The world’s fresh water supplies are almost fully exploited.Almost al, 97 per cent, of the world’s water is salt. Of the fresh water in the world, two thirds is locked up as ice and snow (the cryosphere – to you and me, kid!). Globally, three quarters of the water that is used is used by agriculture. India, China and the United States, use more fresh water than is available. The water level in those nation’s aquifers is falling as a result.The current food crisis has come about largely as a result as the shortfall in available water begins to impact on the cost of irrigation.Â
India prays for rain as water wars break out The monsoon is late, the wells are running dry and in the teeming city of Bhopal, water supply is now a deadly issue. Gethin Chamberlain reports Gethin Chamberlain The Observer, Sunday 12 July 2009 Article history A young man walks across Bhopal’s Upper Lake, which Continue Reading →
Rees tries to take carbon credit ( Source NSW Greens Media)“The bread and circuses approach to running the State has reached a newlow with Premier Rees announcing a ban on bottled water in Governmentdepartments. As Minister for Water, Nathan Rees didn’t bat an eyelidwhen the community at Peat’s Ridge objected to Coca Cola/Amatilextracting 66 million Continue Reading →
Buyback plan fails Murray-Darling river system Siobhain Ryan and Asa Wahlquist | July 09, 2009 Article from: The Australian ALMOST half the water entitlements purchased under the national Murray-Darling rescue plan last financial year will never reach the distressed Murray system except in times of flood. New figures reveal the Rudd government made NSW’s Lachlan, Continue Reading →
Banning the bottle puts Bundy on the map By Rebecca Bruce for AM Posted 2 hours 18 minutes ago Updated 1 hour 46 minutes ago Local businesses have promoted the plan. (ABC News) Video: Bundanoon bans bottled water (ABC News) Map: Bundanoon 2578 Related Story: Top End ‘too hot’ for bottled water ban Related Story: Continue Reading →
Premier John Brumby’s decision to raise the four per cent cap on water trade and the downturn in the dairy industry has affected the number of people trying to sell water, Shadow Minister for Country Water Resources and Deputy Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh said today. Mr Walsh has questioned Goulburn-Murray Water’s (G-MW’s) logic Continue Reading →
NSW town pushed to ban bottled water By environment reporter Shane McLeod for AM Vote tonight: Bundanoon is pondering a ban on bottled water (ABC News: Giulio Saggin) Audio: NSW’s Southern Highlands to ban plastic bottles (AM) Map: Bundanoon 2578 A town in the New South Wales southern highlands hopes to become the first community Continue Reading →