India is no stranger to water crisis. Across the country, the Indian people have endured water shortages due to climate change, a lack of rainfall, pollution, water mismanagement and poor infrastructure.
In Lucknow, residents have endured a lingering water shortage while waiting for the local canal -which supplies the water – is maintained.
Read more here: Canal clean, water crisis still on
Drought is nothing new in Iran. The Middle Eastern country has experienced drought numerous times in the last 40 years, including from 1992-2002, 2008 and over the last several years. A population surge, increased water consumption and climate change have escalated the problem.
What steps are being taken to alleviate the crisis?
Read more here: Iran’s water crisis deepening
Columbia University has published a study looking at the effect climate change may have on the water crisis. More than two billion people may be subjected to a water crisis as a result. Scientists discovered that climate change has warmed temperatures in the atmosphere so that snow is falling as rain. While snow creates a natural reservoir of fresh water, rainfall must be captured.
What steps are being taken to prevent a water crisis?
Read more here: Climate Change May Lead To Water Crisis: What’s The Current Picture?
In Indonesia, the Wonogiri regency is struggling with a water crisis. Low rainfall has caused reservoirs to recede beyond drought levels, halting production at hydro-electric plants. The drought has also prevented residents from receiving clean water. Locals are now relying on tankers to supply clean water to the region.
Read more here: Wonogiri still experiencing water crisis
The Education Department in Iran’s capital city of Tehran will host the first Mehr-e Ab, a festival focusing on the city’s ongoing water crisis. The country has been crippled by a water shortage caused by climate change, low rainfall and poor water management. Officials hope the festival will bring awareness to water ethics as well as educate teachers and students on the importance of water conservation.
Read more here: ‘Mehr-e Ab’ festival to promote water consumption ethics among teachers, students
A three-month-long NBC Bay Area investigation into California’s water crisis found several Silicon Valley technology companies and venture capitalists ready to design, produce and manufacture innovative high-tech solutions to the state’s drought. But the investigation also discovered that California’s labyrinth of rules, regulations, and the multiple agencies that oversee water policy have become serious barriers to those innovations and their large-scale adoption.
Climate scientists warn the California drought could last for decades. With the prospects of global warming, population growth, and disappearing snowpack on the horizon, dozens of water policy experts say it’s time for California and its hundreds of separate, independent water agencies to aggressively approach technology in a fashion similar to the state’s approach to energy, climate change and transportation.
Read more here: Bureaucratic Barriers Stand in the Way of Innovation That Could Help Solve California’s Water Crisis
El Nino is finally bringing rain to California. The weather phenomenon has brought rainfall to much of the state and snow to the Sierra Mountains. Will it be enough to alleviate the state’s four-year drought?State officials are scrambling to develop resources to preserve the rainwater and bring an end to the state’s water crisis.
Read more here: California Is Finally Getting Rain. Now if It Could Just Hold on to It
In Zimbabwe, villagers in two communities are struggling to combat an ongoing water crisis. Without the infrastructure to preserve rainwater, villagers are forced to walk more than 5 km each day to find water. The communities are now looking for international aid to help them secure the proper means for access to water.
Read more here: Water crisis hit villagers
South Africa’s water crisis could have been prevented. Plagued by persistent drought caused by El Nino, the country is facing its worst water crisis, with no end in sight. Experts from the University of South Africa say the crisis could have been prevented – had measures been taken when the potential for drought was brought to authorities back in 2012.
What can be done to ease South Africa’s water crisis?
Read more here: Water crisis could have been prevented – expert
The ‘worst drought in 85 years’ has turned reservoirs in eastern Brazil into sand dunes and mud pits. Scientists blame low rainfall, poor water management and pollution for the water crisis. Now, officials fear the dire situation will only get worse.
Read more here: Brazil, land of water, goes thirsty
