Description

Water - the element which gives Earth the title of the Blue Planet. Apparently the most abundant planetary resource, used with gay abandon, water is an input in practically all human activities, be it agriculture or industry or commerce or the home. But fresh water is only about 2.5 percent of all water on Earth and like most other natural resources, fresh water too is fast becoming scarce. The difference being that whereas one can still envisage life without coal or oil or gas or other minerals, life without water is inconceivable.

Water resources are becoming scant so fast that, as many experts put it, future wars will be fought over
water, not oil.

The corporate sector and especially industry has a dual role to play as far as water is concerned. On the one hand it needs to reduce its water consumption and on the other hand it needs to develop and employ new technologies to treat used water, to eliminate toxic substances and make it reusable for different purposes.