Nature magazine on line. 4th October 2010. Interview to Colin Chartres, director of the International Institute for Water Management.
Following current trends, water usage is due to increase by 2030 to more than 40% the water available supply, leading the World to a water crisis. But researchers at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, have come up with plan for averting disaster. The spotlight is in agriculture water and the recipy for success includes new techniques for agriculture, including underwater irrigation, regulation of groundwater extraction, technology for spotting and monitoring water reservoirs and wastewater recycling.
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