TheWaterChannel

For thousand years, people have been benefiting from collecting, storing and making productive use of the rain, or water flows for their crops, animals, or for drinking. This smart idea still has all its beauty in today’s context. We talked to Dr. Yasir Mohamed (Sudan) and Prof. Pieter van der Zaag (IHE Delft, Netherlands) about how water harvesting helps building community resilience in Africa.

Jordan is also in the water world – it constantly ranks top 5 in the list of the most water-scarce nations of the world. Here, every single drop of water counts – in the most literal sense. We talk to researchers and a policy maker from Jordan, to have a peek into Jordan’s water challenges, and learn what it takes to fight water scarcity. Special thanks to the Water and Development Partnership Programme DUPC2, Dr. Muna Gharaibeh (Jordan Water Authority); Prof. Tariq Al-Najjar and Prof. Mohammad Wahsha (University of Jordan) and Prof. Maria Kennedy (IHE Delft) for the great support to this episode.

More than a third of Pakistan is under water since mid-June. The floods have left 1500 dead; more than 13,000 injured; 7.6 million displaced. Is this a freak hydrological event, or are we going to see more mega-floods in the future? To what extent are the floods an inevitable effect of climate change, and how much of the death and destruction was down to bad planning, preparedness, and water management? We discuss with Ilyas Masih and Micha Werner (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands) and Khurram Mubeen (MNS University- Multan, Pakistan).

We discuss with IHE Delft's Susanne Schmeier the interlinkages between Water and Peace, and whether conflict can be forecast using data and machine learning

Janez Susnik (IHE Delft) discusses ways to increase the self-reliance and sustainability of cities in the global South with regard to water supply by relieving pressure on traditional sources through the implementation of alternative water systems (for example rainwater harvesting, wastewater reuse, desalination)