Water is getting very scarce [Please read]

The reason why I decided to make this thread is because of a giant controversial issue happening here in India, even as an American citizen, this issue affects me.

Currently, there is controversy about the Cauvery River in India, which goes through Karnataka (state I'm in), and Tamil Nadu, another state. KA has a dam on the river, that is limiting water going to TN, so because of that, the government ordered the dam to be released, so the other state can have more water, however, this will result in KA getting significantly less water, posing a daunting opportunity cost for the government. People in KA are protesting against the government action, starting several bandhs, resulting in several emergency holidays, for the past 2 weeks. People in TN are protesting against the people here. Recently, this has escalated when a few days ago, people in TN are stopping cars with KA registration plates, and burning or stoning the car. As a result, people in KA, more specifically, here, in Bangalore, are doing the same. 60+ buses and trucks (all with TN registration plates) have been torched, and the city is in a lockdown, with people stranded in the airport, or other places. This issue is still escalating, and media is dubbing it, "the Cauvery Water War." Some politicians fear that this may escalate so much to a point, it may become a civil war. All this is because the Cauvery River is getting less water, as a result of global warming, several other rivers in the country are flooding, and drying up, and droughts are hitting the country.


This issue is a grim glimpse of a possible future, where factions, even countries, will fight over each other in water wars. As most of us know, glaciers are melting, and several rivers, as a result, will dry up as their source continually decreases every year. In India, these protestors don't have weapons, including guns, but what if the same issue were to happen in a country where the general public has access to guns? This is a threatening issue that many economies aren't noticing soon enough. With enough human effort, this grim future can be prevented, but we cannot deny that it is almost inevitable.

 

Wow... that's very interesting.
Israel used to have a water problem as well but it was very quickly resolved when we started desalinating water from the Mediterranean.
Be safe man!

 

I am very fortunate to have good access to water. Water is essential to human life, flora and fauna. Without it, we cannot survive. Good luck and hopefully this issue is able to be resolved soon to prevent more violence than you are experiencing now and to keep all your bodies hydrated.

 

Technology is the answer, Israel showed us that. Desalination.

 

The problem is that it costs a lot of money, and the Indian Government has so many pressing issues to cover, such as preventing terrorist migration, hunting down LTTE terrorists, arming the borders with Pak and China, the government is tight on money as of now.

 

Well, I'm Indian but I moved out of Mumbai 5 years ago, but I was born there and I know it's really not such an easy life over there, I wish you luck in surviving from this struggle and hope KA and TN end the war over the rainy season somewhat coming up.

 

Monsoon season was over in early August, we did not get that much rain.

 

Hopefully, this time, it won't end so early, but looking at it from my family members back in Punjab it's still pretty hot there ;/

 

India will also have to desalinate A LOT of water and move it across its lands, which aren't as small and close to the sea as Israel's.
Which means money.