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The Thirsty Dragon: Environmental Crowdsourcing To Track China’s Water Quality
April 21st, 2014
Via Ethan Zuckerman, some interesting thoughts on water monitoring in China and the changing role of citizenship: This January, a few hundred employees of Alibaba, the massive online retailer and digital payments company, participated in an interesting experiment. Like many Chinese, they traveled home to celebrate the Lunar New Year. While at home, they used […]
Read more »Taming The Brahmaputra
April 20th, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Bangladesh’s efforts to tame the Brahmaputra river: A MAN-MADE spur juts into the mighty Jamuna river—known as the Brahmaputra upstream, over the border in India—near the town of Enayetpur. The solid wall was built, expensively, to control the massive flow of the river. But erosion now eats deep […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Worsening Water Crisis
April 18th, 2014
Via The Diplomat, a look at how 114 million Indians will soon face desperate domestic, agricultural and industrial shortages borne of a water crisis: In northern India, groundwater supplies are being depleted faster than natural processes can replenish them. According to The World Bank, India is the largest user of ground water in the world, […]
Read more »Nile Dam Study Fails To Stem The Tide Of Egyptian Indignation Towards Ethiopia
April 16th, 2014
Via The Guardian, a summary of the claims and counter-claims that have attended the delayed publication of a report on the likely impact of the Grand Renaissance dam: Villagers on the Nile in Khartoum. Ethiopia’s Gerd dam may give Sudan greater water access than an agreement with Egypt allows. The opening sentence of Egypt‘s new […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: UN Report Stresses Upcoming Water Crisis In India
April 16th, 2014
Via Future Directions, commentary on India’s water crisis: A UN report released recently predicts that as many as 3.4 billion people will be living in “water-scarce” countries by 2025. The report is particularly grim when it refers to India’s water security. While India is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, it only […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis Threatens Its Future
April 15th, 2014
Via Voice of America, a look at Iran’s worsening water crisis: Latian Dam Resevoir outside Tehran A looming water crisis in Iran has officials warning of water rationing for the capital Tehran. The Mehr news agency quotes Khosro Erteghaei, the head of Tehran’s regional water company as saying water levels at the four reservoirs that […]
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