To mark World Water Day (March 22), Bioresource Engineering Professor Chandra Madramootoo a member of the steering committee of the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture – expands on the theme of this year’s World Water Day: Valuing Water, and describes the goals of the federal government’s Canada Water Agency, which is in the process of being created. He is contributing to this effort

McGill Reporter

Classified as: World Water Day, water scarcity, water security
Published on: 31 Mar 2021

Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their voters; and U.S. federal officials last year warned residents of Arizona and Nevada that they could face cuts in Colorado River water deliveries in 2016.

Classified as: climate change, Nature Geoscience, recycling, Gleeson, desalination, irrigation, water scarcity, water stress
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Published on: 29 Aug 2014
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