Monday, June 2, 2014

Culture, status, food demand cause high demand of water supply. Fighting for water anf filfill the culture and life style increase water bills and derected towards corruption and mis managing the country. Water is life and for life demand more research in all aspects of science to maintain harmonious life of the society.

Water guzzler: The stimulant plant qat is craved by Yemenis. – AFP
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Environment/2014/05/26/Qat-habit-drains-Yemens-precious-groundwater/
In the mountains around Sanaa, farmers are drilling so many unlicensed boreholes to irrigate the thirsty crop – craved by the capital’s residents – that the water table is falling by as much as 6m a year. Engineers now have to drill 1,500m in some areas before reaching the aquifer.

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