India Drought | India Flooding

Posted by Matt in October 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in India, Water, Behemoth, Breadbasket, India Drought, India Flooding, India Photo, Indigo Blue, Indira Gandhi, Indira Gandhi Canal, Irrigation Scheme, Monsoon, Photo Essay

Photo essay: India is suffering its worst drought in 20 years. But not everywhere.
As large parts of India suffer the worst drought in 20 years due to the delayed monsoon, this indigo blue city is slowly flooding because of the Indira Gandhi canal. The behemoth irrigation scheme, which began in 1958, diverts water from the [...]

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The coming war for water | GlobalPost.Com

Posted by Matt in September 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, India, War, Water, 1950s, climate change, Coming War, Cubic Meters, Economic Development, Flash Point, Glaciers, Himalayas, Human Health, Impediment, India Pakistan, Kashmir, Populations, Rivers, Strife, Subcontinent, Threshold, United Nations, Water Shortage, Water Supply

Kashmir’s mighty rivers are a source of strife on the subcontinent.
Battles over water are already mounting in number around the world, according to Peter Gleick, an expert at the Pacific Institute. But Kashmir could be the most dangerous flash point. According to a recent United Nations report, Pakistan’s water supply has dropped from about 5,000 [...]

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Desalination growing threat to Arabian Gulf – The National Newspaper

Posted by Matt in August 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Water, Agriculture, Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, Brine, Desalination Plants, Director General, Dubai, Fresh Water, Gulf Shores, Icba, Kuwait, peak oil, Peak Water, Qatar, Saudi-Arabia, Shawki Barghouti, Uae

Never mind peak oil, or even peak water: Some experts are pondering the possibility of the UAE’s development being limited by “peak salt” – the notional point at which the Arabian Gulf becomes so salty that relying on it for fresh water stops being economically feasible.
There is cause for concern, says Dr Shawki Barghouti, director-general [...]

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The Euphrates River is Drying Up

Posted by Matt in July 14th, 2009 | 6 comments

Published in Middle East, Water, 102 Minutes, Asshur, Battle Of Armageddon, Bible Prophecy, Book Of Revelation, civilization, Descendants, Drying Up, Eastern Border, End Times, Euphrates River, Farmers, Four Rivers, Garden Of Eden, Gihon, God Promise, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Name, Hebrew Word, iraq, Land God, Neighbors, Nuclear Program, Nuclear War, Pishon, River Euphrates, Sign Of The End Times, Syria, Tigris, Turkey, Video Information, Wadi, Water Policies, Way Of The Kings, Year Drought

Just in case you weren’t quite sure whether we were in the end times, now we learn that the Euphrates river is drying up.
I think it’s clear to many Christians that we are in the end-times, but is a vial being poured out by the sixth angel?
In Revelation 16:12, it is prophesied that the Euphrates [...]

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India prays for rain as water wars break out | World news | The Observer

Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in India, Water, Blogged, Break, Chamberlain, Flock Browser, India, Monsoon, News Observer, Rain Water, Running, Water Supply, Water Wars, Water World, World News

The monsoon is late, the wells are running dry and in the teeming city of Bhopal, water supply is now a deadly issue. Gethin Chamberlain reports
India prays for rain as water wars break out | World news | The Observer
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The Last Straw | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in July 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Climate, Conflict, Pakistan, Water, Agricultural Irrigation, Agricultural Season, Blogged, Climate, climatechange, Current Rate, Fate, Flock Browser, Foreign Policy, global warming, Himalayan Glaciers, Himalayas, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, Kashmir, Militancy, Nukes, Precipitation, Rivers, Status Quo, Taliban, Volatile Regions, Water, Winter Floods

Hopelessly overcrowded, crippled by poverty, teeming with Islamist militancy, careless with its nukes—it sometimes seems as if Pakistan can’t get any more terrifying. But forget about the Taliban: The country’s troubles today pale compared with what it might face 25 years from now. When it comes to the stability of one of the world’s most [...]

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China’s Growing Sands

Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Water, China At The Crossroads, China Crisis, China Rail, China Today, Desertification In China, Environmental Issue, Gansu, guardian, Inner Mongolia, Kilometers, Ningxia, Northern Provinces, Phenomenon, Refugees, Severity, Train, Trains, Water Crisis

Winding my way along China’s network of rail lines through the northern provinces of Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Xinjiang, I have travelled over 4000 kilometers over the past 6 weeks, witnessing first hand the severity of desertification in China, just from my carriage window. The route I have followed, although made up of a [...]

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A Water Crisis in Mexico City

Posted by Matt in April 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Mexico, Water, Basins, Bbc News, Disaster, Drought, Dry Taps, Easter Holiday, Easter Weekend, Faces, Government Officials, Largest Cities, Main Reservoir, Mains Water, Martin Sieff, Pictures Of The World, Population Mexico, Population Of Mexico, Population Of Mexico City, Radio Netherlands, Rainy Season, Reservoir System, Stoppage, Stoppages, Taps, Town Water, United Press International, Urban Sprawl, Water Crises, Water Crisis, Water Line, Water System, Water Water, World Water Crisis

About five million people, or a quarter of the population of Mexico City’s urban sprawl, woke up Thursday with dry taps. The drought was caused by the biggest stoppage in the city’s main reservoir system in recent years to ration its depleting supplies. Government officials hope this and four other stoppages will keep water flowing [...]

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Do nations go to war over water?

Posted by Matt in March 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in War, Water, Ban Ki Moon, climate change, Conflicts, International Agreements, Myth, Peaceful Competition, Popular Notions, Risk, That Gave Birth, Un Secretary General, United Nations, Violence, Water Development, Water Scarcity, Water Shortages, Water War, Water Wars, Water World, Wendy Barnaby, World Water

Wendy Barnaby was asked to write a book about water wars — then the facts got in the way of her story.
The United Nations warned as recently as last week that climate change harbours the potential for serious conflicts over water. In its World Water Development Report1 of March 2009, it quotes UN Secretary-General Ban [...]

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When will the water run out?

Posted by Matt in March 1st, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Water, China, climate change, Developing Countries, Efficiency, peak oil, Peak Water, Risk, Scientists, Terminal Decline, Urban Populations

Climate change, increased industrial demand and wanton wastefulness: is ‘peak water’ upon us?
Peak oil may be the least of our problems, scientists warned today. Growing industrial demand for water in developing countries such as China, rapidly expanding urban populations and the efficiency with which we use water have increased the risk of “peak water” – [...]

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