November 9, 2012
Since 1994, enormous quantities of polluted water have continued to flow in river Yamuna, and also in all the Indian rivers in or around urban settlements. This is costing the country hundreds of crores of rupees every year in social, economic and health costs.
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Asit K. Biswas analyses the policy paralysis that besets electricity generation, impacting economic and social development in a big way.… Read More
October 19, 2012
How are the career prospects of a pig farmer in Devon, Britain linked to petrol prices, linked to American soyabeans? Answer: interrelationship between food, energy and water, which the world has ignored for centuries.… Read More
October 16, 2012
The major use of water continues to be for the agricultural sector which accounts for nearly 70 percent of all global water use. All water uses are important, and all are essential. We thus need to make all types of water uses increasingly more efficient.… Read More
October 16, 2012
India is expected to overtake China as the world’s most populous country by 2030, reaching 1.7 billion people by 2050. On World Food Day, India’s leaders must consider whether they can feed the country’s booming population.… Read More
October 13, 2012
Water demand exceeds supply by 300 billion cubic meters. In 20 years, demand will overshoot supply by about 40 percent. This gap is solvable if we embrace used- and waste-water.… Read More
October 8, 2012
There is no valid reason as to why an urban centre, with a population of more than 200,000, cannot have access to safe drinking water 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Why then is this not happening?… Read More
Ocotober 31, 2012
Water usage across Europe varies widely, but it is clear that we are using too much to be sustainable in the long-term. But how can Europe’s policy-makers encourage more sustainable water consumption patterns?… Read More
October 31, 2012
Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world, faces surmounting challenges to provide clean water, wastewater, and sanitation services to its population.… Read More
In recent years, the views of proponents and opponents of large dams have become polarised. In scientific and logical terms, both views cannot be correct. … Read More