These multi-billion dollar projects have been cancelled because of a lack of water

A worker sprays water over piles of coal at Mundra Port Coal Terminal in the western Indian state of Gujarat April 2, 2014.

Billions of dollars worth of mining and energy projects around the world have been mothballed due to a chronic lack of water. Image: REUTERS/Amit Dave

Brett Walton
Reporter, Circle of Blue
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