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Sustainable water management crucial

Securing safe and reliable access starts with basic infrastructure such as pipes, according to Sabic

A woman uses her sari to filter water from a pit at an abandoned quarry in Badama village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Only 52% of the country’s 191 million households have tap water connections.

Amid cycles of drought and flooding, safe and affordable water management has never been more important, especially in Asia.

In the summer of 2022 we saw China’s Yangtze River dry up and Europe experience its worst drought in 500 years. Australia, Iran, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh all saw catastrophic flooding. The reality of climate change means extreme weather events are going to…

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