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The Parched Tiger: Water Wars In India’s South
August 12th, 2013
Via The New York Times, an article on India’s internal water tensions: The “temples of modern India†was how an enamored Jawaharlal Nehru described the country’s dams. Today, the sentiment rings true insofar as these behemoths, much like India’s ancient temples, remain a source of never-ending wrangling. The Mullaperiyar Dam, a 112-year-old reservoir located on […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India/Pakistan Water Tensions
August 12th, 2013
Via The News Tribe, an article on water tension between India and Pakistan: With tension is heightened on Line of Control, India has coupled the complication by starting water war with Pakistan. India has speed up its efforts of constructing dams on Chenab River, sources said terming this move as ‘equal’ to water war. According […]
Read more »A Thirsty Breadbasket: Drought and Overuse Plague a Critical U.S. Aquifer
August 12th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on the depletion of the High Plains Aquifer in the central U.S.: Groundwater depletion of the High Plains Aquifer in the central United States due to overuse, drought and mismanagement poses a major long-term threat to U.S. agricultural production and exports. Irrigation using water from the aquifer supports a significant […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China And India ‘Water Grab’ Dams Puts Himalayas In Danger
August 11th, 2013
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at China and India’s collective plans to develop more than 400 hydroelectric schemes are planned in the Himalayan region: The Ranganadi hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The future of the world’s most famous mountain range could be endangered by a vast dam-building project, as a risky regional race […]
Read more »Peak Water: What Happens When The Wells Go Dry?
August 7th, 2013
Via Future Directions International, a recap of Lester Brown’s article: Key Points Peak water poses a greater threat to our future than peak oil. We can produce food without oil but not without water. Overpumping of aquifers has created water-based food bubbles, which will burst once aquifers are depleted. Among the countries currently overpumping their […]
Read more »The Battle For Water: Why Water Is The New Oil
August 7th, 2013
Via Project Syndicate, a look at the world’s water crisis: The sharpening international geopolitical competition over natural resources has turned some strategic resources into engines of power struggle. Transnational water resources have become an especially active source of competition and conflict, triggering a dam-building race and prompting growing calls for the United Nations to recognize […]
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