Dear All Waterwatchers,
I have posted quite a few times :short statements to the effect that Yours
Truly has simple Technological solution for Converting ANY Water(including
Yamuna or Najafgarh channel's) to safe drinking water in a few minutes of
ElectroCoagulation followed by a few hours of rest-then quiet decantation and
then normal (Sand,porous media,candle--) filtering.
I would have demonstrated at Delhi the efficacy at a forum in Delhi on 15th
October '07. I posted So.
There was no response from anybody/any NGO/ any GO(I understand THAT!)
HAPPY WaterWatching.
mm
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:29:00
-0700Subject: Re: [WaterWatch] Our Drinkable Water Supply Is Vanishing
Dear all,
It’s true that there might have been mismanagement of water, but how fair is it
to suggest that India should revert back to medieval period or else stone age.
Is it practical to destroy all water supply system and ask our women and
children to bring water from lakes and ponds as it existed during medieval
India? It is anti-people suggestion. It is like asking people to use ‘bullock
carts’ or ‘horse driven raths’ to cut down greenhouse gas emissions.
Instead solutions have to be looked into for improvement in the existing system.
Water is said to have become scarce. But is water scarce? No, water is not
scarce. It is the technology that is scarce. 70% of this planet is filled with
water. Its time we have to change our paradigm.
J.Harsha
New Delhi
(Views are purely personal)anuradha paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Our country was a country of lakes and ponds. Theintroduction of taps ruined
the entire practical andfantastic indegenous system of water management
andconservation. Rural areas had their own tanks whichacted as catchments.
Rainwater trapping must be doneby reviving these tanks, many of which lie
wasted andin ruins in many places. --- mediavigil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>
Our Drinkable Water Supply Is Vanishing> > Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, the Hungarian
biochemist and> Nobel Prize winner> for medicine once said, "Water is life's
matter and> matrix, mother and> medium. There is no life without water."> > We
depend on water for survival. It circulates> through our bodies and> the land,
replenishing nutrients and carrying away> waste. It is passed> down like
stories over generations -- from> ice-capped mountains to> rivers to oceans.> >
Historically water has been a facet of ritual, a> place of gathering> and the
backbone of community.> > But times have changed. "In an age when man has>
forgotten his origins> and is blind even to his most essential needs for>
survival, water has> become the victim of his indifference," Rachel> Carson
wrote.> > As a result, today, 35 years since the passage of> the Clean Water
Act,> we find ourselves are teetering on the edge of a> global crisis that is>
being exacerbated by climate change, which is> shrinking glaciers and> raising
sea levels.> > We are faced with thoughtless development that paves> flood
plains and> destroys wetlands; dams that displace native people> and scar>
watersheds; unchecked industrial growth that> pollutes water sources;> and
rising rates of consumption that nature can't> match. Increasingly,> we are
also threatened by the wave of privatization> that is sweeping> across the
world, turning water from a precious> public resource into a> commodity for
economic gain.> > The problems extend from the global north to the> south and
are as> pervasive as water itself. Equally encompassing are> the politics of>
water. Discussions about our water crisis include> issues like poverty,> trade,
community and privatization. In talking about> water, we must> also talk about
indigenous rights, environmental> justice, education,> corporate
accountability, and democracy. In this mix> of terms are not> only the causes
of our crisis but also the> solutions.> > What's gone wrong?> > As our world
heats up, as pollution increases, as> population grows and> as our globe's
resources of fresh water are tapped,> we are faced with> an environmental and
humanitarian problem of mammoth> proportions.> > Demand for water is doubling
every 20 years,> outpacing population> growth twice as fast. Currently 1.3
billion people> don't have access> to clean water and 2.5 billion lack proper
sewage> and sanitation. In> less than 20 years, it is estimated that demand
for> fresh water will> exceed the world's supply by over 50 percent.> > The
biggest drain on our water sources is> agriculture, which accounts> for 70
percent of the water used worldwide -- much> of which is> subsidized in the
industrial world, providing little> incentive for> agribusiness to use
conservation measures or less> water-intensive crops.> > This number is also
likely to increase as we> struggle to feed a> growing world. Population is
expected to rise from 6> billion to 8> billion by 2050.> > Water scarcity is
not just an issue of the> developing world.> "Twenty-one percent of irrigation
in the United> States is achieved by> pumping groundwater at rates that exceed
the water's> ability to> recharge," wrote water experts Tony Clarke of the>
Polaris Institute> and Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians in> their
landmark water> book Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate> Theft of the
World's> Water .> > The Ogallala aquifer -- the largest in the North> America
and a major> source for agriculture stretching from Texas to> South Dakota --
is> currently being pumped at a rate 14 times greater> than it can be>
replenished, they wrote. And, across the country,> "California's> Department of
Water Resources predicts that, by> 2020, if more supplies> are not found, the
state will face a shortfall of> fresh water nearly> as great as the amount that
all of its cities and> towns together are> consuming today," add Clarke and
Barlow.> > Demand is outstripping supply from the rainy Seattle> area to
desert> cities like Tucson and Albuquerque. And from Midwest> farming regions>
to East Coast cities.> > The crisis is also worldwide, most noticeable in>
Mexico, the Middle> East, China and Africa.> > As population growth,
development, consumption and> pollution take its> toll on our water resources,
the ability to fight> this problem has> been further complicated by the spread
of> neoliberalism. The same> ideas that have resulted in the booty of private>
contracts being doled> out in Iraq also have contributed greatly to our> water
crisis.> Neoliberalism is the belief in "economic> liberalism," which espoused>
that government control over the economy was bad. It> opened up the> commons to
commodification and let corporations> privatize what once> belonged to the
public.> > In 2000 Fortune magazine printed this telling> statement: "Water>
promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to> the 20th century;> the
precious commodity that determines the wealth of> nations."> > It has oft been
expressed that the next resource> wars will not be over> oil -- or energy at
all -- but over water. As the> idea of> neoliberalism, proliferated by
institutions like the> World Bank and> the IMF, spread, the public sector has
become> dangerously privatized.> And it may not be the wealth of nations on the
line> -- but the wealth> of corporations.> > A senior executive at a subsidiary
of Vivendi, the> world's largest> water controller summed it up, "Water is a
critical> and necessary> ingredient to the daily life of every human being,>
and it is an> equally powerful ingredient for profitable> manufacturing
companies."> > But when private companies control water resources,> people's
needs for> survival are pushed aside in place of the bottom> line. In Africa,
an> estimated 5 million people die each year for lack of> safe drinking> water.
And yet Africa, with its many cash-strapped> countries, is> targeted by
multinationals that force governments to> turn over their> public water systems
in exchange for promises of> debt relief.> > When corporations control water,
rates go up,> services go down, and> those who can't afford to pay are forced
to drink> unsafe water,> === message truncated
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