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Mexico’s Newest Export to US: Water?
October 17th, 2011
Via Yahoo! News, a report that Mexico may export water to the U.S. if two large desalination plants are developed in the years ahead: “…Mexico ships televisions, cars, sugar and medical equipment to the United States. Soon, it may be sending water north. Western states are looking south of the border for water to fill […]
Read more »Water Politics In Central Asia and Tajik Hopes Water Will Power Its Ambitions
October 14th, 2011
While not recent publications, two interesting reports on the state of water politics in Central Asia. The first, via AquaDoc, gives a taste of some of the difficult issues faced by the countries in the Syr Darya and Amu Darya basins, the two major streams in the Central Asia region: “…Regarding Central Asia, I have […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indian And Pakistani Tensions over Indus-trial Uses
October 14th, 2011
Via National Geographic, an interesting look at increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over use of the Indus River: “Pakistan’s entire economy is driven by the textile industry,” said Michael Kugelman, a South Asia expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “The problem with Pakistan’s economy is that most of the major industries […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Cleaning Up Its Water Act
October 8th, 2011
Via Circle of Blue, an interesting look at China’s key pollution events, protests, and policy reforms from the last eight years at both the national and regional levels as China tries to clean up its water act: While the Chinese government has made great strides in pushing investment and innovation in a cleaner economy, promoting […]
Read more »Water Management, Agriculture, and Population Growth in The Middle East
October 8th, 2011
Via New Security Beat, a look at Middle Eastern water challenges: In terms of groundwater depletion, “Yemen and Gaza are probably the two places worst off in the Middle East,†Aaron Wolf told ECSP in a recent interview. Wolf, a water expert and geography professor at Oregon State University, said population growth across the broader […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Burma Dam Disruption Concerns China
October 8th, 2011
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on Myanmar’s recent decision to halt construction was halted on the $3.6bn Myitsone dam being built by a Chinese company. As the article notes: “…Beijing has called on Burma to protect the rights of Chinese companies after construction was halted on the $3.6bn Myitsone dam, in a […]
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