Posts Tagged ‘crisis’

27
May

China-India Water Shortage Means Coca-Cola Joins Intel in Fight

2010-05-25 16:08:53.254 GMT By Cherian Thomas, Unni Krishnan and Sophie Leung May 26 (Bloomberg) — A fight breaks out as student Vikas Dagar jostles with dozens of men, women and children to fill buckets from a truck that brings water twice a week to the village of Jharoda Kalan on the outskirts of New Delhi. [...]

24
Nov

Where did I get that bulk water? New Zealand of course!

The availability of bulk water availabe for export has increased over the past years and there now appears to be three countries leading the way.  These countries are New Zealand, United States of America and Iceland. New Zealand The New Zealand company, Aquazeal, has a substantial amount of pristine water available for export in bottles, [...]

21
Sep

Water crisis

While the world’s population tripled in the 20th century, the use of renewable water resources has grown six-fold. Within the next fifty years, the world population will increase by another 40 to 50 %. This population growth – coupled with industrialization and urbanization – will result in an increasing demand for water and will have [...]

15
Aug

Water is a global issue

The global water situation will eventually affect everyone. It is time now to take action.