Back in Indonesia, some of the housing built for survivors remains empty due to poor construction that in some cases does not include drinkingwater or protect against the torrential rains.
One of the most frequently forgotten dimensions of the water crisis is the fact that 900 million people in the world do not have access to safe drinkingwater and 2.6 billion people do not have basic sanitation.
Throughout central and southern Texas swimmers are being turned away from lakes and pools: the dwindling water supply is for drinking, not splashing around in.
Returning the Golan to Syria is not a popular concept in Israel, she says, as it provides the country with its largest source of drinkingwater and is home to successful wineries and popular tourist sites.
Nearly 1 billion people still do not have access to improved sources of drinkingwater and there are more people without access to tap waterin cities today than there were at the end of the 1990s.