EGYPT: After Summer Shortages, Promise of Water Runs Dry

[lovuian]

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39609

"The recent demonstrations show that citizens have lost faith in longstanding government promises to provide them with adequate drinking water," Mohamed Nagi, head of the Cairo-based Habi Centre for Environmental Rights, told IPS. "Until now, very little has really been accomplished to solve the water scarcity problem, which grows worse every year."

The issue first exploded in early July, when hundreds of residents of the Nile Delta's Kafr al-Sheikh province, frustrated by months-long water shortages, blocked a nearby highway for several hours. According to reports in the local press, angry protestors brought traffic to a standstill, demanding clean drinking water for their villages and households.

Only a few days later, another protest -- this time an estimated 3,000-strong -- was held by residents of the Gharbiya province, also in the Nile Delta. According to official daily al-Ahram, the crisis in Gharbiya ended on Jul. 10 with the government dispatching a number of water-laden trucks to the area as a "temporary solution".

According to Nagi, the breakdown of state-run water distribution networks is an all too common problem
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The people see that water is essential and the government better get with it...Promises mean nothing
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[aquart]

1. The Nile delta with a water shortage.

That makes me shiver. I am terrified of what I'll see by the end of my life. Terrified.

[Mojorabbit]

2. Yes

water will be the cause of mass migrations in the future.

[lovuian]

3. if the powers to be think they are going to hold back the

thirsty masses ...I don't think so

[cliss]

4. Wars of the future:

Water Wars.

[Mojorabbit]

5. There is an article

I read here earlier that says A good part of Georgia has three months of water left unless they get some rain.