Water Demand

A collapsed sewerage system and an acute water crisis are causing misery to the residents of Kharkov, Ukraine's 2nd largest city. Up to 200,000 cubic metres of untreated sewage has been

Publication Date:

14/08/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Demand, Russia

Environment

PARADISE GOES DRY

Hit by an acute water shortage, residents of Banepa in Kathmandu, Nepal look forward to gifts which include pots of water! Residents of the neighbouring village of Dhulikel -- in an effort to help

Publication Date:

14/07/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Demand, Nepal

India

Devaluting the Priceless Commodity

Many natural resources are consistently overused and undervalued by modern Indian industry; none more so than water. Factories and manufacturing centres throughout the country have a carte blanche

Publication Date:

29/06/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19950630

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Water Policy, Water Demand, Industry, India

Economy

SRI LANKA

Overriding the fears of water and air pollution raised by environmentalists, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has announced plans to build 3 coal-fired plants in Trincomalee, Puttalam and Matara.

Publication Date:

30/01/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Demand

India

Parched tip

Kanyakumari stands testimony to the fact that unchecked population growth and faulty land use can lead to water scarcity even in places wallowing in it

Publication Date:

29/11/1994

Author(s): A E Dulip Daniels, R J Ranjit Daniels

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19941130

pp:

0

Tags:

Wetlands, Water Demand, Population, India, Kanniyakumari

Water Pollution

Fewer drops to drink

Water consumption the world over is growing - it is likely to grow by five times between 1940 and 2000. This, coupled with the pollution of existing water resources is causing water scarcity in more

Publication Date:

Monday, November 14, 1994

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

pp:

Tags:

Water Pollution, Water Demand, Statistics

India

Down under water

ALTHOUGH 75 per cent of Earth's surface is covered by water, a very small part of it is available for immediate use. Freshwater for human consumption is limited -- the total freshwater present in the

Publication Date:

14/10/1994

Author(s): Devendra Chauhan

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

3

Issue:

19941015

pp:

0

Tags:

Water Demand, Australia

Water Supply

Urban water supply in Rajasthan - Problems and prospects

The growing problems in providing adequate drinking water to urban populations is a consequence of the lack of long-term planning and inefficient management of urban water usage.

Publication Date:

27/08/1994

Author(s): M S Rathore, V Ratna Reddy, S Ramanathan

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

pp:

2272-2274

Tags:

Urban Water Supply, Rajasthan, Jaipur (T), Bharatpur (T), Udaipur (T), Ajmer (T), Jodhpur (T), Water Demand, Water Distribution, Urban Water Harvesting, Traditional Knowledge, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Pollution

Energy

How a government dams its people

Reacting to a perennial water crisis with a series of dams that will ravage the rainforests, the Thai government bashes on regardless and displeases its neighbours

Publication Date:

30/07/1994

Author(s): Sumita Dasgupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Demand, Dams, Thailand