Access to a sufficient amount of safe water is taken for granted in industrialised nations. Yet, as multiple incidents of contaminated water supplies show, citizens of highly industrialised nations such as Canada may not have access to safe water—the deadly E. coli outbreak in Waterton, Ontario, being but the most visible among many. Municipal engineers may find themselves between enemy lines a...

Abstract The armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia that began in late February 2022 has far-reaching environmental consequences, especially regarding water resources management. Here we analysed the multifaceted impacts of military actions on freshwater infrastructure during first three months conflict. We identified nature impacts, kind pressures imposed sector negative consequences for av...

An interesting stream of the civil conflict literature has identified an important subset of civil conflicts with disastrous consequences, that is, those that emerge as a consequence of shocks to renewable natural resources like land and water. This literature is, however, reliant on qualitative case studies when claiming a causal relationship leading from renewable resource shocks to conflict....

The conflict between the highland and the plains with the sharing of the highland waters, of late, has assumed an enhanced importance in the context of ecological disputes. While, policy makers and academicians have suggested several methods to resolve the conflict, the entry point in this analysis lies with the “beneficiaries pay” principle. Keeping with this principle, the paper initiates the...

Some time ago, in the garden of a friend’s house, my 5-year-old son and his chum were struggling over possession of a water hose. (They were in conflict.) Each wanted to use it first to water the garden. (They had a competitive orientation.) Each was trying to tug it away from the other and both were crying. Each was very frustrated, and neither was able to use the hose to sprinkle the flowers ...