Most Indian cities are already facing severe water stress. The megacity of Kolkata is no exception. Although Kolkata is hydrologically endowed with enough fresh water, the city is one of the most water-stressed megacities of India, crippled by poor water quality and inadequate supply. Major ...
Water pollution is another cause of water stress, leading to collateral losses in healthcare. Cities are home to 36 percent of India's population but account for 70 percent of water pollution, according to a report by the Central Pollution Control Board. In almost all the Indian cities and t...
INDIAINDUSTRIAL locationOCEAN temperatureCOASTAL plantsDOWNSCALING (Climatology)WATER temperatureNUCLEAR power plantsPLANT capacityThe present study has assessed the possible water stress scenarios over six nuclear power plant locations (inland plants at Kakrapar, Kota, and Narora and coastal plants at Kod...
India and China Will Suffer Severe Water Stress by 2050, Says StudyParts of Asia are likely to suffer severe water stress by themiddle of this century, according...Thomson, Jason
1. Rice covers 75% of the net cropped area in the arid regions of North-Western India (e.g., Punjab and Haryana) and the Indo Gangetic Plains. These regions have low rainfall with high variability (Fig. S1) and hotspots for within-year and long-term chronic water stress6. Given ...
New Delhi, Mar 18: Food supply in India and across the globe will go down by at least 6 per cent by 2050 as water crisis and heat stress caused by climate change will hit productivity, the Global Commission on Economics of Water (GCEW) has warned. ...
It is found that water stress has the dominant type of water scarcity in the study region. Over 80 % of the total study area, population lives in the areas that suffer from water stress. An half of total population lives in the area that suffers from shortage of water resources. Present...
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These criteria are negatively reflected, quantitatively and qualitatively, on the food security in the WF Nexus in these regions. Indeed, there are some other geographical regions around the world—such as northeastern Brazil, India, and others—that are suffering from acute water stress, shortages,...
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