Water Sustainability: A Comprehensive Guide For Effective Water Management Practices

Did you know? -In 1999, a fight between two villages over water from a spring, located near Ta'iz in Yemen, resulted in six deaths and left another sixty injured. -In January 2018, the mayor of Cape Town declared 22nd April 2018 as 'Day Zero', since there was no water supply in the city. -A newly constructed dam in Ethiopia could jeopardize the lives of millions of people in Egypt in future. Read on to know who intervened in the Yemenis village water crisis to avert a civil war? How the city of Cape Town could avoid the doomsday of zero water? Or why Egypt and the countries in the Middle East are importing maize and other cereals, and resorting to a Virtual Water Trade? Also read about water harvesting, ground water recharge, water demand management practices followed across the world. This book is strongly recommended for all wise scholars and professionals who value water.

Author: Mridul Deka

Publisher: Notion Press

Publication Date: June 04, 2021

Number of Pages: 220 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1639046844

ISBN-13: 9781639046843