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WaterWired: 'The Economist' Looks At Water Wars: What, No Ground Water?

Posted By Josue in Planning and Management

The current (3 May 2008) issue of The Economist contains a piece on 'Streams of blood, or streams of peace', about the potential for nations going to war over water. It's a good article, examining a number of river basins around the world with the potential for conflict. http://aquadoc.typepad.com -
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Some cities rebel against water restrictions

Posted By WaterJoe in Planning and Management

Some local utility managers are revolting against the South Florida Water Management District' plans for stringent year-round restrictions, suggesting they won't enforce them http://www.palmbeachpost.com -
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U.S. faces era of water scarcity

Posted By goopsgoops in Planning and Management

Just as diminishing supplies of oil and natural gas are wrenching the economy and producing changes in lifestyles built on the principle of plenty, states and communities across the country are confronting another significant impediment to the American way of life: increased competition for scarce water. http://www.circleofblue.org -
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Countries experiencing water scarcity

Posted By britneyg in Hydrology

Countries experiencing water scarcity in 1955, 1990 and 2025 (projected), based on availability of less than 1,000 cubicmeters of renewable water per person per year. http://www.ittfluidtechnology.com -
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Water scarcity in Ghana: Who bears the cost in the long run?

Posted By misspersian in Planning and Management

The plastic bags are literally everywhere. They are strewn across the streets, in the gutters, in the corners next to the buildings, piled up in layer on layer on the paths where people walk. This is isn't the corner of supermarket car park or a windswept high street in London. This is a busy area of Accra, Ghana in West Africa. The plastics are not shopping bags, they are little plastic bags tha http://www.guardian.co.uk -
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Water scarcity in the deserts of central Asia

Posted By misspersian in Planning and Management

In Uzbekistan, it is said that every drop of water contains a grain of gold. Water is a precious resource in the desert lands of Central Asia, where only the Aral Sea and a few rivers must provide enough water for the region's 60 million people. But while the desiccation of the Aral Sea has been well documented, very little attention has been focused on the ecological destruction of the sea's two http://www.guardian.co.uk -
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Middle East Facing Choice Between Crops and Water

Posted By Kaveh in Planning and Management

Global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, as they are forced to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water. http://www.nytimes.com -
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If Water Runs Out, Oil May Be Hard to Swallow

Posted By macy in Planning and Management

Is the sun setting on America's water supply?

Oil the elixir that runs industry, water the elixir that sustains life and industry. What happens if the U.S. runs out of water, oil may not be as important as we think?

A real dilemma facing our country that is raising the worst question of all. What happens if and when our water supply runs out? We can have oil and fuels, but if our water supp http://chemicallygreen.com -

Minimum water requirement for social and economic development

Posted By macy in Planning and Management

I found the link to this paper on Aguanomics.

There is no common understanding of the minimum per capita fresh water requirement for human health and economic and social development. Existing estimates vary between 20 and 4,654 l/c/d, however, these estimates are methodologically problematic as they consider only human consumptive and hygiene needs, or they consider economic needs but not the http://www.kysq.org -
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