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Parched Tiger: Can India Tap Fresh Water Wisdom For “Smart” Cities?
October 9th, 2015
Via Thomson Reuters, a look at India’s urban water challenges: Slum dwellers carry drinking water containers filled from a water tanker provided by the state-run Delhi Jal (water) Board on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2015. Shanti Kushwaha waits anxiously for the water tanker to reach the slums of Seelampur […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water Security In Urban India – Water Supply And Human Health
September 22nd, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a detailed look at the challenges to water security in urban India: Key Points Increasing urbanisation to 2030 will put further pressure on strained water infrastructure. Recognising that current practices are unsustainable, and implementing water conservation measures in urban areas, will take some of the pressure off declining groundwater supplies. Like their […]
Read more »FutureWatch: One In Four Major Cities Unable To Provide Clean Water To Residents
September 11th, 2015
Via The Guardian, a look at major cities where – from Mumbai to São Paolo – safe water supplies are precarious: They are two of the biggest cities in the world and both are set to grow significantly over the next decade, yet Mumbai and São Paulo are still unable to supply the clean and […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indo-Bhutan Hydro Relations
July 31st, 2015
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed look at hydro relations between India and Bhutan: One strand of the debate on non-traditional security issues is that future wars will be fought over water. History stands evident of the fact that since the beginning of human civilization man has been settling beside rivers and many of the mighty […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: A $23 Billion Stock Drop Shows India’s Rising Water Risks
July 20th, 2015
Via Bloomberg, an article on India’s water scarcity issues, with half of the country facing potential surface-water supply disruptions: Few expected India’s science minister to cut the monsoon outlook as he unveiled a weather forecasting system on June 2. The surprise contributed to a 1.5-trillion-rupee ($23 billion) two-day slump in the nation’s equities. The rupee also […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: A $23 Billion Stock Drop Shows India’s Rising Water Risks
June 18th, 2015
Via Bloomberg, an interesting article on rising economic concerns that half of India faces potential surface-water supply disruptions: Few expected India’s science minister to cut the monsoon outlook as he unveiled a weather forecasting system on June 2. The surprise contributed to a 1.5-trillion-rupee ($23 billion) two-day slump in the nation’s equities. The rupee also slid […]
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