Water Crisis – ‘Day Zero’ threat imminent for India The world runs on H2O. Clean, reliable water supplies are very important for our agriculture, industry, society and energy production. All the ecosystems and communities on Earth depend on safe water for their daily survival, sanitation, and hygiene. We are losing our forests, rivers, mountains, aquifers, and soil at an alarming rate. Water pollution has reached unprecedented levels and degrading our freshwater and coastal ecosystems. On the other side, climate change is poised to bring a dramatic shift in the precipitation patterns, speed glacial melt, alter the timing and distribution of water and intensifying floods and drought. Though many don’t realize water as the most precious commodity, it is greatly abused, and there is fear that this might lead to another world war. Several Indian states today are locked in major disputes over river water-sharing . India is also caught up in long-standing disputes with its neighbor...