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Water Wars In The United States?
March 3rd, 2013
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, Peter Gleick’s commentary on the possibility of water wars in the United States: OK, put away your guns. We’re not talking shooting wars, at least not yet, at least not in the U.S. We’re talking politicians shooting off their mouths, political wars, and court battles. But water is serious business. […]
Read more »Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan And Ethiopia
March 3rd, 2013
From the Elliott School of International Affairs, a slightly dated – but comprehensive – overview of the Nile Basin relationships: Nile Geography and Hydrology The Nile River is the longest in the world while the Nile Basin covers 1.3 million square miles, making it slightly larger than India. There are ten riparian countries — Egypt, […]
Read more »Mekong Hydropower Projects Will Accumulate 16 Percent Of River’s Water
February 26th, 2013
Courtesy of OOSKA News, an article on the potential impact that hydropower projects planned within the Mekong River basin could have upon flows: If the hydropower projects planned within the Mekong River basin are completed, they will accumulate as much as 16 percent of the river’s water volume, or 475 billion cubic meters a year, […]
Read more »Mexico: Potential Drought Crisis In Coming Months
February 26th, 2013
Via OOSKA News, an article on Mexico’s water crisis: Mexico could face a crisis due to drought and lack of water supply in the next few months, a Mexican legislator warned last week. Kamel Athié Flores, president of the Potable Water and Sanitation Committee for Mexico’s Congress of the Union (Mexico’s legislative branch), said the […]
Read more »Coming Water Wars (2)?
February 25th, 2013
Via Credit Writedown, commentary on the possibility of water wars in the years ahead: Water is not scarce. It is made up of the first and third most common elements in the universe, and the two readily react to form a highly stable compound that maintains its integrity even at temperature extremes. Hydrologist Dr. Vincent […]
Read more »Coming Water Wars?
February 25th, 2013
Via CNN’s Global Public Square, a look at the possibility of water wars: Imagine a large body of water – about the size of the Dead Sea – simply disappearing. It sounds like a science fiction movie. But it’s not. It’s happening in real life – and we’ve only just found out. A pioneering study […]
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