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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Hidden Water Footprint
July 21st, 2014
Via Science Daily, an interesting graphic that shows the flows of “virtual scarce water” from the Xinjiang province to other provinces in China: Many developed regions in China are not only drawing from their own water resources but also contributing to water depletion in other water-scarce regions of the country through imports of food and […]
Read more »‘Water War’ Threatens Syria Lifeline
July 18th, 2014
Via Al Jazeera, a report on how Syria’s water supplies have dropped in key areas due to a sharp increase in production at the rebel-controlled Euphrates Dam: When severe water cuts began to hit Aleppo province in early May, residents started referring to a “water war” being waged at the expense of civilians. Images of […]
Read more »How To Avert A Thirsty Future
July 15th, 2014
Via the Globe & Mail, interesting commentary from Brahma Chellaney (a geostrategist and the author, most recently, of Water, Peace and War) on the global water crisis: There is a tongue-in-cheek saying in America – attributed to Mark Twain, who lived through the early phase of the California Water Wars – that “whisky is for […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: An Innovation In Water Rights Leads To Real Water Savings
July 15th, 2014
Via the World Bank, a look at an evapotranspiration-based integrated water management system has been introduced in one region in China for the assessment, planning and allocation of water for consumptive use, supported by the world’s latest remote sensing technology on evapotranspiration measurement: China’s most arid regions are facing an increasingly serious water crisis, and […]
Read more »Climate Change Will Test Water-Sharing Agreements
July 15th, 2014
Via New Security Beat, a look at how climate change will affect existing water sharing arrangements: Many existing water-sharing treaties should be re-assessed in the context of climate change, write Shlomi Dinar, David Katz, Lucia De Stefano, and Brian Blakespoor in a World Bank working paper. While “water wars” have historically been incredibly rare, the […]
Read more »A World Without Water: Corporate Costs
July 14th, 2014
Via The Financial Times, the first of a three-party series on water scarcity, this segment looking at the cost to companies: The River Nar, a minor waterway about 100 miles north of London, is barely known to the average Briton. And at first glance, it is hard to understand why a brand-conscious company such as […]
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