* Water shortages risk triggering conflicts * But world can look to Indus, Mekong for cooperation By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent for REUTERS OSLO, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong [...]
Biofuel threatens water supplies
From ANI and published at Sindh Today A new study has suggested that the production of bioethanol may use up to three times as much water as previously thought, thus threatening water supplies. According to the study, a gallon of ethanol may require up to more than 2,100 gallons of water from farm to fuel [...]
Israel's demand for water is draining the Sea of Galilee
Financial Times Deutschland | Tobias Buck (Jerusalem) Falling water levels in the Sea of Galilee are raising questions about the sustainability of Israel’s fresh water supplies. Fishing, agriculture and tourism in the region are also being placed under strain. Amos Onn has lived on the banks of the biblical Sea of Galilee since 1956, when [...]
