already struggling to find enough food and water for thousands of recent arrivals from Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Bennett says clean drinking water is the next big concern, especially to prevent an outbreak of diseases such as diarrhea or cholera.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

She says she fears the water is not fit for drinking, but there is nothing else to drink.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Ibu Rosecta, who makes sweet frozen popsicles to sell to neighborhood children, says access to clean,running water has saved her family money.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

And editor Robert Coontz says the top 10 breakthroughs also included the discovery of water on the moon by the LCROSS mission.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

She says it also will pay for shelter for homeless families, clean water and training to upgrade skills for people without jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Environmentalist Gidon Bromberg says a joint Israeli-Palestinian water commission that was supposed to address water issues has not been doing its job.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

The report says food is a big concern for most of the displaced and water too is emerging as a growing problem.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

He says the agencies are supplying water, distributing farming supplies, setting up cooperatives and implementing food-for-work projects.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

A spokesman says relief workers hope to improve the process of water distribution, and that they desperately need more food,tents, and medical supplies.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02