There Will Be Water

Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Water, 100 Million, Blue Gold, climate change, Control, Decades, Drought, Economic Cooperation, Gathering Speed, Groundwater, Half Of The World, New Oil, Rush, Scarce Resource, T Boone Pickens, Urban Areas, Water Resources, Water Stress, World Population, World S Population

T. Boone Pickens thinks water is the new oil—and he’s betting $100 million that he’s right.
In the coming decades, as growing numbers of people live in urban areas and climate change makes some regions much more prone to drought, water—or what many are calling “blue gold”—will become an increasingly scarce resource. By 2030 nearly half [...]

India Digs Deeper, but Wells Are Drying Up

Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Water, Antelope, Array, Bas, Bhanwar, Commodities, Cucumber, Cultivator, Drought, Groundwater, India, Ka, Lal, Scourge, Suffering, Train, Wheat

India is using groundwater so rapidly that some areas have already run out. In a village in Rajasthan, the state sends in water by train.
TEJA KA BAS, India — Bhanwar Lal Yadav, once a cultivator of cucumber and wheat, has all but given up growing food. No more suffering through drought and the scourge [...]

If peak oil scares you, what about peak water?

Posted by Matt in April 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Australia, Britain, U.S., Water, Aral Sea, Array, Bathtub, Crisis Proportions, Developing World, Drought, Former Soviet Union, Ganges, Groundwater, Lake Mead, Own Backyard, peak oil, Peak Water, Poor Countries, Population Lack, Renewable Supply, Safe Drinking Water, Scarcity, State Of Georgia, Trickle, Waste Water, Water Aquifers

That the news is familiar makes it no less alarming: 1.1 billion people, about one-sixth of the world’s population, lack access to safe drinking water. Aquifers under Beijing, Delhi, Bangkok, and dozens of other rapidly growing urban areas are drying up. The rivers Ganges, Jordan, Nile, and Yangtze — all dwindle to a trickle for [...]

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, Water, pollution, Chinese Public, Current Rate, Economic Expansion, Economic Juggernaut, Economic Power, Environmental Degradation, Groundwater, Hydrologist, International Repercussions, North China, Political Challenge, Pollution Problem, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes, Richard Evans, Ruling Communist Party, Three Decades, Water Crisis, Water Pollution, Water Resources, Water Scarcity

For three decades, water has been indispensable in sustaining the rollicking economic expansion that has made China a world power. Now, Chinaâ€™s galloping, often wasteful style of economic growth is pushing the country toward a water crisis. Water pollution is rampant nationwide, while water scarcity has worsened severely in north China â€” even as demand [...]

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There Will Be Water

India Digs Deeper, but Wells Are Drying Up

If peak oil scares you, what about peak water?

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

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