Are you drinking enough water?
But over a third do not take this advice.
It’s likely that most people don’t know how much fluid they should be consuming a day and this is part of the problem.
Dr Dawn Harper points out that looking at the colour of your urine can tell you whether you need to drink more or less water.
She reckons most of us don’t take action until we find ourselves with a headache – by which time it’s too late; we’re already dehydrated.
In extreme cases, dehydration can cause kidney problems, so if it’s not the right colour, then act and get access to water."
You’re not alone, but there are things you can do to make it more interesting.
Try adding fresh fruit to tap or sparkling water, it instantly feels like a refreshing treat, getting over the issue of people, especially children, claiming they don’t drink water as its boring".
Foods with a high water content include fruit and vegetables (which can be up to 80% water), and soups and stews.
It could tell you quite a lot about your health.

The Sahara could become one enormous oasis as scientists work on a new device to gather water – from desert air.
And that is aside from the loss of water due to wars such as the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 20 million Yemenis do not have access to drinking water because of the ongoing civil war.
More people will result in a greater need for food, meaning more water will be necessary for increased agriculture.
“The opportunity is to utilise the materials at low humidity ranges, below 30 per cent, which correlate best with places that are pretty arid such as North Africa and parts of China,” says Ms Wang.
“And if you count the fan, condenser and other items – that doesn’t end up being a huge cost of the overall device,” Mr Dinca says.
“The key is having enough sunlight and a reasonable humidity range.” The device works better in areas with humidity levels below 30 per cent, and the amount of material is important.
Ms Wang says that 4 litres of water could be produced per kilogram of material a day.
But for arid places like the Mena region, the scale up of this device could be beneficial.
The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab initiative has been promoting water-related research since 2014 to help communities battle dwindling water and more demand.

Are you drinking enough water?
But over a third do not take this advice.
It’s likely that most people don’t know how much fluid they should be consuming a day and this is part of the problem.
Dr Dawn Harper points out that looking at the colour of your urine can tell you whether you need to drink more or less water.
She reckons most of us don’t take action until we find ourselves with a headache – by which time it’s too late; we’re already dehydrated.
In extreme cases, dehydration can cause kidney problems, so if it’s not the right colour, then act and get access to water."
You’re not alone, but there are things you can do to make it more interesting.
Try adding fresh fruit to tap or sparkling water, it instantly feels like a refreshing treat, getting over the issue of people, especially children, claiming they don’t drink water as its boring".
Foods with a high water content include fruit and vegetables (which can be up to 80% water), and soups and stews.
It could tell you quite a lot about your health.

Students tackle water solutions in robot Olympics.
Starting Monday, a team of high school students from Luxembourg will compete for the first time in the First Global international robotics challenge in Washington.
The Olympics-style challenge is designed to motivate teams of young people from every nation to learn and demonstrate skills in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
This year’s challenge is about providing access to clean drinking water now and in future.
While over one billion people do not have reliable access to clean water right now, by 2040 projections suggest that there will be global water shortages.
“These students are doing much more than competing in a robotics game–they are learning that these challenges will only be overcome when people realise we are all on the same team, and that with technology, we can accomplish things we can only imagine by communicating, cooperating, and working together to apply technology as a tool for positive change in the world,” First Global said on its website.
From 16 to 18 July, Luxembourg will compete against just under 160 other teams from countries including Iran, Yemen and Afghanistan, at the DAR Constitution Hall.
The team is comprised of Pit Baum (captain), Atreyam Sharma, Laura Marker, Kimon Leners, Shawn Teusch, Lina Chen and Yannick Martins Dos Santos.
They are mentored by Ronny Osweiler and Annabel Schoellen.
Click here to follow the contest live.

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Women of the World Still Burdened with Most of the Water Carrying.
According to UNICEF, nearly 2.1 bn people globally experience the problems of not having enough clean water for drinking and performing daily activities, such as cooking, bathing, and cleaning.
What makes the statistics even more concerning is that a huge majority of the global rural population depends on its women to carry water from the nearest water source back to their homes.
Why This is a Problem The core problem lies in the unavailability of clean water, primarily, and the unavailability of clean water supplies within homes.
Water is a basic human right, and is mankind is extremely on it for not just development, but also survival.
Personal hygiene and healthy standards of living can be achieved when a home receives clean water on a regular basis.
On the other hand, the use of unclean and chemically unsafe water can cause serious problems, including intestinal worms, trachoma, diarrhea and related illnesses, along with more severe problems such as stunted growth.
The problems arise when the local water supply for rural areas, which is usually a nearby natural freshwater resource, gets contaminated with chemicals such as lead and arsenic.
Time Lost in Grunt Work In the daily life of a rural woman, collecting enough water for the day is easily the most time consuming task.
According to UNICEF, nearly 263 mn people do have access to clean drinking water, but need to spend a lot of time waiting in queues to get it.

Hunter Water marks 125th anniversary.
Hunter Water turns 125 years old today, and the utility has its sights set on the future.
It will launch an annual innovation award, in partnership with the University of Newcastle, to encourage students and Hunter Water employees to come up with new ideas that could change management of water and wastewater as the region’s population continues to grow.
“Hunter Water has a proud history worth celebrating, however, our focus is very much on the future,” managing director Jim Bentley said.
“In 2017 and beyond, our role is more than making sure there are pipes in the ground for the extra 240,000 people expected to make the Hunter home over the next 30 years.
“Our role is to enable a growing, liveable, and environmentally sustainable Hunter region, where our communities have access to high quality and affordable services.” Mr Bentley said Hunter Water had made many “bold and innovative decisions” during its 125-year history.
It came after declining water quality in Newcastle in the second half of the 19th Century lead to a death rate that was triple the norm.
By 1893 there were 3421 water connections and 220km in water mains supplying 17,105 people across the region – though Newcastle’s first sewerage system wasn’t introduced until 1907.
Through the decades, the organisation has been responsible for the construction of major pieces of infrastructure such as Chichester Dam, Grahamstown Dam.
It oversaw upgrades to the Burwood Beach Wastewater Treatment works in 1989, which led to Newcastle’s beaches being consistently rated among the state’s cleanest.

Women still carry most of the world’s water.
Bethany Caruso, Emory University (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine going through your day without access to clean, safe water in your home for drinking, cooking, washing or bathing whenever you need it.
In my field work I have seen adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers with small children carrying water.
Simply to get water for drinking, bathing, cooking and other household needs, millions of women and girls spend hours every day traveling to water sources, waiting in line and carrying heavy loads – often several times a day.
The new UNICEF/WHO report states that 263 million people worldwide have access to water sources that are considered safe, but need to spend at least 30 minutes walking or queuing to collect their water.
When children or other family members get sick from consuming poor-quality water, which can happen even if the water is initially clean when collected, women spend their time providing care.
When communities initiate programs to improve access to water, it is critical to ask women about their needs and experiences.
Although women and girls play key roles in obtaining and managing water globally, they are rarely offered roles in water improvement programs or on local water committees.
Numerous water projects in developing countries have failed because they did not include women.
This article was originally published on The Conversation.

FG to partner private sector on water supply, sanitation.
THE Federal Government (FG) has concluded plans to partner all relevant private bodies on the need to improve water supply and sanitation in the country.
This is even as it described the state of the water supply and sanitation sub-sector of Nigeria as pathetic.
The Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu, in a statement signed by the Director, Water Supply Engr Benson Ajisegiri at the weekend in Abuja reiterated that over 50 million Nigerians still do not have access to improved sources of drinking water while over 100 million lack access to improved sanitation facilities either at home or in public places.
He said in a bid to address the situation, the Ministry recently launched an initiative tagged, “Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH)”.
The PEWASH is a National Collaboration Platform for the improvement of access to water supply and Sanitation nationwide through structured multi-agency partnerships.
He added that the partnership includes roles for the Public sector, private sector and other development partners both local and internationally.
The Minister stated that the PEWASH Initiative will be unveiled to the private sector which would involve all the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Organized Private Sector in a one-day interactive meeting.

Miracle, age 9, lives in Gishiri, has a daily routine of fetching from a nearby pond.
“My mom asked me to come fetch and bath,” she said, standing beside her was her friend who was bathing from the unclean water with her uniforms on.
Like Miracle, Deborah, 10, her friend also tells me that their drinking water in that community comes from wells, hand-pumped water boreholes or even the small stream where they were bathing.
Miracle is the third child in a family of five.
“This is the only water my mom can afford, the other one sold in jerrycan is expensive for us”, Deborah a Primary 5 student from the local school said.
Deborah also depends on the stream for her water needs – the poverty stricken slum located amidst opulence is a reminder of what life looks like for residents of these communities who work in neighborhoods with trimmed lawn, air-conditioned offices but can only afford Gishiri.
Because of its location in the heart of Abuja, one bedroom apartment in Gishiri costs between $1,500 per annum to $1,800 – the location of the community estimated to host about 500,000 residents is regarded as Abuja most sought after location for civil servants and low-income earners.
Leading cause of child death is diarrhea, a majority of which is water-related, and according to the World Health Organisation, diarrhea disease is the second leading cause of death in children and is responsible for killing around 525 000 children every year.
A recent report by Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Healthy estimated that 63 million Nigerians lack access to potable water – undeniably residents of Gishiri and importantly, Miracle and her friend Deborah IF captured by that report fall under the number of the vulnerable in the Nigerian society that are likely to die as a result of preventable water-borne diseases.
She is the 2017 United Nations Journalism Fellow and budgIT Media fellow for 2017