People taking a bath during a local religious fair in Kurukshetra, a small city in northern India. On every solar eclipse, thousands of people come from all parts of India to take a dip in this holy tank. Photo from My Sweet WorldIndia Could Face Water Woes In Coming Decades -- Voice of America
U.N. World Water Day is a reminder that some of the world's looming water crises are urgent and vast in scope. That is especially true in South Asia, where hundreds of millions of the world's poorest residents lack basic water infrastructure, and where access to natural water supplies is set to become ever more competitive.
U.S. intelligence officials believe water scarcity is shaping up to be one of the main potential drivers of future global conflict.
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My Comment: A billion plus people .... and water shortages. Talk about an unsustainable environment and an open invitation for conflict and turmoil. But the sentence that caught my attention was the following ....
U.S. intelligence officials believe water scarcity is shaping up to be one of the main potential drivers of future global conflict.
This assessment is 100% right.
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