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Kyrgyz Block Water to Kazakhstan, Demanding the Return of “Their†Land
July 17th, 2013
Via Global Voices Online, an interesting commentary on water dispute in Central Asia: During the enforced brotherhood of communism, land and water were not a source of friction for the peoples of Soviet Central Asia. Over the course of two decades of sovereignty, however, arguments over the delimitation of national borders and access to trans-boundary […]
Read more »Water Issues In Kazakhstan
July 17th, 2013
Via the Silk Road Intelligencer, an interesting article on water in Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan is not the first country that comes to mind when discussing water politics. In Central Asia, this topic is more often associated with Uzbekistan, which uses more water annually than it has, and Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which are both located upstream from […]
Read more »Pakistan: Tackling Its Water Shortages
July 9th, 2013
Via The International News, an article on Pakistan’s water challenges: Pakistan has been facing several major crises that include terrorism, the Balochistan and Karachi issues, electricity and gas shortages besides economic stagnation. It is unfortunate that some major crises have diverted the attention of the government and people away from other major issues. The water […]
Read more »South Sudan: Dams, Droughts, Desertification and Water Wars
July 9th, 2013
Courtesy of AllAfrica, a look at South Sudan’s water woes: Water, not oil, will determine the economic fate and well-being of Sudan and South Sudan. In many African countries, sewage, mud and other contaminants compromise water, health and food security. But desertification, drought and violence are crippling these two recently divorced nations. In the Darfur […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Does China Have Enough Water to Burn Coal?
July 8th, 2013
Via Scientific American, an interesting look at China’s thirst for power, specifically the disconnect between China’s rising demand for coal but the parched country’s growing challenges in finding enough water to cool its coal-fired power plants: By many measures, this northern Chinese city is an ideal candidate for being China’s Wyoming. It has more brown […]
Read more »Bhutan: Banking On ‘White Gold’ Hydropower
July 8th, 2013
Via Energy Daily, an interesting article on Bhutan’s hydropower ambitions: Home to meditating monks and Himalayan nomads, the sleepy kingdom of Bhutan has set its sights on becoming an unlikely energy powerhouse thanks to its abundant winding rivers. Hydropower plants have already harnessed the country’s water flows to light up nearly every Bhutanese home, generating […]
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