When the cloud meets a thirsty world Esha ZaveriRichard DamaniaSaroj Kumar Jha January 12, 2026 This page in: English Español العربية

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/water/when-the-cloud-meets-a-thirsty-world Throughout history, water has been the quiet engine behind progress: farmers irrigate fields to grow crops; industry needs it to produce goods and generate energy; and people, communities and cities draw on it for drinking, sanitation, and public health. Technology also made it possible to reach deeper aquifers and more distant rivers, expanding water use and exposing fundamental tensions in how water is valued and distributed, and who bears the costs.