Coleridge’s poem and our water crisis
Mr R Chidambaram, a major figure in India’s nuclear weapons programme, quoted from poet Coleridge’s line Water Water everywhere and not a drop to drink, at a conference on water…
Water
Did Agasthya Muni have a solution for the World’s Water Conflicts?
Sixth Abhee Dutt Mazumdar Memorial Lecture, Kolkata, 26 July 2019 INTRODUCTION Honouring Abhee Dutt Mazumdar It is a great honour to deliver the Abhee Dutt Mazumdar Memorial Lecture this year.…
Changed Water Cycle In The U.S.A. And Water Scarcity In Mexico City
The water has now turned into a serious question in the U.S., as in many parts of the world. There is report that climate crisis is changing water cycle in…
Groundwater Around The World Is Rapidly Depleting, Finds Study
Groundwater is rapidly declining across the globe, often at accelerating rates. Writing in the journal Nature, UC Santa Barbara researchers present the largest assessment of groundwater levels around the world, spanning nearly…
A Strong Case for Shifting Resources from Mega Water Projects to Small Water Conservation Projects in Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand region in Central India comprising 14 districts (7 in Uttar Pradesh and 7 in Madhya Pradesh) has been frequently in news due to water scarcity. While there is widespread…
Anaura’s Water Conservation Success Followed by Many-sided Benefits
Water conservation can be the key to many-sided rural development, and the recent experiences of Anaura village in Birdha block of Lalitpur district provide a very promising example of this.…
Villagers Delighted with Tap Water in Their Homes, but Concerns Regarding Depleting Water Sources Remain
People of Manjra Makara village in Niwari block and district (Madhya Pradesh) are very happy that they now have tap water in their homes. They say that their daily life…
Why Different Views on Rural Water Priorities Must be Heard
One of the biggest programs of installing water pipelines and taps in villages is under way in India. There is a lot of enthusiasm regarding this and a big sense…
Is Wastewater an Answer for Adapting to Climate Change?
Water pressures like droughts are intensifying due to global warming and population growth. Treating wastewater is a powerful solution, finally gaining more public support. Population growth and climate change are…
Drinking Water From Nearly Half Of U.S. Faucets Contains Potentially Harmful Chemicals, Finds Study
Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. An AP report…
Global Warming and Water Privatization
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle…
Where Are the World’s Water Stresses?
Around the world, significant issues are negatively impacting water security. While the situation appears dire, cooperation initiatives show some signs of relief. In May 2023, the Arizona Department of Water…
Climate change and water crisis
Water crisis is not only a problem of our country but of the entire world. According to the United Nations. Today, 26 percent of the world's population faces a crisis…
Pelling’s Water Crisis: Addressing Surging pressure during Peak Tourist Season
Pelling, the second most popular tourist destination after its main capital Gangtok is experiencing severe water scarcity, especially during the peak tourist season. The high demand for water during this…
Water Scarcity: Issue in Tourist destinations?
Tourism as an economic activity has boomed substantially and is adding to local and seasonal pressures on the water supply systems of tourist destinations worldwide.[i] The fact that the theme…
Our Global Water Crisis
A Few Facts https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-report-drinking-water https://countercurrents.org/2023/03/accelerating-change-on-united-nations-world-water-day-2023/?swcfpc=1 In its home-page on World Water Day, 2021, the United Nations pointed out the following facts: Today, 1 in 3 people live without safe drinking…
Accelerating Change on United Nations World Water Day 2023
At a time when India has been given the presidency of G-20, efforts are on to accelerate change on several fronts including the water crises which is listed as Sustainable…
Water Conservation —Small Efforts that Together Make A Big Contribution
People of Markhera village had been facing increasing difficulties due to water shortages. Water table was declining and water level in wells was going down too. Hand pumps were often…
Across Africa, Water Conflict Threatens Security, Health, and the Environment
Water is a finite resource on our planet. We can only rely on what we have, which translates to about 2.5 percent of drinkable fresh water. Of that amount, only 0.4 percent…
Environmental Racism Is Poisoning America’s Waters
Thousands of people in U.S. cities have been left without access to clean water. Communities say institutional racism is to blame. The United Nations General Assembly recognized “the right to safe and…
Clean Water at What Cost?
This being the first Monday in October means the Supreme Court is now back in a new session along with its newest member and the first Black woman Justice Ketanji…
Groundwater management, farm subsidies & food security- Need to adopt a holistic view
To Dr Suman Bery Vice-Chairmam Niti Ayog Dear Dr Bery, For quite some time, I have been requesting both Niti Ayog and the Jal Shakti Ministry to take a long-term…
Arizona Tribes In The U.S. Face Water Crisis
Water is more than a commodity to the Indigenous peoples in the U.S. Tribes say water is life itself for the people, plants, animal life and the land itself. But…
Despite big increase in budget, why is adequate and clean drinking water eluding many villages?
Scorching heat has again been accompanied this year by reports of acute drinking water shortages in many villages. The situation was supposed to be different this time because of an…
India–Millions of small conservation and harvesting efforts the key to ending water scarcity
As India is troubled increasingly by more scorching heat waves than ever before, its water worries are also increasing. With 18% of the world’s population and 15% of its livestock…
World Drought Gets Worse, Cities Ration
The planet is wheezing, coughing and sputtering because of vicious attacks by worldwide droughts aided and abetted by global warming at only 1.2C above baseline. Some major metropolises are rationing…
Gaza’s Forthcoming Crisis Might Be Worse than Anything We Have Ever Seen
“The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night. The moment such an announcement was made, my whole…
The Politics of Water
Think of it this way: what we don’t know will hurt us. And water — yes, water — is an example of just that. Even at a time of such angry political…
The Most Basic of All Human Rights: Clean Water
by Kumi Naidoo and Richard von Weizsäcker The most outrageous injustice is that the same people who lack access to water and sanitation are usually the ones most vulnerable to…
Five billion people will be water insecure by 2050, says UN WMO climate report
About half of the world's population will suffer from water insecurity by 2050, found The State of Climate Services 2021: Water , a new report from the UN World Meteorological Organization…
Uranium in drinking water: A growing concern for India
A recent report by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) reveals that uranium contamination of groundwater is on the rise with Punjab and Haryana being the most affected. Groundwater continues to…
Did AP Act authorise Centre to grab rivers?
All powers to Centre… and all responsibilities or liabilities are thrust on the heads of the states. The Centre has usurped all the powers of the State Governments over all…
Saving Water, Ensuring Its Reach to the Poorest
In conditions of high land inequalities, how can benefits of irrigation be taken to weaker sections? Generally the biggest, more powerful and resourceful landowners also try to grab more water.…
Saving Precious Drops of Water
Traditional Wisdom and Community Involvement Contribute Best to Saving Precious Drops of Water While the need for rainwater harvesting is now very widely recognized, the results achieved at many places…
Water Policy Should be Based on Equal Access and Ecology, While Avoiding Disruptive Projects
The union government has stated that it will be giving very high priority to its schemes to provide tap water to all homes. It has been claimed that this work…
Urgent Need For Proper Priorities in Regions of Water-Scarcity
Several regions of acute water-scarcity have emerged in India and during summer these expend to a much wider area. Droughts are also becoming more frequent and this has added…
Protecting “The Brook”
And out again, I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come, and men may go, But I go on forever. The famous lines of the…
Water
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the relationships between water and life. The book may be freely downloaded and…
The real value of water
Valuing Water is the theme of the 29th World Water Day this year. Valuing Water and Enabling Change also happened to be the theme of the Annual Report of the World Economic Forum’s 2030 Water Resources Group (now hosted…
Himalayan Villages Face Increasing Drinking Water Problems
Even though so many mighty rivers flow in Himalyan region which take water to such vast plains , it is a fact that many Himalayan villages face increasing and acute…
The Coming Water Crisis
Water might become the most sought-after commodity in the world and the most traded resource on the exchanges if the depletion and mismanagement of water resources continue at the present…
Need for a law to regulate the use of groundwater
Letter to the Prime Minister E.A.S.Sarma Maharanipeta Visakhapatnam To Shri Narendra D Modi Prime Minister Dear Shri Modiji, India's groundwater resources have come under severe stress as a result of…
Our Race Against the Clock to Affirm Water as a Human Right
On the ten year anniversary of the United Nations historic vote to recognize water as a basic human right, Barlow reflects on where we go from here. A demonstrator holds…
Honoring The Rain And Our Overall Water Supply
A few years ago I saw a film of a weak and hungry mother leopard hunting day after day to try to find food for herself and her teenager,…
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