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13th World Aqua Congress @ New Delhi
October 31 , 2019
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- The 13th world aqua congress is being conducted at New Delhi between October 30 – October 31.
- Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat remarked about the drastic fall in the per capita water availability of Indians.
- Water availability per capita: 5,000 cubic metres at the time of Independence to 1,540 cubic metres.
Cape Town Example
- He remarked that not only Chennai and Bengaluru, but entire country could become like Cape Town.
- Water crisis in Cape Town peaked during 2017-18 when the South African capital almost ran out of water.
- It introduced the idea of ‘Day Zero’, when most of the port city’s taps would be turned off to focus everyone’s attention on managing water consumption.
India vs Israel
- India gets 1,068 mm rain and 4,000 million cubic metres of water per year through precipitation and still it’s a water-scarce country.
- Israel, which gets 100 mm rain per year, is water-abundant and exporting the resource.
- India is the most groundwater-dependent country in the World, but total water retention capacity is below 300 million cubic metres.
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