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Kyrgyrstan: Kambar Ata Will Not Impact Kazakhstan Or Uzbekistan
April 20th, 2013
Via Hydroworld, a brief article on Kyrgyrstan’s contentious Kambar Ata dams: Launch of both Kambar-Ata hydropower plants will allow to additionally produce up to 6.3 billion kWh of power annually. This will meet the country’s highest power needs in winter time and will allow export of excess power throughout vegetation period, power engineer Alexey Zyrianov […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Concerns Arise Over China’s Dam Building Drive In Tibet
April 20th, 2013
Via Radio Free Asia, an interesting report on China’s dam building activities in Tibet: Map showing the Yarlung Tsangpo river, going from west to east in Tibet and then turning south into India and Bangladesh as the Brahmaputra. China’s construction of a series of dams on the Tibetan Plateau has raised concerns both among neighboring […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: Panel Alert On China’s Brahmaputra Projects
April 17th, 2013
Via the Indian Express, a report on India’s growing concern over Chinese hydro projects on the Brahmaputra River: An inter-ministerial expert panel on the Brahmaputra has asked the government to intensify monitoring construction projects in the middle reaches of the river by China. It has also cautioned that China may replicate the same in the […]
Read more »Water Deficit In Kazakhstan May Increase Threefold By 2050
April 17th, 2013
Via Azer News, a look at Kazakhstan’s water future: The water shortage in Kazakhstan may increase significantly by 2050, Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Kapparov said on Friday at the conference on Building a green economy in Kazakhstan. “The water shortage in Kazakhstan will grow. Our country is already dependent on transboundary waters. We receive […]
Read more »A Dam Too Far In Laos
April 15th, 2013
Via Climate Connections, a look at the impact of Laos’ Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam: It was once referred to by US magazine Newsweek as a “kinder, gentler†type of dam. Since the Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam commenced commercial operations in 2010, the World Bank and other proponents of the multi-billion dollar power project […]
Read more »United Nations: Water As Vital To National Security As Defense
April 15th, 2013
Via Reuters, a report on global water stress: Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation […]
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