The document discusses the growing global water crisis and challenges related to water scarcity. It notes that only 3% of the world's water is fresh, and that amount is shrinking as populations grow and the climate changes. Lakes and rivers around the world are drying up, and over 1 billion people currently lack access to clean drinking water. Several facts are presented about India's water crisis, including that over 200 million people are at risk in water deficit river basins. The document calls water scarcity one of the biggest crises globally and calls for action around conservation, rainwater harvesting, reuse, recharge, and more.

1. Water for life : Challenges Ahead
Dr. Mishu Singh
Department of Chemistry
Maharana Paratap Govt. P.G College, Hardoi.
mishusingh17@outlook.com

2. Definitely, Shakespearean heroine may not have been
speaking of the quality of mercy alone. The reference
may also have been to the purity and scarcity of fresh
drinking water – The Elixir Of Life.

3. Ascent or descent?
Evolution a Myth !!!!!!

4. DEVELOPMENT ! DESTRUCTION ?

5. GREENERY
DESERT

6. Water Land
Availability of Water
Water/Land
Sea Water/Fresh Water
Ice/Ground Water & Soil Moisture/
Lakes & rivers
26%
74%
97%
3%
77%
22%
1%

9. Lakes are shrinking
Lake Urmia, Iran

10. Lake Powell, Arizona, USA

11. 1998 2010 2015
Xinkai lake, China

13. The water level of the lake has dropped
drastically, exposing the lake bed in
many areas.
It reached zero level only twice before
2000 (1923 and 1980) and since 2000
the zero level has been reached 15
times,”
In March 2017, the water level reached a
new record low at 13.2 feet below the
zero level.
Summers 2018 the level of water in the
lake had dropped to 2.60 feet.
March 2019, due to rain and snow fall
water level was three feet higher than
last year- 5.65 feet

14. Chembarambakkam lake,
Chennai

15. December 2018December 2017
Kanchipuram, Chennai and Tiruvallur

18. Rivers are Drying !!!!!

21. Potable Water Is Now A Crisis…
“Our planet, the human family and life in all
its myriad forms on Earth are in the throes
of a water crisis”
Clean, safe drinking water is scarce. Today,
nearly 1 billion people in the developing
world don't have access to it.

23. JALDOOT
water train to Latur

24. The idea of operating 'Jaldoot' trains - a
first for the Indian Railways, was jointly
proposed by Railway Minister Suresh
Prabhu and Maharashtra Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis in view of the
extremely critical water crises in Latur .
The first 'Jaldoot' started on April 11,
2016 from Miraj to Latur with 10 tanker
wagons each carrying 50,000 litres water.
Later, the number of wagons was
increased to 50 and it supplied nearly 24
crore litres to Latur and some adjoining
areas.
The train took 100th ferry run between
Miraj in Osmanabad to Latur carrying its
precious cargo of fresh drinking water
over a distance of 343 km.

28. WATER TRAIN
BRINGS RELIEF FROM
JOLARPATTAI AND VELLOR
TO CHENNAI

29. Facts You Should Know About the
Global Water Crisis
Over the past 40 years the world’s population has doubled and use of water
has quadrupled
By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas affected by
water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-
stressed regions( per person annual water supply is less than 1700 cubic
meters )
Compared to today, five times as much land is likely to be under “extreme
drought” by 2050.
About 4.5 billion people globally – already live within 50 km of an
“impaired” water resource – one that is running dry, or polluted.

30. Growing Crisis: Alarming Facts
 Over 200 million people are at risk as 8 river basins are
deficit
 Another 100 million in 12 cities also thirsty for water
 80% diseases are water borne
India has approx. 100 million cases of diarrhoea per year
and 5 lakh children die of the disease
66 million people in 200 districts have risk of fluoride
contamination & 15 million of arsenic poisoning
 Water is the biggest crisis being faced in India and also
globally in terms of spread and severity, affecting 1 in 3
people

31. May 2019: A Report
(Centre for Policy Research)
308 districts are affected in
respect of shortage of drinking
water supply in 14 States :
Uttar Pradesh,
Odisha,
Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana,
Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Bihar,
Jharkhand,
Haryana,
Gujarat,
Rajasthan,
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Tamilnadu,”

32. Depth of Despair:
Increasing Demand vs Shortfall of Water
5000
4000
2000
0
Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Chennai Lucknow
Shortfall in million liters per day Need in million liters per day
Safe Potable Water Is Now A Crisis………

33. A Fact of Life……!
BIGGER CITIES HAVE BIG PROBLEMS…

34. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 2017
Estimated 81.45 million hectares or 24.8 percent of the country’s
geographic area, is undergoing desertification.

36. DAY ZERO
Day without
WATER……

37. The South African city plans to
shut off the taps to 4 million
people. But it's just one of many
cities around the world facing a
future with too little water.
Scenario of day zero is becoming
reality.

39. India started the groundwork in May to face such a water
emergency by merging some key ministries – Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation – with the
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
The new umbrella ministry “Jal Shakti” (water power
in Hindi) has now rung the alarm bells.
An important part of the 'Jal Shakti Campaign' is that it will
focus on five aspects –
water conservation and rainwater harvesting
renovation of traditional and other water bodies
reuse of water and recharging of structures
watershed development
intensive aforestation.

40. The Challenges……. !

42. Garvita Gulhati
Bengaluru
half glass water campaign

44. Keeping in mind the drinking water crisis, the Uttar Pradesh
Assembly has decided to follow the 'half glass water'
policy in order to prevent wastage of water.

46.  Rainwater harvesting is the accumulating
and storing of rainwater.
 Can be useful for providing drinking
water, water for livestock, water for
irrigation or to refill aquifers in a process
called groundwater recharge.
 Potentially successful in most habitable
locations.
 Roof rainwater can be of good quality and
may not require treatment before
consumption.
Rain Water Harvesting

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