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Snow-Capped Mountains And Rushing Rivers, But No Water To Drink In Nepal’s Capital
April 13th, 2015
Via Global Voices, a sobering look at water access in Nepal: People lining up for water an hour before it is scheduled to flow, in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 10 2014. Despite having among the highest water availability per capita in the world and holding about 2.7 percent of the world’s total fresh water reserves, Nepal suffers […]
Read more »Global Water Crisis Causing Failed Harvests, Hunger, War And Terrorism
March 27th, 2015
Via The Ecologist, detailed commentary on how the Global water crisis is causing failed harvests, hunger, war and terrorism: The world is already experiencing water scarcity driven by over-use, poor land management and climate change, writes Nafeez Ahmed. It’s one of the causes of wars and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond, and if […]
Read more »Global Water Use May Outstrip Supply By Mid Century
March 27th, 2015
Via Terra Daily, a report on some rather dire forecasts of global water demand: Population growth could cause global demand for water to outpace supply by mid-century if current levels of consumption continue. But it wouldn’t be the first time this has happened, a Duke University study finds. Using a delayed-feedback mathematical model that analyzes […]
Read more »Fighters Target Vital Water Plants Across Middle East
March 26th, 2015
Via Reuters, a report on the increasing tendency of fighters targeting vital water plants in the Middle East: Fighters are increasingly targeting water and sanitation facilities across the Middle East, exacerbating severe shortages for agriculture and households, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday. Consumption of water in the volatile region […]
Read more »The Power of Water
March 22nd, 2015
Via Green Money, commentary by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance: Water has emerged as the target of choice for the robber barons of globalization. As freshwater supplies dwindle, global investors are scrambling to own what’s left. The World Bank already values water privatization at $1 trillion and predicts that many of the wars […]
Read more »UN: Water Crisis Coming In 15 years Unless World Acts Now
March 20th, 2015
Via the Globe and Mail, an article on a new UNESCO report looking at the world’s water crisis: The world could suffer a 40 per cent shortfall in water in just 15 years unless countries dramatically change their use of the resource, a UN report warned Friday. Many underground water reserves are already running low, while […]
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