Bangladesh’s Makeshift Government Confronts Looming Water Crisis
A street vendor sells bottles of chilled water during high temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
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Bangladesh’s interim administration is mulling measures to tackle an impending water crisis that threatens to stifle its economic progress.
Groundwater in the climate-vulnerable country is depleting faster than ever before, according to new research from WaterAid, falling by as much as three meters per year in some places. Consumption is set to reach 55 billion cubic meters per year by 2040, a 37% increase from 2020 levels.