The Gaza Strip is a densely populated area with limited water and power resources. The groundwater aquifer is the only available source, with a deficit of 145 million cubic metres per year between demand
Puthiya Tamizhagam leader K. Krishnasamy on Sunday called for an effective implementation of the Tamil Nadu Groundwater (Development and Management) Act (2003) to prevent misuse of groundwater for purposes other than irrigation and drinking water. Talking to reporters, he said if the government felt that the Act in its current form was not adequate to curb misuse of groundwater, it could include some more provisions to make it really effective. The failure of southwest monsoon had led to the depletion of groundwater level in over 150 panchayat unions. “But, big industrial houses are exploiting the groundwater by using giant size pipes. This practice should be stopped immediately. Groundwater should be used only for drinking and irrigation purposes,” he said.
Fresh water for ensuring unhindered operation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) will not be drawn from the Pechipaarai dam or the Tamirabharani, the outgoing Site Director, M. Kasinath Balaji, has said. “Since we've installed two desalination plants to meet the drinking water requirements of Anu Vijay township (where KKNPP personnel reside) and also the KKNPP site, we will never draw water from the Pechipaarai dam in Kanyakumari district or the Tamirabharani, lifeline of southern districts, at any point of time in future.
The shortage of drinking water has long been a threat to the development and future of country's capital, but a recent report suggests turning seawater into fresh water could turn the tide to an old problem
There is not enough reserve water inside the Koodankulam nuclear power plants complex for cooling the reactor cores and the spent fuel pools.
Come September Chennai's residents will have a new source of drinking water, a 100-million litre a day desalination plant that will produce fresh water from sea water. The Rs 1,000-crore plant being
In a bid to prevent Koodankulam-like protests against nuclear power plants, the Department of Atomic Energy is pushing the government to ensure uninterrupted power supply at cheaper rates to people living
Pricing of water alone will not solve the problems the planners have to grapple with to ensure its equitable distribution in the country. According to Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning
Egypt, with the highest population in the area, is already considered to be in the water scarcity limit. Thus, there is an increasing need for desalted water to cope with the population growth and development.
BHUBANESWAR: The Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP) of Odisha is set to embrace low carbon strategies through its project components in the State. The ICZMP has set off on a series of plans
Israel's national water company signed a financing agreement to build a desalination plant, which officials said could allow drought-ridden Israel to export water to its neighbors upon completion in 2013.
