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Hydropocalypse Now

Hydropocalypse Now

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From the crisis in American democracy to the collapse of the Middle East’s petrochemical oligarchies, this is your guide to the dangers that mass media isn’t covering.

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An Indian megacity of 11 million people literally runs out of
water, trucking in 10m litres a day to hydrate a panicking
population amid water queues and panic-buying. In Bolivia a
scandalous water privatisation leaves people paying a quarter of
their earnings just to drink. Water riots and deaths ensue. And in
the UK, companies take £60bn in profit while pumping raw sewage
into waterways – while London’s millennia-old chalk aquifer is now
drained bone-dry. The Capital is now under threat of running out of
drinking water altogether. When the water runs out, populations
move in their millions. And that means destabiliation on a global
scale. Arthur talks to researchers and unlikely experts (yes,
that’s Feargal Sharkey from The Undertones) about a threat that’s
bigger than any populist movement or villainous autocrat. We’re
facing hydropocalypse. “London is now on a list of nine
global cities most likely to run out of drinking water”
– FEARGAL SHARKEY “Water management is conflict
management.” – AARON WOLF “We built water systems for a
climate that no longer exists.” – SANDRA POSTEL “By 2050 Britain is
facing a water shortage of 1.2 billion litres a day.”
– FEARGAL SHARKEY “We have loaded the dice for more of these
extreme events.” – SANDRA POSTEL Want to support us, get episodes
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