Download or read book Water Sustainability written by Mridul Deka and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.