Not very long ago, one very respected Editor asked me to report on water. After years, in-fact decades of reporting, I felt the area of work is not enough to provide prominent space in one of the biggest newspapers in India.
My editor convinced me that in the very near future, the world will be shaped according to water and it’s ecosystem. While conservation was essential, he felt water will soon determine geo politics. It has the potential of creating conflict among regions, nations and states . What we have seen closer home in Cauvery water dispute between Southern states in India .
The problem is increasing water crises the humanity is facing. The problem of “TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE AND TOO DIRTY “

About 2 billion people lack safe drinking water, according to UN-Water, and about 5.4 billion don’t have access to safely managed sanitation services. World Water Day this year focuses on accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis and role of technology in bringing about that change
A recent UNCTAD report emphasizes the role of science, technology and innovation (STI) in tackling this crisis.
UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 on “clean water and sanitation for all” remain a major challenge mostly in developing world.
Where either our water bodies and water table is drying up, or there is excess of water which creates miseries or the water bodies are too polluted.
The UN statement for water day acknowledges that tackling water scarcity due to excess demand and climate change will require a dramatic improvement in how we manage water. Technologies can be used in both management and conservation of water. Creating more reservoirs, dams, interlinking of rivers, using technologies for early water warnings . But thr approach has to be holistic and at not just government or community level but level of each individual only then can we accelerate the change.