How bad is the water drought in India?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/1...r-supply-bhopal

 

Interesting, the UN seems to think that water problems are going to get worse moving forward...

Truly sad that people suffer like that. There should be some population control in place though.

Yes, it is sad and very true. And it is not limited to India.

 

Going forward, many countries are building dams for whatever reason and it messes up the downstream ecology and livelihood. The burgeoning population and increased water demands don't help. Neither does indiscriminate waste water and garbage disposal.

 

To answer el_chorizo, crop prices are priced globally. The only difference being the cost of shipping and local taxes. If the demand of certain crops go disproportionate to the local supply, and price go so high as to compensate for the above 2 limiting factors, prices will rise in the other markets from which it is taken from. It is no different from the daily food price adjustments you see in your local supermarkets.

I understand that the Ganges in some areas is drying up so they have to take helicopters full of water and drop it upstream to maintain flow for religious reasons!

Truly sad that people suffer like that. There should be some population control in place though.

China has population control and look at that place. They pop out more people than they do dollar store trinkets.

I understand that the Ganges in some areas is drying up so they have to take helicopters full of water and drop it upstream to maintain flow for religious reasons!

 

You've got to be kidding.

 

That river would be better dried up as people just dump garbage and bodies in it.

someone will have to find an efficient, cost effective way to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. We can do without so many things, but water is not one of them.

someone will have to find an efficient, cost effective way to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. We can do without so many things, but water is not one of them.

 

Water Desalination Plants are a reality.

 

We have them here and they are in operation in the middle east as well.

 

We also have a Waste Water Recycling Plant in operation here.

 

Water Desalination Plants are a reality.

 

They are here as well! I offer 500GPD water makers in my 40' yachts and 1000 GPD water makers in my larger yachts. Its a fairly expensive way to make fresh water though!

China has population control and look at that place. They pop out more people than they do dollar store trinkets.

 

But Chinese population growth will stabilize and will start decreasing in 2040's while India doesn't have any population control will overtake Chinese population in 2040's.............India will have 1.6 billion people in 2050.

Water Desalination Plants are a reality.

 

We have them here and they are in operation in the middle east as well.

 

We also have a Waste Water Recycling Plant in operation here.

they arent cheap enough yet to be considered efficient

They are here as well! I offer 500GPD water makers in my 40' yachts and 1000 GPD water makers in my larger yachts. Its a fairly expensive way to make fresh water though!

 

I am referring to national level plants.

 

It does cost more but not prohibitively so. It just takes the will of good government.

 

On a household and village level, I read about Stanford's invention of a simple UV light tube that purifies water. Made from readily available components that even remote villages can access. They used it in a few Tsunami hit locations to good effect.

I am referring to national level plants.

 

It does cost more but not prohibitively so. It just takes the will of good government.

 

On a household and village level, I read about Stanford's invention of a simple UV light tube that purifies water. Made from readily available components that even remote villages can access. They used it in a few Tsunami hit locations to good effect.

 

Purification and desalination are entirely different things. To remove electrolytes from water is an energy intensive process and hence very expensive. I think if solar power ever becomes efficient and cheap then it will be more feasable.

China has population control and look at that place. They pop out more people than they do dollar store trinkets.

 

What if they don't have the population control?

they arent cheap enough yet to be considered efficient

 

Aren't cheap enough to be considered drinkable either...... -> Waste to drinking water <-

 

Also to add to Destructo words;

 

" Some time back, the Ganges river, known as a purifying river appears to have a basis in science. The river carries bacteriophages that vanquish bacteria and more. The water has a unique and extraordinary ability to retain oxygen. As reported in a National Public Radio program, dysentery and cholera are killed off, preventing large-scale epidemics. The river has an unusual ability to retain dissolved oxygen, but the reason for this ability is unknown......"

 

But this days, river has been considered one of the dirtiest rivers in the world. The commercial exploitation of the river has risen in proportion to the rise of population. As it flows through highly populous areas the Ganges collects large amounts of human pollutants, e.g., Schistosoma mansoni and faecal coliforms, and drinking and bathing in its waters therefore carries a high risk of infection, the water of the Ganges is now a "brown soup of excrement and industrial effluents." The water there contains 60,000 faecal coliform bacteria per 100 ml, 120 times the official limit of 500 faecal coliforms/100ml that is considered safe for bathing "

 

What if they don't have the population control?

 

Mass @rgy?