Comments on: Nightmare at Noon: Thinking of Water Footprints

By: B Shantanu

B Shantanu — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:11:11 +0000

A brief extract from “UK water use ‘worsening global crisis’ by Richard Black:

…The amount of water used to produce food and goods imported by developed countries is worsening water shortages in the developing world, a report says.

The report, focusing on the UK, says two-thirds of the water used to make UK imports is used outside its borders.

The Engineering the Future alliance of professional engineering bodies says this is unsustainable, given population growth and climate change.

It says countries such as the UK must help poorer nations curb water use.

If the water crisis becomes critical, it will pose a serious threat to the UK’s future development Professor Peter Guthrie

“If we are to prevent the ‘perfect storm’, urgent action is necessary.” The term perfect storm was used last year by the UK government’s chief scientist, Professor John Beddington, to describe future shortages of energy, food and water.

By: B Shantanu

B Shantanu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:15:35 +0000

Thanks Amitabh: This was partly triggered by your suggestions…so come credit goes to you too!

By: Amitabh Soni

Amitabh Soni — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:18:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing this & the new blog format is great !

By: Dirt Digger

Dirt Digger — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:30:49 +0000

Shantanu,
You can actually tie 2 problems if you look closely.
One is the growing problem of lack of potable water. Second is the rising problem of the war of the babies by the Islamic fundamentalists.
What is the root cause of the water scarcity? Supply is far less than the demand. Why is the demand growing? You know the answer why…
Add 2 +2 and you have your solution.
Here’s to a new blog post

By: kk

kk — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:27:04 +0000

Shantanu, On this topic, enjoy this nice talk: Ingenuity of Water Harvesting And some harsh reality: North India Facing Ground Water Calamity