Residents near where pigs were being pulled from the river went days in January without tap water when a chemical transporter leaked benzene into a Huangpu River tributary.

WSJ: Dead Pigs Worry Shanghai

Residents near where pigs are being pulled from the river went days in January without tap water when a chemical transporter leaked benzene into a Huangpu River tributary.

WSJ: Floating, Dead Pigs Repulse Shanghai

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A San Diego college student filed a legal claim Wednesday for damages suffered when he was left handcuffed and without food or water in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for five days last month.

CNN: Student forgotten in cell for 5 days will sue DEA

Having high expectations for even huge numbers of seeds to sprout when thrown on untilled land or clay, without any water, is probably going to lead to disappointment.

FORBES: Nurture Your Network

The board has said notices will be issued when it is considered the water can be consumed safely without being boiled.

BBC: News Online

One study showed patients could put their hands into boiling hot water without registering pain after being hypnotised, when they had earlier experienced intense pain.

BBC: Hypnotherapy session

The problem arises when actions in other domains ignore or misunderstand that water underpins the entire green economy, and that without planning for good management of freshwater resources the entire movement is put at risk.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

Without the appropriate management of wetlands there is no water of the right quality and quantity, where and when it is needed.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

When people are hungry, deprived of basic needs such as clean water, health care, and education, and without meaningful employment, they suffer.

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Cast your mind back to 1976 when Britain was in the grip of the worst drought of the century and thousands of people were left for hours without water every day.

BBC: Special Report