Resources we have..

Ravages we make

Resources: Major & minor

Water
Natural
Managed

Land
Forests
Mines

Air
Energy
Renewable
Non-renewable

Water resources
Statistics
Surface cover
Fresh water
Available water

Realistic
Population
Inefficient irrigation
Pollution

Water shortage
Water crisis

Where it is going:
Global agriculture 70%
Indian agriculture 90%
Precision irrigation
Less water-intensive crops
Desalination
Drought tolerant varieties

Water wars
Example of yellow river
The example of Aral sea
Game turns violent
First documented cyberterrorism in water industry

ARAL SEA SATELLITE IMAGES

2008

1985

Managed water resources

Dams
Turbine 1832
Peak 1970
Purpose
Irrigation
Hydro-power
19%
Flood control
Inland
navigation

Effect
Loss of forests
Loss of wild life
Loss of habitat
Human induced
erosion
Sedimentation
Displacement a
process rather than an
event
Loss of livelihood of
culturally vulnerable
ethnic groups

Hydro power & the concerns

Narmada river Dam
NVDP 30+ 135 +3,000
Deforestation in the
catchment areas
Compensation / life of
destitution
Rehabilitation
EIA since 1987
Arid regions
Irrigation budget

Droughts
Biomass
putrification
Costing
Siltation

Narmada river Dam

Narmada river Dam

Case studies
The Times
September 27, 2007
Three Gorges Dam is a disaster in
the making, China admits
Reservoir-induced seismicitymay have been
what happened at California's Oroville Dam, in
the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The largest
earthen dam in the U.S., it was constructed on
an active fault line in the 1950s and filled in
1968. Seven years later, when the reservoir's
water supply was restored to full capacity
after engineers lowered it 130 feet (40 meters)
for maintenancethe area experienced an
unusual series of earthquakes. U.S. Geological
Survey seismologists subsequently found a
strong link between the quakes and the refilling
of the reservoir.

Scientific
American:
March 25, 2008
China's Three
Gorges Dam: An
Environmental
Catastrophe?

Paradise Lost?

The Yangtze river is a breathtaking collection of cliffs and

mountains. Ancient writings cover the walls, and
beautiful natural scenery abounds - all submersed by the
dam reservoir. Due to the remoteness and
underdevelopment of the Three Gorges area, little has
been done to protect and excavate the roughly 1208
cultural relics which the dam reservoir obliterated.

China to divert waters from

China admits Tsangpo dam plans
the Great Bend of the
(TibetanReview.net, Apr24, 2010)Yarlung Tsangpo, the upper
reach of River Brahmaputra
After denying it for years..
of India and River Jamuna
Most discussed international issue
of Bangladesh
north of the McMahon
Line
agreements signed in 2005,
2008

mammoth dam - bigger

than the Three Gorges
Dam, the biggest in the
world.

Solutions
Engage in participatory, multi
point analyses
Transform project-effected to
beneficiaries
Access of information to all
stake holders
Participation in decision
making
Corrupt practices

Sustainable Water Management

1.Building several small reservoirs.
2. Small catchment areas&
protecting the wetlands
3.Soil management
4.Preventing leakage from dams,
canals and municipal pipes
5.Pricing water responsible use
6. In deforested areas-soil
management by bunds and nalla
plugs.

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=Z0Pi61SyVSM