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Canada Dry…?
August 29th, 2008
As recently reported by CBC, Canada’s stores of fresh water – according to a recent internal federal govemnment study – are not as plentiful as once thought, and threaten to pinch the economy and could instigate water ‘showdowns’ between provinces, as well as between Canada and the USA. As the article notes: …’We can no […]
Read more »Water Wars Forthcoming?
August 29th, 2008
Several recent articles from the UK with opinions on how wars of the next few decades could be fought over access to water, according to some analysts. First, The View offered a look at the British government’s response to a recent WWF call to action on water issues: “…Countries need to act quickly to resolve […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Sino-Kazakh Water Dispute Flows Downstream
August 10th, 2008
An insightful analysis of the issue of water rights and management between Kazakhstan and China, who share some 20 transboundary rivers and are competing to balance China’s demands to utilize more water for its Far West economic & agricultural development with Kazakhstan’s own ecological & economic needs. As the article notes: “…Two of Kazakhstan’s main […]
Read more »Water Wars of the West: Is History Repeating Itself with The Next Owens Valley / Aral Sea?
August 10th, 2008
Many commentators are convinced that the major conflicts of the future will be over water rather than oil. There is a grim aptness in the fact that shrinking the word “water” produces “war”. This is becoming ever more common in the U.S. Southwest – where rapidly growing cities looking to obtain & secure alternative sources […]
Read more »A Boon(e) for Water Pipelines?
August 7th, 2008
As recently featured in Popular Mechanics, legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is in the planning stages of a $1.5 billion initiative to pump billions of gallons of water from an ancient aquifer beneath the Texas Panhandle and build pipelines to ship them to thirsty cities such as Dallas.  As the article notes: “…So far, […]
Read more »Water Scarcity in Asia
August 7th, 2008
Via The Jakarta Post, an interesting discussion of water scarcity in Asia. While the focus is on China (as we have discussed previously in this blog), it offers some dramatic insight into recharge vs. depletion rates in other Asian nations: “…Although the Olympics have swung the focus of international attention to China’s many achievements and […]
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