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-- a _kt75 | note Download the Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management - Q04/2013 Submit your Abstract for the next issue of the Quarterly Notes NEW : Preview the Notes The next issue of the Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management will be released early April 2014. The original content structure of the notes  Technology,  Research,  Politics&Society will be completed by the new section Energy As previously, abstracts of newly published - but also not yet published - articles addressing the above sections and concentrating on water management and related topics are welcomed. The contributions should range in the order of 200-400 words (in exceptions and if acceptable larger contributions are accepted as well), they must be written in English (well formulated) and they must be provided along with the complete references. Submit your contribution until 29th February 2014 , either as .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt-document to notes.kt75@gmx.ch . 7TYV87EJ6...

-- a _kt75 | reprint Tweet Around the world, cities, farmers, industries, energy suppliers, and ecosystems are increasingly competing for their daily water needs. Without proper water management, the costs of this situation can be high – not just financially, but also in terms of lost opportunities, compromised health and environmental damage. Without major policy changes and considerable improvements in water management, by 2050 the situation is likely to deteriorate, increasing uncertainty about water availability. This chapter summarises the key pressures on water, as well as the main policy responses. It starts by looking at current water challenges and trends and how they could affect the water outlook in 2050. It considers competing demands for water (from agriculture/irrigation, industry, electricity, domestic/urban supply, environment flows) and over-exploitation (both surface and groundwater), water stress, water-related disasters (e.g. floods), water pollution (in particular...

-- a note from _kt75 These days Sudan completed the expansion of the Roseiris hydro power plant which aims primarily at an improved power supply and irrigation [ 0 ]- [ 6 ] . The expansion of the hydro power plant included in detail [ 7 ], [ 8 ] : - increasing the dam height by about 10 meters - doubling the power generation capacity to 1'800 MW - increasing the reservoir capacity to ca. 4.4 Bio m3 Further hydro power information are available by consulting _sust invent 0.1 RC 2 ( here ). Primary contractors were Chinese China International Water & Electric Corp. and China Three Gorges Corp. [ 7 ], [ 9 ]. The upgrade of the Roseiris power plant necessitated the relocation of more than 20'000 people. In addition, the plant necessitates particular safety measures due to its location close to South Sudan [ 10 ]. Another issue pose the increased variations in available water volume, sedimentation and discharge [ 11 ].  References: [ 0 ], [ 1 ], [ 2 ], [ 3 ], [ 4 ], [ 5 ], [ 6...

► LATEST NEWS: _sust invent 0.1 RC 2 is onlin e. go here... -- a note from _kt75 As of today the fourth issue of the Notes is available via: server1 | server2 .    ► As announced previousl y, t his last issue of the Notes is edited as special issue and concentrat es exclu sively on hydro power as an alternative energy source. This in particular in order to encourage critical (re-) consideration of this type of alternative energy. A key region is Africa. The Notes intend to highlight recent political deve lopments , technica l and s cientifi c trends and provide access to relevant information .  Aside this the Notes inform about: _sust invent 0.1 RC1 ( visit: http://kt75-mirror.blogspot.ch/p/kt75-interactive.html ) . _sust invent is a web-based cross-browser service that comprises technical, economic, environmental and geo-political information. In its first version _sust invent provides qualitative and quantitative geographical and technical information of more...

-- a note from kt75 In the past a number of articles addressed the issue of water shortages especially in Mid-East [ 1 ]- [ 4 ]. Focus in this region is on the Jordan valley and in particular on the so-called Disi-Aquifer [ 5 ], [ 6 ]. Accordingly, and despite the fact that the Disi-Aquifer constitutes an almost non-renewable water resource (fossil water) the exploitation seems to have started seriously [ 5 ], [ 7 ]. This obviously also due to social pressure (refugees from Syria) [ 8 ], [ 9 ]. All this affects the water supply conditions in the Mid-East region adversely [ 10 ]-[ 12 ] and represents a huge challenge in terms of political and economic decision making [ 13 ], [ 14 ]. Most importantly is certainly the insight that fossil water resources represent non-renewable water sources. They may help facilitate safe water supply for a short time but (due to almost nonexistent replenishment) may not be considered as durable long-term water supply alternative. Further readings: [ 1 ],...