In Nepal and many other countries, private tanker
operators profit from growing water scarcity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/business/drought-increasing-worldwide.html
Climate change and population growth are making the world’s water woes more urgent
An informative piece on the water supply challenges facing Bengaluru/Bangalore – India’s tech capital and one of the world’s fastest growing cities:
Climate change and population growth are making the world’s water woes more urgent
Interesting experiment in India:
https://www.thebetterindia.com/173853/bengaluru-ground-water-crisis-well-digging-day-zero-zenrainman/An informative piece on the water supply challenges facing Bengaluru/Bangalore – India’s tech capital and one of the world’s fastest growing cities:
Is Bengaluru heading towards Day Zero?
“In the 16th century, when the local chieftain Kempe Gowda founded Bengaluru, the bulk of the city’s water needs were supplied by over 1,000 lakes spread across an undulating terrain. Rainwater collected in each of these structures and the excess flowed into the one at the level immediately below it. This self-sustaining model was disrupted in the 1890s as the city began to expand, and piped water became its lifeline.
With the transformation of Bengaluru into India’s Silicon Valley over the last two decades, leading to massive population pressure (the city’s population is slated to grow by an incredible 124.4% between 2011-2031, according to the Bangalore Development Authority) and a real estate boom, the interconnected system of lakes has been broken. The lakes have been encroached on steadily to build houses, leading to the disintegration of the water ecology—the number of lakes has dwindled to 200-300.”