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Successful Cooperation in the Niger Basin
May 7th, 2008
As reported by AFP, not all water politics are tales of animosity or conflict – there are some examples of successful cooperation. West African heads of state recently adopted a 5.5 billion-euro (8.6-billion-dollar), 20-year rescue plan to save the Niger River from extinction and guarantee the future of 110 million people. As the article noted: […]
Read more »Severe Drought in Europe Stirs Up Regional Tensions
May 7th, 2008
As recently reported by The International Herald Tribune, a drought that Spanish officials are calling the worst in a century has pushed the coastal city of Barcelona to the brink of a water crisis and re-ignited a tense debate among the country’s rival regions about who should control the precious resource. Water reserves across the […]
Read more »The Thirsty U.S. West – Water Woes To Beget New Dams?
March 11th, 2008
As reported in The Seattle Times, a booming population, droughts, and growing fears about climate change have regional governments once again studying dams, this time to create huge reservoirs to capture more winter rain and spring snowmelt for use in dry summer months. This despite the fact that the era of massive dam construction in […]
Read more »National Water Shortage – North & South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee Experiencing “Extreme” to “Exceptional” Drought Conditions
March 11th, 2008
For months now, as discussed on this blog and as recently reported by TreeHugger, several areas of the USA have been confronting severe water problems. In particular, the southeastern United States, where massive growth over the last few decades has outpaced rational water planning, is facing an extreme drought that shows no signs of improving […]
Read more »A Royal Flush (2): Potential Alternatives to Addressing Nevada’s Water Issues
March 11th, 2008
According to an article in the Salt Lake City Tribune, there are a number of potential alternatives to the water pipeline proposed by Nevada, some of which may also have potential benefits for Lake Powell and Utah. Seventeen options are noted, including those listed below. We find it interesting and instructive that several of these […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Olympics Water Diversion Causing Olympian Problems
February 29th, 2008
As recently reported by The Financial Times, the diversion of water to Beijing for the Olympics and for big hydropower projects threatens the lives of millions of peasant farmers in China’s north-western provinces. According to the senior Chinese government official quoted in the report, Beijing will need an estimated 300m cubic metres of additional water […]
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