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World's Reservoirs Face Sediment Build-Up Crisis

Updated 2026-06-08 16:15 UTC 1 source Negative

A new analysis reveals that sediment build-up is causing a significant loss of freshwater storage capacity in reservoirs worldwide, with over 7 percent lost each decade.

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New Scientist
Each decade the world is losing over 7 per cent of its freshwater storage capacity to sediment build-up, according to an analysis of over half a million reservoirs
2026-06-08 15:05 UTC
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