Watershed Moment

Watershed Moment

The New Story of Water Insecurity

Ghanashyam, Aniket

Springer Verlag, Singapore

04/2025

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1. Our History.- 1.1 Mesopotamia.- 1.2 Egypt.- 1.3 Indus Valley Civilization.- 1.4 Yellow River Civilization.- 2. The Importance of water sources.- 2.1 Mayans civilization.- 2.2 Indus Valley.- 2.3 Khmer Empire of Cambodia.- 2.4 Dujiangyan irrigation system.- 3. The Almighty Dam: How humans conquered nature.- 3.1 Romans.- 3.2 Modern Structures.- 3.3 Environmental Consequences.- 3.4 Social Consequences.- 3.5 Dam Failure.- 4. These Dam Disputes.- 4.1 Malaysia & Singapore.- 4.2 Egypt & Ethiopia.- 4.3 Turkey & Iraq.- 4.4 India and her Neighbours.- 5. Water harvesting.- 5.1 Baoli.- 5.2 Contour Trenches.- 5.3 Sand Dams.- 5.4 Suqakollo (waru- warus).- 5.5 Manmamteo.- 5.6 Qanat.- 5.7 Naula & Dhara.- 5.8 Johads.- 6. What's going on? Modern examples of our water woes.- 6.1 Dry Spell in Australia.- 6.2 Syria's Struggle.- 6.3 War Torn Yemen.- 6.4 Catalonia's Crisis.- 6.5 The Countdown to Day Zero.- 6.6 Groundwater Crisis in North India.- 6.7 The Dark Side of the Boon.- 6.8 COVID-19.- 7. Reviving rivers.- 7.1 Thames.- 7.2 Rhine.- 7.3 Ganga.- 8. The Foreseeable Future.- 8.1 Water Pricing.- 8.2 Water Recycling.- 8.3 Agriculture.
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Water harvesting;Water preservation;Water management;Water resource;Water harvestin;Water recycling;Dams;Water crisis;Rivers