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Strategies & Market Trends : Water! Water! Everywhere and Not a Drop To Drink! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (93)	6/4/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: big guy	Respond to of 336

Water Shortage Needs To Be Addressed Within the next few years, water shortage may be the most serious resource problem afflicting certain parts, particularly densely populated areas, of the country. This is, of course, nothing new. As early as 1993, the Drainage and Irrigation Department was warning of a chronic shortage of water in the year 2020 if no concerted efforts were made to conserve our water resources. In a typical response to a looming crisis-form a council or action-plan at national level to rectify the situation-a National Water Council was established to monitor the country's water supply situation. This is fine, up to a point. Since matters related to water conservation come within the purview of several jurisdictions such as the Waterworks Department, the State's Land and Mines Department, Drainage and Irrigation Department and other agencies, it makes good sense to form a co-ordinating body. Yet, nothing significant to improve the water supply has been done. If there has been some action, then it would appear the council has been unusually silent about it. If the Council has proven inept in its functions and worthless in living up to its objectives, a single management body for water conservation and the protection of the water catchment areas might prove more effective. Such a move with concomitant plans to put conservation efforts within a comprehensive legislative programme may well see the end of sporadic tricklings of water supply. A single entity will make it possible to facilitate a national strategy to increase water supply, prevent wastage including theft of water, preserve and "re-plumb" catchment areas and even educate the public to economise on water. The drought, to a certain extent, may be blamed for the dry taps. But that should not eclipse the fact that the shortage is mostly of our own making. The reality of a looming crisis has not fully dawned upon the authorities and it is not enough, to take action only during the season of water shortage. A article from Public Works Online Big Guy