2/3rd global population could be under stress due to water scarcity by 2025

Around 1,800 million people would be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity by the year 2025, when two-thirds of the world population could be under stress, an expert said here on Tuesday. In India, which is one of the major countries hit by the menace of arsenic contamination of groundwater, the government projects have suffered due to lack of people’s involvement, West Bengal government’s Arsenic Task Force Chairman K.J. Nath said at a workshop organised by the Sulabh International Social Service Organisation (SISSO). Continue reading “2/3rd global population could be under stress due to water scarcity by 2025”

How Atmospheric Water Generators are a Renewable Source Of Water

Akvo Atmospheric Water Generators were created to tackle water problems and provide safe drinking water but here is our claim: With the ever-approaching menace of exhausting the world’s supply of fresh water, Atmospheric Water Generators promise to be the solution to the global water crisis as one of the primary sources of renewable water in the future. Continue reading “How Atmospheric Water Generators are a Renewable Source Of Water”

Water Crisis and the Cost Of Water

Coca-Cola has spent over $2bn to reduce their water use and improve water quality wherever they operate since 2003. This investment is in fact only one example of how much companies globally are starting to spend on water. Continue reading “Water Crisis and the Cost Of Water”

World faces ‘insurmountable’ water crisis by 2040 – report

We’ll be facing a sever global water crisis in less than 30 years we do not reduce water-intensive electricity production, which will cause widespread drought according to new research. Continue reading “World faces ‘insurmountable’ water crisis by 2040 – report”

What a research project taught us about Swachh Bharat Mission

The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) launched on October 2, 2014 aims to end open defecation in India by October 2019. The SBM aims to construct 11 crore toilets in 5 years, to be able to achieve its goal. Continue reading “What a research project taught us about Swachh Bharat Mission”

ET Now

Navkaran Singh Bagga, Founder and CEO of AKVO Atmospheric Water Sytems Pvt. Ltd. was invited on ET Now’s SME Initiative ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ where he talks about atmospheric water generators as a viable source of renewable water source for the future. He also talks about his vision and way forward. Continue reading “ET Now”

Cape town day zero crisis averted?

Cape Town was on the edge of crisis, and then it wasn’t. Cape Town has delayed its water-shortage disaster—at least until 2019. Continue reading “Cape town day zero crisis averted?”

Economic and Physical Scarcity of Water

Water scarcity, widely understood and explained as the lack of safe drinking water is one of the leading problems affecting over 1.1 billion people in the world. That is approximately one fifth of the planet. One in every three people, in every continent, faces water scarcity. Continue reading “Economic and Physical Scarcity of Water”

A Future without Water

A future without water…? If you think this is rhetoric, let me assure you it is not. It is a definite possibility in a future as near as 2050. That merits the question, what will happen to the human race when there is no water for consumption? And what of the planet and other life forms on it? Let’s try and answer these questions. We shall then talk about the current water crisis the world is plunged in right now and how atmospheric water generators can make a difference. It might sound far-fetched but consider this… Continue reading “A Future without Water”

The State of Water in India

According to a report in the Times of India on World Water Day, March 23, 2018, Bengaluru could soon join Cape Town as two of the top metropolitan cities that are inexorably moving towards ‘Day Zero’ or a situation when taps run dry. Continue reading “The State of Water in India”